Waiter Rant

My wife and I arrived to pick our daughter up from cheerleading practice but, since we were early, decided to use the extra time to take our dog for a walk.

It was a time of great and exalting excitement.

After thanking my host for putting me up in his Costa Rican home for a week, I climbed into my Uber and began my journey away from sun, surf, margaritas and back to the real world.

I was driving to do some Christmas shopping with my family when we passed the cemetery where my father’s mortal remains are interred.

I was having drinks and a cigar with a friend when he said, “If you’d become a priest, you’d be a bishop by now.”

I woke up with a nagging pain in my right arm, which didn’t surprise me since I’d been afflicted with what I figured was a bad case of tendonitis all week.

Which ever way you swing religion wise, this is a sermon worth listening to.

Why am I only hearing about this short film now?

Several months back, I was watching the HBO show White Lotus when one of the characters asked an old Buddhist monk happens to us after death.

We had an early flight out of Reno Airport so, to avoid rushing, we left Tahoe the day before and checked into The Nugget Casino in Sparks, Nevada.