Mark Myers's Blog, page 9

Thank You, Lou

I had a running toilet that took me back my local Home Depot where Lou was talking to a group of people at the entrance. I needed a few walks around the store but I finally worked up the nerve to say “Thank You” in person. If you don’t recall, Lou gave me a memory […]

I know I didn’t have to, But I can

I’ve got this neighbor. He’s a really good guy – incredibly helpful and always willing to lend a hand. And the best thing is that he has access to every tool known to mankind. Chainsaws, blowers, and riding mowers are every day fare. Weekends can be a kind of adventure as I try to identify […]

What the Mail Brung

I love checking the mail… aways have. It doesn’t hold the allure it once did. Way back in those bygone days when people still wrote letters, the mailbox held potential treasure six days a week. All that stood between me and a decadent life I always dreamed of was a lowered red flag and that […]

Andre Doesn’t Like to Drink Alone

Everything is about connections. Most jobs come through networks, not job postings. It was through my fraternity friendships that I got hired as a third-shift security officer for a posh hotel during college. I was not a match for this job. Yes, I was big and strong having just returned from Army service. I could […]

This is 25 Years

She said I do twenty-five years ago. When I proposed, my naive year-old self had a romantic assumption that we would float through life in a current of happiness until we were wheeled into the old-folks home together. Just look at these two kids gazing dreamily off into the future. We had no idea what […]

The Curious Incident of the Cat at Night

This diary starts on a rainy, autumn night in the bedroom of a typical southern home where only the cat is awake… Always watching.   12:34 am – The large one is stirring. He has been getting up every night. There is a potential that he is becoming nocturnal. After following him to observe his […]

September Eyes

We’ve all heard the expression, “the eyes are the window to the soul.” It’s a rather absurd notion – not because of its veracity, but because of a lack of alternate windows. As if one could discern intent through an open mouth or wide nostril. Just look at the face. What social cue could you […]

My Dinner With Irma

“Where should we eat?” I asked my family. No reply. Not even a look up from their devices. I stood empty and disappointed like Ferris Beuhler’s teacher… “Anyone? Anyone?” “How about Chinese?” This creates a sense of elation in one, deflates another, and I sense a form of tempered ambivalence in the one who just […]

My Time Capsule

After being less than impressed by the solar eclipse, one of my co-workers mentioned that if she were still teaching, she could put her glasses into a time capsule. I’ve never made a time capsule. I recall discussing the matter with my friend, Jeff when we were about ten years-old. At that point, we each […]

Don’t Teach the Old Man

We interrupt your regularly scheduled Wednesday post to let you know that we’ve hijacked Dad’s blog. We hate that we had to do it, but there are some things that need to be said. Dad is old. This should be obvious and it probably is to everyone… except him. It used to be okay because […]