It’s been a year now since the slaughter at Virginia Tech. Six and a half years have passed since 9/11. I rarely think anymore of that early morning at the radio station when two of my employees were standing in the middle of Main Street, butt naked, being hosed down by the fire […]

Well, THAT was embarrassing.
I had some errands to run today, including getting to the bank before it closed, so I was getting dressed to leave when the phone rang.
As I finished the call and dashed out the door, pulling it closed behind me, I realized that my keys were still on the other side.  And […]

It was a serious case of “you can’t get there from here.”
The little community we live in does a nice job of maintaining the infrastructure overall.  Every household in the village pays ten bucks a month for things like snow removal, street light electric bills, and the like, and today, some of that money went […]

Knowing what an animal lover I am, a friend sent me an email. It was hysterical — and oh, so true! Hope you enjoy it!

DOG’S DIARY
8:00 am – Dog food! My favorite thing!
9:30 am – A car ride! My favorite thing!
9:40 am – A walk in the park! My favorite thing!
10:30 […]

Like a lot of other people, I have a bunch of old electronics equipment I’m not using any more.  But what I can’t figure out is how that stuff managed to reproduce itself like a nest of rabbits.
How do four old cables stuck in a drawer morph into twenty-three cables of a type I can’t […]

I saw a story on the news last night about the end of an era.
The Cunard ship Queen Elizabeth 2 is well on her way with her farewell tour. The QE2 has been sailing around the world since 1969, and now she’s on her way to semi-retirement as a luxury hotel in Dubai.

I’ve never […]

My Canadian buddy Stinkypaw asked for a picture of Pink Dog, and since it’s been awhile since I’ve posted any doggie photos, I’m happy to oblige.
So here ya go, Stinky: Ginger the Wonder Dog!

She was REALLY pink right after the bath, but it’s looking a little more natural now. The thing is, […]

Astro the evil psychobird is a music lover!
Our quartet is learning some new music, and I’ve been listening to a few of the numbers online to help with the memorization.  There’s this one song in particular that he really enjoys.
Since I’ve never owned a parrot before, I’m not all that good at reading the subtleties […]

Ginger got her summer ‘do yesterday.  I spent about two hours with the clippers out on the deck, enjoying the rare sunny warm day, shearing the wool from my dog.
The first time I cut her hair, she had rolled on a strip of flypaper at camp, and cutting the hair off was the only way […]

I think I can safely say it: I’m seriously disturbed.
There is some small defect hidden deep inside my brain that prohibits me from turning the channel any time I happen across one of the three Godfather movies. I simply must watch it all the way through.
It doesn’t matter that the movies are […]