The Goo Goo Muck

Back when I was writing press releases for the University of Florida, I had a professor turn the tables and start asking me questions. He w...

Years ago I received some advice from a wise old Native American. I had just moved back to Gainesville after spending a year in Atlanta deli...

"Man, I just can't believe it." The words came from the guy sitting next to me in study hall.  They were punctuated with a h...

Bradenton, at least my little corner of it, was a strange place to grow up in. When my parents first moved there, there weren't many kid...

My dad's funeral was on a Saturday. I left work early the previous Monday when I got the phone call and spent the rest of the week in a ...

I'm always astounded when what I think are simple, universal experiences are anything but. I mean, yeah, I realize that some things, lik...

You never know what you're going to find at my parent's house. With their garage sale obsession and shall we say, offbeat tastes, it...

I had this thing against wearing shoes when I was a teenager. I don't know where it came from, and as with most things from that time pe...

The summer I was 18, my parents took a vacation with my sister and left me at home. I had a job and couldn't get off (I didn't try v...

I'm not sure how I ended up getting a minor in anthropology. Actually, I do. Back in pre-computer days you had to register for college...

As a kid, most of my favorite books discussed scientific facts about dinosaurs. One of my absolute favorite books, however, was titled ...

When I was a kid, Christmas Day was mostly a relief after the ordeal of Christmas Eve. I was so excited to see my presents the next morning,...

For a couple weeks in high school, my friend and I had our own house. We didn't actually pay rent or live there or anything. We would j...

I have about a 20 minute window for shopping. Too much longer than that and I get sort of dizzy and bored and holy crap, why didn't I ju...

As a skater and punk rocker I had to hate cops. It just sort of went with the territory. Honestly I didn't really have too much agains...

Every teacher had a side hustle, whether it was selling real estate, subbing or peddling cosmetics. They also had all sorts of ways to save ...

I've never had sympathy for the bored. Maybe because I grew up knowing that uttering the words, "We're bored" would senten...

We didn't have a lot of junk food in our house growing up. I don't remember if this was an actual rule or if my parents had some rea...

"Now hold on there just a second, boy." "Why, it looks like that one's tryin' to get away." "Oh, don't ...