One night I was having dinner with some dear friends of mine. It was a great ham dinner. One for the ages really. My friends, who we’ll call Gordon and Ethel had done a fantastic job preparing it for us. Several more of our friends were there. The plan was…
It may seem odd for a person who is legally blind, and not allowed to drive, to have anything to do with the Department of Motor Vehicles, but I did indeed have to make an appointment there one time. I was in need of a some government issued identification, and…
The following anecdote is the same sort of situation that happens every time I get new glasses, so it could describe any one of those incidents. However, for the sake of easier memory, I attempt to describe for you the most recent time this happened. I had gone through the…
In the dying days of summer, here is a story that will take you back to the heat of it. One summer, I worked at a summer camp. It was a blast. I got paid to hang out with kids and play guitar all day. As with all good camp…
You will notice that a lot of my University stories that were actually interesting involved me sitting around with a group of friends in one of our dorm rooms. This one starts out in pretty much the same way. Dilbert, who you will remember from “Full Moon” (yes we still…
Ah, University. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. This story reflects one of the not so great times of this Dickensian sentiment as you will see in a moment. I was hanging out with several of my friends in one of our dorm rooms. …
Because sometimes well intentioned friends can be too helpful. This happens to me all the time, so speaking of a particular instance would be no different than any other. I will be walking along on a perfectly sunny day and enjoying it very much, usually coming home from Church, but…
This is from my side project A Thicker Lens but I thought it would be useful to post and discuss here also. *** Because sometimes well intentioned friends can be too helpful. This happens to me all the time, so speaking of a particular instance would be no different than…
It was a warm (but not too warm) June day. I had just graduated from high school and the afternoon was reserved for getting ready for the prom. Of course I had a date and she was gorgeous. I can see enough to know that. I got my tux all…
It’s about time we covered this topic, don’t you think? Just so you know all of my eye exams go pretty much the same way so this story really could be any one of them, but this one was particularly memorable. So with out further to do. It was an…