2012 Articles

As a boy growing up in the 1960s — in Farmington Hills, Michigan — my neighborhood friends thought I was very strange (and I guess I was), what with my love of the Marvel Comics universe that-very-early-on featured: “Iron Man”; “Captain America”; “Sub Mariner”; “The Mighty Thor”; and, “The Hulk” cartoons. Not too long after […]

I have to try to catch up – though I’m not quite sure of how much longer I can keep this particular Doctor’s Inn Website up as it utilizes (I have learned) an ancient format.  I may start a new one after retiring from LACOE – which I intend to do come June 30th: so

I’ve been trying to get back to my Drummers’ Series – but the heat of the semester is on – so I am busier than a…than a…than my old buddy Byung – who was always painting and never had time to “party.\” Besides, this new My Lai thang deserves my attention…cuz whenever WE are incapable

I had to take a break in my Drummers’ Series and begin reflecting on my retirement from daily, classroom teaching. As I bring 33-years-of-high-school teaching to its merciful close on June 30th – I must admit that I have been easing into that “retired” sensation — taking long weekends and limping through 4-day work weeks

Chuck Isquith Ratta, tat, tat, tat, splash…and now…revisiting Chuck Isquith – my former student who sat in for the BALANCE sessions when he was just 18-years-old…I hope and pray that he’s gone on to a long, glorious career: cuz he was good! Even The Watchman gave Chuck I. his props – as Chuck only listened

I invariably use first names, nicknames, or aliases when I mention folks I have “lived with” (and I mean that literally, NOT figuratively) – because we tend to “live” with many more people than we “sleep with”; and, many folks I have “lived with” (shared life with) have high profile jobs that they don’t want

As my readers know – I am in the middle of my college semester, and, I don’t have quite the same extra time that I have when I am off semester, or, at the beginning of the semester: before all-of-the-writing-assignments begin to tumble in.  So I am not trying to be lazy when I utilize

Gary the Piano Guy (my piano tuner) just finished attempting to rejuvenate some stuff I did with Ron D. back in 1987 – which is pretty cool – but not all that well recorded (Ron D. has the master tape and as my readers know – I can’t locate Ron).  I bring this up not

Giti and I just saw Iran’s contribution to the Academy Awards, and, I have to say…it was damned good!  I’m not going to write a review on this particular film, however, though I believe it had one of the best (if not the best) endings to a film.  Rather, I wanted to analyze the three

I was feeling quite lazy for my OP-ED on Mitt Romney, so I decided to copy over Wikepedia’s information on Joseph Smith Jr. – the founder of the Mormon Church – and annotate the entry…since so many folks are currently suggesting that Mitt is going to gain the Republican nomination – I wanted to re-familiarize