Dick Wolfsie

By: Dick Wolfsie I am retired. So, I don’t work. Neither did anything in our house on Thursday of last week. The problem began about 2 am. One of the fire alarms started making a weird chirping sound. We assumed it was the batteries, but this is not an easy fix. It required one of…

By: Dick Wolfsie We have a cat, her name is Angel, and most of the time she is just that. Except when she is a devil. Last week, when Mary Ellen reached for a tissue while watching TV, Angel, who had nestled next to her for the evening, bit her. The cut wasn’t very deep…

By Dick Wolfsie Mary Ellen and I went out to see a movie last week with our friends Bob and Cathy. “Are you going to get popcorn again, Mary Ellen?” “I have to. It’s been a movie tradition for me since high school.” “So was necking in the balcony, but you cut that out completely…

By: Dick Wolfsie I subscribe to several health publications and most of them offer some advice on avoiding medical scams. A few years ago, a dermatologist in Southern California avoided  ail time by the skin of his teeth.  He had been marketing an app for smart phones that emitted both a bluish and reddish light,…

By: Dick Wolfsie Last week, I shared with you some of the most common inquiries I have received from readers over the past 25 years about the writing of humor. Here are a few more. “Are there any taboo subjects in humor?” A well-known comic named Tig Notaro found out the day before a performance…

I’m a big “60 Minutes” fan.  I remember watching the premier show in 1968. The producer of that show was Don Hewitt, an alumnus of New Rochelle High School where I graduated in 1965. The high school has a list of famous graduates and Don is listed along with 29 other people. I must have…

A few weeks back I mentioned a news app called “Smart News” that features daily tantalizing headlines accompanied by brief articles.  Here are some of their recent postings: 8 Things to NEVER Buy at Costco 4 Vegetables You Should NOT Eat 7 Canned Fruits to NEVER Buy 6 Things to NEVER Eat at a Breakfast…

I just got a call from my wife who is vacationing with my sister in North Carolina. This trip worries me. If my name comes up, no one in that car will take my side. Mary Ellen was just pulled over by the local police for a minor infraction.  Mary Ellen never breaks the rules.…

I am tired of celebrating the 10th anniversary of this, or the 75th anniversary of that. What makes those numbers so special?  I told Mary Ellen I had big plans for our 53rd anniversary in a few years. “Great,” she said, “but what about our 50th? I’m sure you have even bigger plans for that…