by Bill LaBrie | Oct 22, 2014 | Arizona, Coping, Essays, Humor
Dogs are terrific. I miss having a dog. Somehow — eons ago — a few of the wolves that existed at the time decided that humans weren’t so bad. We were generally entertaining, had a steady supply of food and opposable thumbs that helped remove thorns...
by Bill LaBrie | Oct 21, 2014 | Careers, Coping, Education, Essays, Humor
I grew up around people who lacked one critical skill: They couldn’t admit there was anything worth doing that they couldn’t do. It was among my dad’s life lessons. And to some extent, this denial of incapability was helpful. There really...
by Bill LaBrie | Sep 19, 2014 | Coping, Culture, Education, Essays, Humor, Literature, Writing
Story time. I was on a train in Spain crossing the plain eating plantains maintaining my brain. Ok, that last part was wrong. I was on a train in Spain, but it was going along the Mediterranean coast. It was somewhere between the French border and Barcelona. And I was...
by Bill LaBrie | Sep 16, 2014 | Careers, Everything Else, Humor, Social Justice
“I was in Greeley and this long-distance trucker asked if I wanted to come along to help unload his truck in California and I had nothing else going on, so I said ‘sure’.” “So I had only seventy-five cents on me when we left Colorado and...
by Bill LaBrie | Sep 14, 2014 | Coping, Education, Essays, Faith, Humor
Lots of people ask for my advice. No, Really. . . . they really do! I’ll post the answers some of the questions here. Keep in mind these are only my opinions, and are likely worth about what I’m being paid for them. Feel free to read along! To...
by Bill LaBrie | Sep 8, 2014 | Culture, Humor, Literature, Politics
Read us a poem mister funny man Said the snarling brute while His gun pressed against my cheek. You got your book and it says ‘poem.’ Clearing my throat, I paged to one I thought apropos, about a man So hurt he had to hurt others. The brute nodded,...
