I can measure and evaluate people I meet very rapidly and so when I met a new Boss I would know within a short time what they were really like and if they were bad I saw it. They smile at your face, but I can see and feel their…

Whenever I am in public I watch people around me and sometimes listen to their conversations that are near me. I have had six or eight strangers thank me and say “I will never forget you.” in different situations over many years.I was in a restaurant with my wife and…

How much of our life is wasted in saying such meaningless things like “How are you?” and the same meaningless answer is always given. My answer is always “Still crazy after all these years!” to see what kind of reaction I get because everyone is not listening anyway. If I…

What a silly person you are to help me win the Pulitzer Prize by reading the headline and deciding to read my worms. Please don’t stop reading as there is an important message coming up that you should remember for the rest of your life that will be passed…

I lead a very simple life so it is 2 am and I am thinking about going to bed and I said Alexa, what is the date and she said it is October 8 and I said shit. No wonder she was making a cake today because it is her…

I was sitting there and thinking about nothing and thought to myself what an interesting subject nothing is. The more I thought about it, it seemed to take on the possibility of so many meanings when you talk about nothing. Nothing can be very important in giving other words meaning…

My parents bought a home in 1958 on the West Coast and I have rented the house since my father died and didn’t have to hardly advertise as one renter moved out a friend or family member would exchange damage deposits for ten of those years and since then, the…

The story includes a letter written to me recently by a than 14 year old girl who lived near where my parents were hiding from the Nazis troops patrolling the streets where she describes the life of my parents during the war that has been translated to English. A few…

Of all the stories I have written on Medium this starts off very strange and is hard to believe, but I have no reason to make it up and so I assure is a true story . The question is what is the connection with someone you love when you…