Essays about the American Life

mostly on the serious side

A Wishful Memory brings a moment of happiness

Perfection wins over expedience

Who am I? What am I?

You Won't Believe This. Truth revealed

The Ten Commandments. What do they really say?

Improving Democracy some fresh ideas

Ranking NFL Teams. Is % wins good enough?

You Are Five People. A look at how you are perceived

Flag Desecration. A burning issue.

Lottery Logic. Why buy a ticket?

A New 9-Point Rating Scale. Standardizing Ratings

The Wisdom Well. Random thoughts

mostly on the lighter side

Two-wish Genie. Beware what you wish

Music; I love it like chocolate cake, but...

People are curious because they do things I don't

Designing safety. Please don't save me from myself

Body Art; why bother?

A Shaggy Dog Story; The computer technician and his annoying wife

Sexy Language. Fixing the sexism in the language

Reflections. Epigrams for an optimist and pessimist

A Love Poem. From a husband to his wife

You Are Old If... Symtoms of old age

One Liners. Laugh a minute

Cross Country, an adventure by three friends travelling across the U.S. in 1955, by Linda Myers Wegryn.