Late Night Buddhist
By Scott Taylor
Reader Staff
My grandpa used to have a small sign hanging in his woodshop with a quote that read: “Everyone you meet is in some way or …
By Scott Taylor
Reader Staff
My grandpa used to have a small sign hanging in his woodshop with a quote that read: “Everyone you meet is in some way or …
By Scott Taylor
Reader Columnist
A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of joining a mountain bike outing with four of the many athletic, kick-ass ladies who inhabit this …
By Scott Taylor
Reader Columnist
You may have heard the above question posed by one spouse to another amid a relationship spat (in the standard joke it applies to the …
By Scott Taylor
Reader Columnist
I opened Pandora.com to my “Three Dog Night” station the other day, feeling nostalgic toward those late-’60s and early-’70s songs about love, debauchery, altered states …
By Scott Taylor
Reader Columnist
You may have seen a cartoon similar to this somewhere:
A man in a doctor’s office waves his arm around wildly and says, “Doc it …
By Scott Taylor
Reader Columnist
When I was teaching I used to have a few quotes posted around my classroom, including the title of this piece. I found it in …
By Scott Taylor
Reader Columnist
When I go back to small-town Illinois to see my youngest daughter, I stay with her and her husband in their tiny house. It’s not …
By Scott Taylor
Reader Columnist
A few years ago I realized that I’d had enough of sitting behind a desk, trying to teach junior-high students the geography of central Asia …
By Scott Taylor
Reader Columnist
Remember the TV sitcom My Name Is Earl? In it, a scroungy, down-and-out, low-rent petty criminal believes that his past bad deeds were the …
By Scott Taylor
Reader Columnist
As I write this, it’s late September and the season has come (probably long ago for those overachievers who aren’t into procrastination) for filling the …
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