April 9, 2026 I've just discovered I'm a Norwood 6. That might sound like a golf ball or maybe a motorboat, but it's not and has nothing to do with the classic book of the same name either. It refers to the above scale of male pattern baldness, which has become an obsession and a… Continue reading The bald-faced, bald-headed truth
Category: men and women
My new short story: “Welcome to the Hundred-Mile-High Club”
June 11, 2024 Photo by Matt G on Pexels.com It’s 2035. The space tourism industry that began in the 2020s is now a booming business. Rockets blast off every day, carrying scores of eager passengers on short, expensive rides far above our world. One of the tour companies is StarMagic, which offers its customers a… Continue reading My new short story: “Welcome to the Hundred-Mile-High Club”
Bots in love: AI-yi-yi!
February 16, 2023 Photo by Pavel Danilyuk on Pexels.com I quit. I'm done. Knocked out. Over. From now on, I shall no longer try to be funny. Before you say, "You mean you've been trying?" read my explanation of how AI has meine Emdener Gänse gekocht (cooked my goose, the Emdener being an oft-eaten German… Continue reading Bots in love: AI-yi-yi!
A pandemic diary: Fiction about reality
Photo by Pexels.com May 14, 2021 My new short story, “The Man With the Six-Foot Soul,” is live on the Red Fez. It's about how the pandemic has battered our sanity, stretching the boundaries of truth and illusion, past and present. The man is a presence in the lives of Emily and Tyler, a young… Continue reading A pandemic diary: Fiction about reality
Geezerhood for dummies
Since today is National Senior Citizens Day, I thought we could all take a break from our busy schedule of lying about being at Woodstock, and using periods in texts just to aggravate the grandkids. Stay with me while I share some priceless* information from our good friends at the AARP on the subject of… Continue reading Geezerhood for dummies
Toys in the…well, not the attic
I don’t know why I write about sex toys so often. It’s definitely not based on personal history: in my long career as a human of the male variety, I have never needed any artificial prodding, encouragement, incentive, or hydraulics. Note: Vodka and “Taxicab Confessions” reruns don’t count. (Besides, I used to be a cabbie… Continue reading Toys in the…well, not the attic