Dick Wolfsie

We just got back from Washington DC. I was there for a reunion with old college friends who I worked with on The Hatchet, our award-winning newspaper back in the 60’s at The George Washington University. I was a humor columnist and that’s where I got my start in journalism. Mary Ellen and I had…

Did you know that when you prepare asparagus you probably make 12 mistakes?  Hold on a few minutes while I explain why I am asking this question. I have an app called Smart News. It’s worth every penny, mainly because it’s free. I am addicted to it because along with dozens of articles each day…

Recently in this column I admitted that the last thing I wanted to do was to attend Mary Ellen’s 50th college reunion. Now, I have my own reunion coming up. It’s a get-together of the folks who worked on my college newspaper, The Hatchet, in the late ’60s and early ’70s at The George Washington…

I have been lecturing my adult son recently on how much time he spends playing video games. I don’t think he was listening, so next time I’ll wait until he takes his headset off. I was going to really lay down the law. Tell him what a waste of time video games are, and how…

I think I just read some great news.  But I’m not positive how to process the information. Here’s the headline: EXPERT SAYS DAD’S TERRIBLE JOKES ARE GREAT FOR CHILD DEVELOPMENT Wait a second! The jokes I told my son Brett as he was growing up were not terrible. I resent that.  But even if they…

That headline was the title of an article I read on an app called SmartNews. The story makes it clear that if you show up at an emergency room with a fishhook in your nose or your fingers super-glued together, there is a good chance you will be sitting in the waiting room next to…

I recently read in one of my newsfeeds that an 85-year-old man was fumbling through his drawers (which is a funny image, right there) and found a one-dollar parking ticket fine that he had gotten almost 70 years ago and forgot to pay. Henry was apparently a man with a sharp financial sense. He knew…

Returning from our vacation in the Virgin Islands last month, I sent my digital camera through the scanner at the airport. Then I forgot to retrieve it from the tray after it rolled out on the conveyor. When I came back five minutes later, it was gone. I almost aways use my cell phone on…

After my 76th birthday this past week, I decided to let it all out. It’s about time people know who I really am. Here are just some of my peculiarities and idiosyncrasies.  Email me the numbers you can relate to: (Wolfsie@aol.com) 1. I prefer baked beans cold. 2. I buy two-piece pajama sets and throw…