Today is Sunday, November 8th, 2020. Yesterday at around 8:30 AM the media called the 2020 election. Kamala Harris will be the first...

Today is Sunday, October 18th, 2020. In Washington State, most of us have our ballots. Ours arrived last night. Here, we've been voting...

I would compare my "knowing" to how a smoker "knows" that smoking causes lung damage and even cancer, and yet if they really knew...

My Dad did three things (that I knew of) to make a living when I was a kid; He coached aspiring performers, cooked in diners, and wrote porn

Dad was pacing the room, saying what a great concept the scam was in the film.

Dad, using the name Riley Cooper, produced a live radio show called "Hootenanny Jamboree" from the Flame Cafe in Minneapolis.

Around the time my father met my mother in 1962, his "creative identity factory" was in full force.

When I saw this drawing in my late father's box of personal mementos, I was stunned. How on earth did Riley get his wife to pose for this?

I have no idea if he and Burgess Meredith and Gary Romero made a dime off this album. Or The Quartones, for that matter.

I know he missed his kids, and that my father had no idea how to stay in touch with them once his relationship with his exes was off