Articles By: dickwolfsie

Sitting Pretty

Sitting Pretty

0 June 14, 2009 9:03 am

What has happened to the art of sitting? People nowadays don’t just sit; they have to be involved in some activity like emailing, blogging, twittering, reading, or watching TV. During this lovely summer, it’s something we should consider. When I [...]

Time in a Bottle

Time in a Bottle

0 February 26, 2009 1:07 pm

We had never cleaned our kitchen pantry until this week. The fridge gets a good once-over every month when we wipe off the shelves and throw out any food item that has developed a green slime. I’ve had to toss [...]

Clean Sweep

Clean Sweep

2 January 26, 2009 10:54 am

The other day, I received something interesting in the mail. It wasn’t an exotic postcard from Maui; it was a thank-you note for a recent purchase I had made. Dear Mr. Wolfsie, Thank you for buying a new Oreck. We [...]

Washed Up

Washed Up

0 January 3, 2009 12:34 pm

We were both afraid to go into the room. We walked back and forth in front of the door for several days, avoiding the inevitable. Things were piling up outside and I knew that we couldn’t hold out indefinitely. But [...]

Stop, You’re Killing Me!

Stop, You’re Killing Me!

0 September 14, 2008 2:19 pm

I was home working late one afternoon when the phone rang. My wife’s cell number popped up on my caller ID. “Hello, Mary Ellen?” “I adore you.” How odd. My wife is a loving person, but she is not given [...]

Letter Perfect

Letter Perfect

0 July 3, 2008 12:05 pm

There should be a law. A law against having phone numbers that denote words instead of, well, numbers. Hello! Its a phone, not a phone word. I hosted a TV segment last week for a national organization that is dedicated [...]

35-30 or Fight

35-30 or Fight

1 June 9, 2008 9:25 am

Have you seen my pants lately? I mean my 35-30 pants.  That’s not a brand name, like 501 jeans; that’s my size. Yes, I have a 35-inch waist and two 30-inch legs. Now you know. I am not proud of [...]

The Secret Word Is…

The Secret Word Is…

0 May 6, 2008 7:05 am

I received an email the other day from the college where I teach informing me that everyone on the faculty had to change the passwords we use to enter the university Website. An independent consultant had determined that many of [...]

Phone Hex

Phone Hex

0 April 8, 2008 7:08 am

It had probably been six or eight years since I bought a new phone. Not a cell phone, not an iPhone. Just a phone. This perplexed the 21-year-old at the office supply store. “Let me understand this, Sir. You don’t [...]

A Slice of Life

A Slice of Life

0 March 9, 2008 12:08 pm

Editor’s Note: Geist resident and TV personality Dick Wolfsie will be writing a monthly column for the “atGeist Community Newsletter” starting this month. I don’t usually have my meals delivered up here in the Geist area. My pizza restaurant of [...]