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ALOHA
Welcome click the Month and enjoy the ride. ~tuck
Dear Reader,
"Ah, But I Digress" is a continuing endeavor. Inviting the reader to my side of the rainbow.
I created this corner of the universe for people of incredible intellect and vivid imaginations. Join me in incidents and encounters; moments I found important, enlightening and absurd.
4,000+ visits!!!!!!!!!! I didn't know so many of you share my madness.
Tuck
A disclaimer: although the stories are anecdotal, some may be embellished
and exaggerated!
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FADS - PIERCINGS AND TATTOOS
I was never hooked on hooks, bones, piercings or tattoos, I’m easily confused. Often when a simple concept is explained to me; I miss the...
Mar 30, 202413 min read
PASSWORDS x#$V5R*&!
Have a cell phone? P.C., tablet, IPad, Mac, or Android. Then you know somewhere deep in the bowels of hyperspace habituates the ‘YOU...
Jan 17, 20237 min read
SAUSALITO HOME RENTAL
My close friends the Flummox family have a small rental unit in the hills above Sausalito, with a panoramic view of San Francisco and the...
Jan 17, 20232 min read
TEACHER SHORTAGE?
I was a teacher in the San Francisco Unified School District for more than thirty years. I loved it. I don’t remember one day when I felt...
Jan 17, 20233 min read
Escape Rooms or Yo Ho Ho And A Bottle Of Aleve or Sixty Minutes Isn’t a News Show
None of the following would have happened if I hadn’t insisted on spending a few weeks on Maui. But to avoid any pangs of jealousy on...
Jan 17, 202313 min read
A CONFESSION – CONFESSION
Confession, when you’re a kid, is pretty routine. Most of the time I made up stuff. I didn’t want to be an ‘in and out’ kid. I knew the...
Jan 17, 20232 min read
CHICKEN POO IS NOTHING TO CLUCK ABOUT
A TUCKER'S TAVERN TALE No one at Tucker’s Tavern knew what Bruce Burton did for a living. There were rumors. He was always well dressed...
Jan 17, 202312 min read
TO HELL WITH CELL PHONES
MY CELL PHONE IS CURRENTLY DISCONNECTED FOR LACK OF CELL PHONE ______ FILL IN THE BLANK -- I'M CURRENTLY USING A CAMBELL SOUP CAN AND A...
Jan 17, 20236 min read
BREASTS -- NOT THIS KIND
The following is neither an excuse nor an attempt to exonerate the male segment of our species. This is an attempt, admittedly feeble, to...
Jan 17, 20236 min read
BOOK CLUB
Bobbie and I are avid readers. Though we seldom read the same books, we enjoy discussing the plots and new ideas every book engenders....
Jan 17, 20239 min read
The Escape Room
Escape Rooms or Yo Ho Ho And A Bottle Of Aleve or Sixty Minutes Isn’t a News Show None of the following would have happened if I hadn’t...
Dec 31, 202213 min read
THE LOVE BOAT IS STILL AFLOAT
My friend Helga, confined to her apartment for a year, said, 'Damn the pandemic I'm going on a cruise. And as soon as cruise ships...
Aug 13, 20222 min read
TALK ABOUT MY GAL! -- THE TRAVEL AGENT
OR A FRIGHT TO PARADISE THE PROFESSIONAL TRAVEL AGENT or A FRIGHT TO PARADISE Recently my wife, Bobbie, confided she wanted to see more...
Aug 13, 20225 min read
Musical Seating and other Air Line Entertainment
According to Webster Priority: The state or quality of being earlier in time or sequence. The right to precede others in order, rank and...
Aug 13, 20228 min read
Abara Cadabra
Just once I'd like to type in my password and my computer say "CLOSE ENOUGH!" HERE COMES “OPEN SESAME” IS AN UNACCEPTABLE PASSWORD...
Aug 13, 20227 min read
SAY WHAT?
Who said what! Here’s the contest! The following are quotes from people. Some of them famous – Some infamous. Can you identify who said...
Aug 13, 20223 min read
WHERE THE HECK DID THAT COME FROM?
Siebesiech means son-of-a-bitch in Swiss. How many people do you know who know a single word in Swiss? Let alone one Swiss word that...
Aug 13, 20223 min read
TUT WASN'T JUST A BOY PHARAHO
Playing music and performing have always been a passion. I was never that good at either. But when I picked up a $10 ukulele, at an A1...
Aug 13, 20224 min read
ANGRY ALLEGORIES AND MYSTICAL METAPHORS
Every year, English teachers from across the country submit their collections of actual analogies and metaphors found in high school...
Aug 13, 20223 min read
A THANKSGIVING TALE
A THANKSGIVING TALE TURK-A-RINA I was in the living room trying to solve a sudoku when “Honey?” an invitation with a question mark waifed...
Aug 13, 20227 min read
GERALDO - A CHRISTMAS MEMORY
A CHRISTMAS STORY Geraldo a Christmas Miracle Hope for our species increases with every act of generosity, empathy, love and human...
Aug 13, 20228 min read
A NIGHTMARE IN PARADISE
Over the purr of prop jet engines, Idit leaned close and gently kissed Kevin from sleep. “I love you. How did I get so lucky?” “Lucky?”...
Aug 13, 202216 min read
TUCK'S OBITUARY
Most intelligent people read obituaries. Fess up? Aren’t we all a bit curious about people’s lives and how they led them? Isn’t there...
Aug 13, 20225 min read
THE DREADED POP QUIZ
In many schools and for many teachers, Friday is ‘test’ day. Subsequently, many students considered Friday the first day of a...
Aug 13, 20225 min read
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