Guy's blog about life with pets in northern mich.

What is happening in the battle of the sexes today? Cyber affairs are now legally accepted grounds for divorce in some states, even if those involved in the “ cyber affair ” have never met, touched, spoken with each other, or even would recognize each other, because the only contact they have ever had was via a keyboard! At what point does a harmless flirtation become an affair? Is the use of certain words what pushes some kind of a flirtation across an imaginary line, making it an “ affair?”... Sign in to see full entry.

Not being one of those people who enjoys wrenching on machinery, I am much more suited to being one of those people who pays someone else to do the wrench work for them. This seems like the proper way to accomplish my goal of being able to use my own personal hydraulic wood-splitter this fall. There is only one tiny little flaw in that plan. So, without devising yet another plan to deal with the flaw, I dove into the dismantling of one of my riding lawn mowers, with my own formerly clean, soft... Sign in to see full entry.

What happened to the month of June? I looked away for a moment, POOF! June was GONE! Wouldn’t it be nice if winter months flew by, as the month of June just did? There is always so much to do once the warm weather arrives, that facing the backlog of accumulated chores and repairs is daunting. Last year at this time of the summer, the number of readers and comments on my blog site dropped so dramatically, that I was considering stopping blogging because I thought that people had lost interest in... Sign in to see full entry.

One phrase that we can now retire and remove from the dictionary is, “ Sunday driver.” All of us who grew up decades ago, know what the term means. We all have been caught driving behind some family of gawkers who caused traffic backups because they were driving slowly, while sight seeing. Back in the old days, the whole family would pile into the Buick, usually on a Sunday, to leisurely view the first snowfall, spring or fall colors, or just to look for deer. We had no preset destination and we... Sign in to see full entry.

This is something that I received from a co-worker a year or more, ago. He has since died from the effects of mixing prescription meds and alcohol. As I was reading mail, this came up on the screen when I briefly stopped scrolling. I thought that you might enjoy it, too. If you do, thank the late Richard Huffman. Guy Becoming Illegal (Actual letter from an Iowa resident and sent to his senator) The Honorable Tom Harkin 731 Hart Senate Office Building Phone (202) 224 3254 Washington DC, 20510... Sign in to see full entry.

Americans now drink more bottled water than any other beverage, except for soft drinks! This astounds me. I drink water sparingly, preferring to conserve the world’s dwindling potable water supply by forcing myself to imbibe beer, when parched. Setting a good example for others to emulate, by observing ecologically responsible behaviors, is one of the most important duties of being a sage. It is a comparatively small sacrifice, and when I feel very thirsty and lack beer, I also have been known... Sign in to see full entry.

It is hard not to list all the good things that are happening in my life, lately. I say that I do not have a superstitious bone in my whole body, but I find myself resisting saying things like, “It has been months and months since my truck has given me any trouble, at all!” That is the kind of thing that feels like I am tempting fate to schedule a long series of expensive breakdowns for it. I know better, but this must mean that have a little trace of superstition in me, after all. I have... Sign in to see full entry.

Life here at Sage Haven, is looking a bit rosier, although we realize that this is a temporary situation, as always. I am pretty sure that my next renters and I have found each other. They are a nice younger couple of people that appear to have their heads screwed on straight. They both work, have rented from the same person for more than three years, and are highly motivated to leave the city environment for the peaceful tranquility of my rural home. I had feared that I would end up being... Sign in to see full entry.

I just saw Larry King playing electric guitar with Motley Crew. I thought that he was Keith Richard when I first saw him. Keith or maybe The Crypt Keeper! Poor Larry! He and Don Imus are apparently vying for the “Most desiccated looking” trophy. Seeing mummies walk and talk is unsettling. Both of these men are still effective interviewers and commentators but they have good faces for radio, not so good, for TV. My boss asked me if I had seen Peter Frampton on that recent commercial. After not... Sign in to see full entry.

I want to get a job, working for FEMA! Good pay, unsurpassed insurance and medical coverage, ( Duh! Government job) after a few years, they cannot fire you, and if you screw up, they promote you. It is obvious that those in charge of FEMA now, do not have to go through a dreary, bothersome, routine of preparing for some theoretical future emergency, or the tedious never-ending irritation of distributing all that crap that the rumor mill says is stored in some warehouse somewhere. At FEMA, the... Sign in to see full entry.