I think my brother has been pouring Miracle Grow on the doggie kibble.
BJ and I had some errands to run this afternoon, and our travels took us near Dave’s house, so we decided to stop by and see if anyone was home.  We had a very nice visit, and I got to see the bloodhound […]

A friend sent me an email today, alerting me about a disturbing new trend, and I just had to share it with you.
The high gas prices are, it seems, leading some people to the back end of your car. Stealing license plates, putting the tags on their vehicles, then filling up and driving off […]

You need business cards, stationary, and a bunch of other stuff to launch your new business, but you don’t want to spend a bunch of money, and there’s just something very appealing about coming up with your own custom logo design.  So what do you do?
Well, if you’re anything like me, you go to logoyes […]

What a glorious if worrisome weekend!
BJ and I took the four dogs to camp, but we decided not to take the bird.  Nighttime temperatures have been in the 40s, and since the inside of the cabin is still unfinished and uninsulated, we were worried about him getting too cold.  Besides, he’s a bird.  His world […]

I realize that this is a somewhat distasteful subject, but it’s been bugging me for quite awhile now.
I’m talking about those electronic eye flushing devices on more and more public toilets.
Sure, I understand the idea behind them:  make sure everyone flushes when done, and save lots of water while doing it.  But tell me how […]

According to the TV weather dude, it has rained here on 16 of the 18 days so far this month.  To be honest, I’m not sure we’ve missed even two days!
We did manage to get the garden planted one day between the showers, and the tomato, pepper, and radish plants are all looking good.  The […]

It’s taken a lot of willpower to wait before writing this post, but just in case somebody is running behind on watching the Tivo, I didn’t want to ruin it for you.
I’ve been a big fan of CSI: since the very beginning. The original one set in Las Vegas, I mean. It gets […]

Anybody want an AKC registered bloodhound pup?
I was talking to my sister-in-law this evening, and she asked for my help in selling those puppies born on Valentine’s Day. She says they still have four males and two females — and that’s in addition to the parents, a hyperactive Vizla, two Pomeranians, a cat (I […]

I found out today just which classes I’ll be teaching this fall.
I’ll have News Writing and Reporting, Editorial Writing, Genre Writing, and Mass Communications Law.  There are also two internship programs I’ll be overseeing, as well as serving as faculty advisor for the campus newspaper.
Now the fun begins.  I need to select textbooks and get […]

We live in West Virginia’s northern panhandle. Less than a mile to the west is the Ohio River and the Buckeye State. Not twenty miles to our east is the Pennsylvania state line.
Ordinarily, I love this arrangement. Ohio has no sales tax on food. Clothes are tax-free in Pennsylvania. Everything […]