My Greatest Fear #12
The other day, a friend of mine needed to drop off some beer at my place on his way home. I walked outside as he pulled up in his car, realized that there was a tremendous storm happening, and sprinted the rest of the way until I was safe inside. Was it the rain that [...]
My Greatest Fear #11
I consider myself fairly athletic. I currently play soccer, football, and kickball, and I’m in the upper tier of the athletes with whom I play. At my age, having fun while pushing myself a little is what’s important to me. So the sport itself doesn’t even matter that much. However, there is one sport that [...]
My Greatest Fear #10
As long as I can remember, my grandma has lived in the same house. I ate many a pot roast in that house, and tossed many a Andes mint wrapper behind my grandma’s TV (I later learned that she knew I ate her candies but never said a word to my mother…such a good grandma). [...]
My Greatest Fear #9
Did you ever have someone of authority tell you something when you were a child that you now know is absolutely ludicrous, and yet you can’t let go of it? Today’s greatest fear is one of those things. Back in my fourth grade science class, my teacher told us a scary story. She told us [...]
My Greatest Fear #8: Static Electricity
The other day I was doing laundry, and I forgot to put in one of those little magical dryer sheets. When I extracted my fuzzy blanket from the machine, I shocked myself. Then I shocked myself again when I touched a door handle, and again when Biddy tried to get involved in things. It was [...]
My Greatest Fear #7: Popping Balloons
This greatest fear is pretty similar to Greatest Fear #2, opening canisters of Pillsbury dinner rolls. But this one is timely. On April Fool’s Day, I came into my office to find a sign on the bathroom in my office that said it was out of order. I also found a big box on my [...]
My Greatest Fear #6: Piano Bars
I just got a Facebook event invitation to a party a friend of mine is having this weekend. The time and date checked out, so I looked at the location: Jive and Wail, a local Piano Bar. My reaction? Hell no. Before you have an unnecessarily strong reaction to this, please note that I have [...]
My Greatest Fear #5: Getting Stuck to Something Frozen
I know what comes to your mind when you read that headline. It’s that image of the kid with his tongue stuck to the flagpole. I’m not worried about that. I’m not dumb enough to stick my tongue on any frozen surface. Or really any surface. (Okay, any non-female surface.) However, there are frozen things [...]