Dick Wolfsie

Here is part 2 of excerpts from my favorite columns from this past year. Looking forward to 2026. In one column, I celebrated the history of the parking meter. The…

This week, I have a few final observations as we head into 2026.Every few days, my printer temporarily refuses to print. It sounds like it’s trying to process something, maybe…

This is about a medical concern I had last summer.  I’m fine, but this is my only chance to write funny stuff about a lung biopsy. I hope. When I…

I read yesterday that IKEA was “withdrawing” one of its most popular food offerings from supermarkets in Sweden after discovering traces of horse meat in the product. In racing terminology,…

My wife has run off with my sister. They were only supposed to vacation together for a little over a week, but when Linda asked Mary Ellen if I could…

There should be a law against having phone numbers that denote words instead of, well, numbers. It’s a phone number, not a phone word. For example, there is a national organization…

(CURRENT) It’s already October, and I haven’t seen my Christmas Hammacher Schlemmer gift catalog. This historic company is closing. Their publication is 144 years old. And I have been making fun…

Ouch! Ow! Ooh, that really hurts… Please stop. Are you trying to kill me? We can all agree that having a lousy dentist can be an agonizing experience. But I…

There are many people in our neighborhood with diverse professions.  There are insurance agents, physicians, pharmacists, computer software experts, and salespeople, among others.  All of these individuals not only excelled…

There’s a great deal of pressure on me to be funny. I feel it at church, at pickleball, and when I run into people at the supermarket. This is what…