2009 Articles

I was unable to write about what I had hoped to write about for this date – so I will substitute it with “sloppy seconds,” and, talk about USC football and Uncle Pete (Pete Carroll). I had been meaning to send-a-note-or-two to my beloved Times Sports section – but I knew they probably wouldn’t print […]

Suddenly there seems to be a plethora of American moralists attempting to describe the current state of affairs in South Africa: is it because of all the recent movies reflecting the new South Africa: “District 9”; “Invictus”; or, “End Game”?  Or is it in support of the 2010 World Cup to be hosted by South

So, Brother Paul has started to read my pennings (I told him that he was featured in more than one of my articles) – and, has quickly punned my website title of “Doctor’s Inn” to “Doctor Sin”: which I found rather clever, and perhaps, absolutely appropo. I did have to inform my Boet (Afrikaans for

If I remember the biblical story of The Tower of Babel correctly – it’s when no one was making sense to anyone anymore – thanks to divine intervention (intended to right the mess that the socio-economic world had come to [in some far distant point of the human past]). The point-of-the-allusion was: that no one

“Bug” is the nickname of my youngest (and hopefully last biological) son.  He scored a beautiful goal last week and I, sadly, and unfortunately, missed it.  But from Austen’s and Friend Carlos’s description of the event – I have been able to construct a vision of my Right Footer’s left-footed boot. I decided to write

Let me pause for a moment and reflect on the 46th anniversary of JFK’s assassination – most probably at the hands of the military-industrial complex.  Oops – what am I reflecting on the past for?  It’s best to stay in the present…and this is what I will attempt to do with Living in the Moment.

Thanksgiving has got to be my favorite holiday — and this year I had one-of-the-best, if not the best Thanksgiving I have ever had! Now I know that this particular essay will come out as November 15th — 2 weeks before my November 29th installment (for any regular readers who wish me to mind my

Writing about The Bug recently got me to realize that I am not celebrating my fellow man nearly enough these days – particularly the people I know who are exceedingly talented: take The Watchman for example… Naturally “The Watchman” is an alias for one of the finest lyricists I have ever heard (and actually know)

Only a competitive swimmer can appreciate the multitude of hours spent looking at the bottom of a swimming pool – and, the obligatory fantasies that followed the seemingly endless hours of moving one’s body across a tiled surface while suspended in water… Someone once wrote a book about “The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner” (if

This morning I realized, yet again – that I have an incredibly beautiful drive to work – and I have never written about it. Some people may not care much about their commute to-and-from-work – but when you’ve looked at the bottom of swimming pools as much as I have (an upcoming essay) – you