Onword and Upwords by Dennis Brady

  • What Made You Smile?

    There are some days that you just get through. And you go to bed as soon and as early as you can.  That was yesterday.  This morning I woke up and opened this guided journal thing that Sandra bought me… Continue reading

  • Two Kinds of People

    We’ve all heard that there are 2 kinds of people. There’s lots of different types of 2 kinds and I have one more. Those who make excuses and those who make things happen. Those who make excuses are sitting at… Continue reading

  • The Blind Squirrels 

    We lost the first game in our end of the season little league double header and really, we weren’t surprised. Maybe we had won a single game all year. Maybe. So we went home that Friday night with plans to… Continue reading

  • Perspective 

    I can walk out of my house on a Fall Saturday morning and see a yard full of fallen leaves and think, “crap, I’ll be blowing leaves half a day.” My friend Morris can see the same leaves on the… Continue reading

  • Marathons 

    Nothing I’m about to say has been fact-checked and verified. But I think I’m right. For some reason today I was thinking about marathon runners. Not sure why. I hate to run and don’t understand the psyche of people who… Continue reading

  • 27 Minutes 

    So, counting the ways I’ve tried to control my weight over the past 10 years: Adkins diet Myfitnesspal app P90X Ideal Protein Anytime Fitness membership A running program with Will Aquatic center membership Daily sit ups and push ups Ketone… Continue reading

  • Ignore Meet Consequence 

    I knew the power steering had a leak. A couple of times over the last year the steering was tight so I added fluid and drove on. As long as I had $5 I could keep buying fluid. No problem.… Continue reading

  • George and Merle Can’t Be Pleased

    I’m not a country music fan, but I have to think that George Jones and Merle Haggard are happy that they’re in a box and sound-proofed by 6ft of dirt. Country music lyrics are just so stupid these days. I… Continue reading

  • Good Deeds

    Someone said that a good deed never goes unpunished. An exclusive term like “never” may be too strong, but it’s definitely true at times. I recently fell in love with the #10 at Firehouse Subs, the beef brisket and cheddar… Continue reading

  • Less Horrible

    Will and I were playing bocci ball. We don’t know the real rules so we say that if my closest ball is closer to the target than his closest ball, I get a point. Then if his second closest ball… Continue reading