Snowman or gingerbread man? A nice story about death.
An eight-year-old daughter and her father accidentally talked about death the other day. She and he were walking their dog Vincent around the neighborhood together. At one point, they…
Humor writer Mike Lukas blogs on multiple topics.
NFL Network anchor Rich Eisen’s inspirational combine 40-yard-dash
If you think the 40-yard-dash at the NFL combine is challenging, try running it in a business suit. That’s what 48-year-old NFL Network anchor Rich Eisen has done for the…
What’s YOUR Impossible?
https://youtu.be/sefscV3GvWM The opening shot of Lauren Woolstencroft’s Super Bowl Commercial shows her as an infant born with two half legs and one and a half arms. My first thought was,…
Wise Words from the Dead
The situation is the boss. That’s a concept I just learned from watching the Grateful Dead documentary ‘Long Strange Trip’ on Amazon Prime. It was the philosophy adopted by the…
Don’t Fret…Dance Dance Dance!
Let’s all just take a big online breath here…and dance. Just a suggestion: click off the never-ending battle between the political left and right for a sec and pop on…
This is What Democracy Looks Like
Gentlemen, the Women’s Marches tomorrow aren’t just for women. At least the one I went to last year in Dallas wasn’t. Don’t get me wrong, it was ALL about empowering…
Wonderland Tropicals – Your Friends in the Pet Business
My children got to watch Butchy, an Oak Cliff ‘sugar glider’, fly. Well, technically a petite gliding possum that’d been hiding in what looked like a light brown sock in…
Some Americans Unhappy with the Stew in our Melting Pot.
In the early seventies, my great-aunt Myrtle would say the N-word at restaurants. She’d always treat my family to a big meal at one of the Lithuanian joints near her…
A Parade for Losing
My Brownies went 0-16 and some fans threw a big parade. 3,200 diehards showed up Saturday, January 6th in sub-zero wind chill to ironically celebrate the Cleveland Brown’s ‘perfect’ season. …
New Year’s Resolutions Never Work – Try a New Life-Lens Instead.
Many December thirty-firsts ago, my wife Gretchen and I decided to shift our yearly resolutions into a more productive direction. No more dwelling on the negative habits we disliked about…
To Give or Not To Give – Handling the Beggar Dilemma.
Sometimes people who street-beg aren’t who they say they are. A three-year-old girl holding a Toys for Tots can asked my friend Meredith for a donation at the busy CVS…
There’s Hope For Us Boys, Yet.
Too many ‘men behaving badly’ stories lately – here’s a tale of some boys being sweet. My wife and I went to our pre-k son’s holiday party. Twenty-eight 5-year-olds wearing…
In case of emergency…Whoops!
Our water was off for a day and my family barely survived. The neighborhood water main had busted at two in the afternoon, flooding the streets and shutting down water…
Fifty-Two Christmas’s and Nothing (Thankfully) Has Changed
This will be my 52nd Christmas. My attitude towards the commercial side of this yearly celebration has evolved over the last half century. My journey of yuletide gifting began in…
Remember your first book? It can be like that again!
Memory check – title and author of the first full novel you ever read. Since I’m the one asking willie nillie, I’ll go first. That’ll give you a few minutes…
How a Gentleman reacts to Time’s choice of Person of the Year
How should a gentleman react to Time Magazine’s choice of Person of the Year? Time has named "the Silence Breakers" - women who spoke out against sexual abuse and harassment…
Introvert, Extrovert, or In Between – Which are You?
In January, a local magazine article will feature my family and my daughter hates it. The Advocate interviewed us for a series it’s doing on the Dallas Independent School District…
Thinking of You Ain’t Easy
The first guest to my daughter’s party arrived twenty-five minutes early. Seriously, Darlene? Nobody who’s ever hosted a party would do that to someone. My wife was just hopping out…
Heckling is easy – that’s why idiots do it.
Heckling is easy – that’s why idiots do it. 100% of the hecklers I encountered in my twenty-four year standup career were both drunk and ignorant. If you think about…
How Much $ Makes You Happy?
Our clothes dryer died without warning last night. Lady Kenmore still spins but there’s no more heat in her belly. She was supposed to dry some end-of-the-day whites but when…