Where the author peruses the various genres of dreams that pretty much everyone has experienced, presented alphabetically… by height: 

“The Actor’s Nightmare,” “The Executive’s Nightmare” and, everybody’s favorite, “The Student’s Nightmare.”

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://smilinginhellcom.wordpress.com/2021/11/22/smiling-in-hell-2-0-life-after-retirement-and-then-some-3/

Where the author shares a veritable cesspool full of reasons as to why I think that more people are “Smiling in Hell” now than ever before.

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://smilinginhellcom.wordpress.com/2021/10/07/smiling-in-hell-2-0-life-after-retirement-and-then-some-2/

It’s starting to feel, if only a little bit, like Fall.  And with that feeling, which comes with my favorite season, I always tend to tiptoe through memories of going back to school, especially those holy days at Carolina in Chapel Hill.

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://smilinginhellcom.wordpress.com/2021/09/30/smiling-in-hell-2-0-life-after-retirement-and-then-some/

Where the author shares a few brushes with life as a ‘professional’ actor (i.e. getting paid!) that gave a glimpse, just a glimpse mind you, of that proverbial golden goose. And, the potential to actually make a living in an occupation with a 99% unemployment rate didn’t totally scare me off.

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://smilinginhellcom.wordpress.com/2021/09/05/smiling-in-hell-2-0-19/

While the ending summer heat and humidity continues to rear and roar through most cities and towns and we are deluged with ads for ‘Back to School’ sales and reminders that the kids will soon be back in class, my mind and memory can’t help but crawl reluctantly back to the days when I was an inmate in the public school system.

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://smilinginhellcom.wordpress.com/2021/08/23/smiling-in-hell-2-0-18/

There aren’t many things that REALLY scare me.  But there was one night where I really thought, through a total lack of good judgement on my part, I might have just bought the farm, kicked the bucket, cashed in my chips.

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://smilinginhellcom.wordpress.com/2021/07/31/smiling-in-hell-2-0-17/

So every now and then I surprise myself that I actually get something sort of right. It certainly doesn’t happen when I’m trying to hang a new light fixture on the front porch or install a new garbage disposal.  

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://smilinginhellcom.wordpress.com/2021/07/22/smiling-in-hell-2-0-16/

So it was the week before Father’s Day (or is it Fathers’ Day, Fathers Day or Phahthurs Day…?) and certainly, as a card carrying member of that worthy and honorable brotherhood, I deemed it a worthy topic to spackle in this edition of Smiling in Hell.

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://smilinginhellcom.wordpress.com/2021/06/18/smiling-in-hell-2-0-15/

At the risk of putting off some of my friends, acquaintances, family members and others whose paths I may have crossed at one time or another, in light of the incredible evolution and revolution of new policies, philosophies and processes occurring in the world, I felt a personal obligation to be faithful to myself and my upbringing by sharing the following.

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://smilinginhellcom.wordpress.com/2021/05/28/smiling-in-hell-2-0-14/

The following story is true to the best of my somewhat historically misaligned memory. The names haven’t been changed to protect the innocent so if anyone sees themselves in the story, well, that’s what you get for being around when this all went down.

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://smilinginhellcom.wordpress.com/2021/05/15/smiling-in-hell-2-0-chapter-18/