Death By Tennis Ball
Now that I’ve made my apologies and have been forgiven for taking our whole parenting dilemma public, I can concentrate on other apologies like the one I must issue to the woman I almost killed yesterday. It was nearly death by tennis ball which doesn’t happen too often and has me wondering if I should [...]
A Words – Altruism and Asceticism
It’s been an inspired start to ‘08. Without making any real resolutions because I am, as I’ve said before, nearly perfect, it’s still been hard to resist the betterment challenges that are out there in the blogosphere these first days of the New Year. First there’s Jen over at One Plus Two challenging her audience [...]
Expectation
If you are like me, then a little a bit of you will be disappointed this Christmas. It’s not like being six years old again and believing, really believing, that Santa will bring you a pony despite the fact that there is no pasture or stable or knowledge of ponies within a twenty mile radius [...]
Gift Swap Gone Wrong
The invitation came by e-mail. An E-vite. A Naughty or Nice gift swap. Ladies only. The promise of Pomegranate Martinis and stuffed mushrooms and elegant cocktail napkins. Until that E-vite arrived, I didn’t know how much I’d been missing the annual Scotch Swap we used to attend in Miami, all the raunchy, cheap-o [...]
Not until December
Shouldn’t there be a law, some sort of ordinance against the display of Christmas decorations before the flowers in the Thanksgiving centerpiece have shriveled and died?
Driving around town, one would think that Old Saint Nick was beating an immediate path to our doors, like tonight, this afternoon, visiting only those previous and industrious enough to [...]
My ‘Crazy’
We have had house guests. Oh, okay, I have had house guests and the other people that live here have merely enjoyed the additional meals and exceptional fussing that comes with my having company. For everyone else it was just another long weekend save for the five course meal on Thursday and the addition [...]
Thinking of You, Fudge Ripple
I am in the third day of a self-imposed hunger strike. No, not a writer’s strike. Sadly, I have no wages to contest. Nevertheless, I have made a vow, damn it, and it involves chocolate and ice cream and gummy worms. Yes, I ate way too much candy on Halloween and though I didn’t [...]
I’m going to be that asshole…
Tomorrow I’m going to have to be that asshole…you know the one, the one that marches down the street to the distant neighbor’s door; the one that knocks with purpose and authority, claiming the space that is their front door step, dominating the situation at hand. Having no idea what the parent behind that door [...]
Manny-o-matic and the E-bay auction
Okay, one more day of Manny because I didn’t get to comment on the E-bay thing and, also, Charles Pierce of Slate published a great piece yesterday on Manny that I just have to share. If you don’t have time to read the whole thing, this little tidbit should suffice:
“It came at the end of [...]
The Anti-Christmas Card
It’s that time of year again; time for apple crisp and woolen sweaters and warm cider and replacing the screens with the storm windows. All this autumn and winter preparedness makes me realize that it is also nearing time for me to begin the long and arduous process of taking a photograph of the children [...]
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