The Mystery Spot

Fawlty Towers is my favorite television program. The acting, comedic timing and writing are perfection. Andrew Sachs, who played Manuel, die...

Been a shit couple of days, even without the Brexit. My Son is still not transitioning well between his caregiver and coming to my house aft...

We buried my Aunt today. It was a very fine service that had fewer glitches than the last Catholic mass I attended. Her viewing on Friday w...

One of the great broadcasters, Van Miller, died today aged 87 . He was the longtime voice of The Buffalo Bills. His work was terrific. His e...

On Tuesday, those who vote in Columbus will be voting in primaries for Mayor and City Council. I will not be voting. Mainly because in orde...

The embarrassingly low number of books I've read in the past year. I got nothing. No excuses. 1) Pat Conroy. The Death of Santini. 339...

It was really sad to click on the link that revealed one of  my former bosses  died over the weekend. He was the same age as my Mom, had f...

Today I attended my son's last Shakespeare and Autism class. It's a fascinating idea to get autistic kids communicating through the ...

In a frenzy on Saturday, I organized my record albums for the first time in well over a decade. Mostly in alphabetical order, spread out amo...

In a week of death, cancer and breakups there had to be a time to get away from things, and even in the middle of that I found a sense of sa...

Probably the worst year of reading than I can remember. The quality is there, but the quantity is missing. Could not even read a book a week...

The events of yesterday's shooting at Newtown are still raw. The details are still a bit sketchy but the fact is that twenty kids are no...

In the ten years since we've lived on the west side, the house next door has had a slew of tenants. Some of them leave after a month or ...

I sometimes get antsy around this time of year. The holidays make me anxious even without my retail past. Used to be a very busy time of yea...

Holidays are tough. I get asked what my son is doing for Easter, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Halloween, etc. and it's a hard answer I have ...

Jack McCarthy is one of the best American voices out there. He's been in the public eye since he started reading in Boston twenty years ...

Saturday, after my son's swimming lesson, we came out of the locker room. We walked by the head of the swimming program for the building...

The moment I walked into Kafe Kerouac I was asked to emcee a Haiku Death Match. There were four poets, three judges, and me. A few more peop...