I almost forgot!

Happy Birthday, War! You’ll always be older than my daughter, who is gearing up to start Kindergarten. Are you starting Kindergarten, too? It seems like only yesterday we were all getting mysty-eyed at your first “Mission Accomplished.” Later you had a Surge and we thought – wow, they sure do grow up fast. So, can […]

We will rock you

A priceless moment, and no camera handy: the look on my son’s face while watching an old Queen concert video on VH1 yesterday. “Is that a guy?” “He sounds more like a man on the radio.” “Yuck.” His brother is always the crossdresser, but he wasn’t in the room at the time…

the rich get richer

I don’t give a shit what the Fed does with the interest rate, or that the Dow goes nuts as a result. You can make it zero percent, and Discover will still charge me 21% for the gas I bought on credit because I couldn’t wait until payday. I’m thinking more of America is like […]