CJ Woods III’s Story Archive

Call Your Mom

June 4, 2015 | by CJ Woods III

On Saturday, May 9th, as I walked through Irvington with my friend, I saw a sign or T-shirt in a shop window. I did not turn to examine it more closely, but the message was “Call Your Mom.” It resonated with me because of a conversation with my sister on … Read More

Training Day

May 21, 2015 | by CJ Woods III

A friend watched me soak the crusted pan that had been used to produce part of the dinner we had consumed. She noted that my soaking of the pan — designed to make cleaning easier — was behavior that she had not been able to “train” her male roommate to … Read More

Did You Dance?

May 14, 2015 | by CJ Woods III

In a recent “info-snacking” moment, I heard a television report about a woman detained by TSA; in a sound bite, she said that, “This doesn’t happen to people like me.” I did not see the full report of the incident, but it reminded me of an encounter I had with … Read More

Protect and Serve

May 7, 2015 | by CJ Woods III

Early in 2010 a man and his daughter were on the side of the road near Xenia, Ohio, changing a flat tire. They were returning to Indiana from a visit to Maryland when the yawing of the car signaled distress to a tire, which was flapping as the car edged … Read More

Blunt and Candid

April 30, 2015 | by CJ Woods III

Robert Gates, the former director of the CIA, and secretary of defense, once described himself as “blunt and candid;” Chris Christie, the governor of New Jersey, and a possible contestant for the 2016 GOP presidential nomination, described himself in the same way. One long-ago boss of mine, while never describing … Read More