A MOST SUCCINCT CURATION
Jeff Berkey Jeff Berkey

A MOST SUCCINCT CURATION

I stole this title because, either I don’t know what it means or it doesn’t mean anything and I’m satisfied with that. So today, I’m commandeering it to cover the selecting of the winners of the coveted, yet obvious, Screen Actors Guild (SAG•AFTRA) Award trophies that are determined and presented in the next few weeks…

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COMMUNICATING: SENIOR STYLE
Jeff Berkey Jeff Berkey

COMMUNICATING: SENIOR STYLE

The other day, Eunice asked me if we have an emergency brake. Now my first thought was, you’re the one who’s always putting stuff away, but that seemed an excessively foolhardy response, so I said, “Have you looked in the car?” Since I …

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EUNICE X, THE CAT WHISPERER
Jeff Berkey Jeff Berkey

EUNICE X, THE CAT WHISPERER

Before I get on with this, you may notice that I have enhanced Eunice’s fictitious name by adding an ‘X’. This adds propriety so she won’t be lumped in with Cher or Madonna. The truth is that Eunice…

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DAS BOOT
Jeff Berkey Jeff Berkey

DAS BOOT

No, I’m not talking about that German U-boat film, “Das Boot”. This is much more depressing than that…

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ETERNAL LEFTOVERS
Jeff Berkey Jeff Berkey

ETERNAL LEFTOVERS

It’s been a month since our Thanksgiving festivities ended and I have reached a major milestone; I’m half-way through the turkey leftovers. I have nobody to blame but myself; having a turkey dinner, at home, with all the trimmings, was mostly my idea. All right, it was completely my idea…

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A RAMBLIN’ WRECK STRUGGLIN’ WITH TECH
Jeff Berkey Jeff Berkey

A RAMBLIN’ WRECK STRUGGLIN’ WITH TECH

Like it or not, it’s September and the NFL is back in our lives. I don’t fight it anymore because I know I’ll get bored and eventually wonder what else is on. Eunice has learned to live with it too. After all…

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I’LL HAVE MY HUSBAND DO IT
Jeff Berkey Jeff Berkey

I’LL HAVE MY HUSBAND DO IT

First of all, it wasn’t my idea to get an office chair. The one I’ve got is slowly crippling me but it’s slowly so I thought that was the better alternative, being as pecuniary (read: cheap) as I am. And it still has a few bolts that haven’t dropped out so I thought I was okay for the nonce. However, I miss-thought…

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