Well, they did it: despite the monsoons, the kids got married last night on the riverboat.
I’m sure I’ve seen it rain harder than it did yesterday at some point in my life, but I really can’t remember when. The ramp leading down the bank to the river’s edge looked like a river itself, […]

It was an addict’s dream come true.
Anyone who knows me knows all about my addition to office supplies. I can lose hours, possibly days, deciding which highlight markers are best for me, and when it comes to ballpoint pens, well, the sky is the limit. As far as I’m concerned, groceries and/or office […]

At myself, that is.
I spent all day yesterday with my nose buried in books, calendars, and the laptop, working like a little trooper on developing three syllabi for most of the new classes I’ll be teaching this fall.
Now, when I put together a syllabus, it goes well beyond “this is the book you need” and […]

Hi.
I haven’t been around here much lately, largely because I’ve been running around like the proverbial headless chicken trying to get ready for my new job while keeping up with the current one. It’s been nuts.
I figured you all were due for an update, though, so here goes:
I went to campus today to meet […]

Are you into family genealogy?
For years, my mother was family historian.  Each August at the reunion, she would get up and report on births, deaths, marriages, and the like — and it was maddening.  Everybody wanted their branch of the tree represented accurately, but nobody wanted to pass along the pertinent information.  So Mom would […]

My niece’s daughter is getting married at the end of this month.  Boy, does THAT make me feel old!  But it’ll be nice to get together and visit with everybody again.
The wedding will be different than most of those I’ve attended.  First, it’s at eight o’clock in the evening.  Second, it’s on a riverboat.
To be […]

This is one of the neatest hot tub accessories I’ve ever seen.
When we bought our hot tub a few years ago, we did a ton of research about which model would best suit our needs, which company had the best track record for service and quality, and more. We settled on a ThermoSpa and […]

I guess it’s just another one of those things that happen once you hit fifty.
I was clearing the junk out of my email spam folder when it hit me:  I’m getting an extraordinary number of messages from folks who want me to buy wrinkle cream from them.
It’s to be expected, I suppose, but I can’t […]

I’m bored.
It’s so hot outside that, even though we need to cut the grass, neither of us wants to experience heat stroke.  So we talk about cutting the grass instead.
All of my favorite cable channels seem to be having marathons today.  However, since they’re my favorites, I’ve already seen all of these episodes of Jon […]

It’s definitely shorts and t-shirts weather around here.
For some reason, we’re getting high temperatures in the upper 80s and low 90s, a good fifteen to twenty degrees above normal.   It feels a lot more like late July or August than early June.
And therein lies the rub — nobody around here is used to the […]