Category: Rob at 50
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the second-toughest job I’ll ever love

I wish I had accomplished something even more difficult than getting into, out of and back into teaching in the last year;
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Part animal, part machine

The thing I’ve always taken from Henry Rollins is that he is very much a “student of life”
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Rob Reviews and eulogizes: Charlie Hu$tle and The Matter of Pete Rose

If I was a diehard fan of Pete Rose, I would not hold my breath on ever seeing a plaque dedicated to him in Cooperstown.
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rebuilding an empire

As a man, and specifically a divorced man, starting over is -that is replacing virtually all of my material possessions – is something I’ve dealt with more than once.
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Rob retro review: Clerks III (2022)

After roughly 2 years, I finally got the chance to watch Clerks III Wednesday night. The movie enjoyed a limited, theatrical run, relatively speaking. In addition, it was available on cable through STARZ, a premium channel that I do not have. I saw Clerks III listed on the Roku channel,…
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Feeling Whitney Houston

I’m starting to come to terms with the fact that pretty much everything I’m going to see for our daily prompt from now on will be ones that I’ve written on previously.
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One leg at a time

I really wanted to prove to myself that I could hang with people like that. That really rich people put their pants on one at a time, just like me.
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Skills that pay the bills (or the tuition)

Kid 1 got his first college acceptance letter AND his first scholarship offer!

