Monday, August 10, 2009
Confessions of a part-time insomniac...
I’m now at that age where I am not so afraid of things like snakes, spiders, or even clowns. I don’t want to be around them, but they don’t petrify me like they once did. No, my fears, like everything else, have matured. My fears are more akin to facing my own mortality. It’s not that I necessarily...
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Wednesday, August 5, 2009
"Hey ya'll; wartch this!"
There’s an old joke: What are a redneck’s last words? “Hey ya’ll, wartch this!” As I just shamelessly cribbed an old joke, I’ll continue the trend by taking a line from Al Gore. “I invented the Darwin Awards.” Okay, not really. But hey, I’m astonished I’m still around considering the extraordinarily...
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Monday, July 27, 2009
The things we do...
Rock and roll may not save your mortal soul, but it can sooth the savage beast. More specifically, everyone needs an outlet. Mine is playing music. Oh sure, some can occasionally get a Strat sighting, say, on a golf course working on my regionally famous whole-body spasm that is my golf swing and...
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Thursday, July 9, 2009
The horror...the horror...
You think you’re alone on the highway. You’ve been bothered by this thing all afternoon, but too many people were around. Glancing into your rear view mirror, you see no one else nearby. At last! You can, for lack of a more delicate way of putting this, finally start digging for silver in a gold...
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Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Bringing up baby, as it were...
So it’s time for another installment of the Chronicles of Sunny, our 12-week-old Corgi. Like all proud parents, my Beloved and I are convinced this little fellow is the smartest, most handsome young fellow who ever lived. Like all childless couples who talk too much to their pets, we also have a...
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Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Seventh grade American Gigolo
So a friend of mine was complaining about some personal hygiene product that was supposed to not only make him not offend, but would make women crawl all over him in a pile of nubile, naked young bodies. The stuff is called "Axe" I believe, and strangely enough, it did not live up to its advertised...
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Thursday, June 11, 2009
Modern phone etiquette
A few years back, I was out walking with the dog when we ran into a friend of the family, also on a walk. We caught up for a few minutes, and as everyone else in town would do, she asked about my mother. I told her mom was doing well, always busy, and always, you know, mom. She laughed and said,...
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Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Anothe bouncing edition to the family!
You plan and you plan; the time never seems right. Then one day, you realize the time will never be right so you go ahead and do it anyway. No; I’m not talking about having a baby, although this is sort of like that. I’m talking about a new ball of fur, a new squirming, wriggling, high-energy...
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Monday, June 1, 2009
Either passing thoughts, or thoughts on passing...
Eating a dirt sandwich. Taking a dirt nap. Buying a one-way ticket to the marble orchard. I don’t know what put me in this mood, but I’ve been reflecting on mortality more than usual lately. Maybe it’s because last Wednesday was the anniversary of my father’s death. Maybe it’s because it’s been a...
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Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Learning the language...
So I got an email awhile back decrying the politically correct movement. Why I keep getting such communications is a mystery to me. It’s a tired old argument that’s not going away. It’s been beaten to death. Besides, everyone who knows me knows already knows I deplore such pusillanimous attempts at...
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