Tag Archives: humor

Blue year’s day: A resolution revolution

Posted on December 31, 2016 by

(“Bain’s Beat” reprinted from the November-December 2016 issue of Midtown Magazine.) If you ask me, the holidays come at the wrong time of year. And we can’t even describe that time correctly. When are “the holidays?” For many, this phrase … Continue reading →

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Mother, by numbers

Posted on May 8, 2016 by

At nearly 12,000 words, the following is easily the longest blog entry I’ve ever written. I wrote the three parts at three different times. I don’t expect anyone to read all of it, and even if someone does, I don’t … Continue reading →

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Blue Moon on Monday

Posted on March 31, 2016 by

My wife has loved Duran Duran since they broke through the American music scene in the early 1980s. If I’m being honest, I’ve been a fan since then, too — although I’ve been loathe to admit it ever since being teased … Continue reading →

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Unhappy mediums

Posted on February 25, 2016 by

Last week, a 25-year-old lost her job at Yelp after posting a letter to her CEO on medium.com, essentially sharing her story of struggling to survive on inadequate wages. The story was moving, but as it made the social media rounds, it … Continue reading →

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Super Bowl ‘ell

Posted on February 7, 2016 by

[As published in the January-February issue of Midtown Magazine.] Panthers fans, here’s hoping by the time you read this, our as-yet-undefeated team has come even closer to playing in the Super Bowl out in San Francisco’s Levi’s Stadium. This is … Continue reading →

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The ghosts of Christmas presents

Posted on December 24, 2015 by

With eight kids, 11 grandkids, and an ever-fluctuating number of in-laws, my parents were on the hook for a lot of gifts over the years. I still remember the enormous piles of Christmas presents “under” the tree each year. This … Continue reading →

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The law of diminishing retinas

Posted on September 29, 2015 by

Last Tuesday night, as I was backing out of a parking space, I turned my head to the right to look behind me and spotted a meteor cutting a brilliant line through the sky. Which was weird, because there was … Continue reading →

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