you can humbug along at home, if you like

This morning I came as close to announcing “I’m cancelling Christmas!” as I ever have. All over something stupid. I know – kids will be kids, and kids will fight over stupid things. I also know they better not fuck with me, because I make Tony Montana look pretty relaxed at this point. So, anyway, […]

is this one of those fish / bicycle things?

So I’m sitting at work, wondering if my wife is going to come get me (see, we don’t just break grandmas, we break cars, too, and mine is in the shop). The phone rings, she answers, and I say “Hello.” “Oh shit, I’m supposed to come get you!!??”

the middle aged and the old and the young and the restless

I haven’t said much lately about our newest houseguest. Partly because I’m tired, or busy, or just don’t have anything much to say. Unfortunately, she has come to that horrible crossroads where fixed income meet health problems and the skyrocketing cost of care. I know I’m not nearly the only one dealing with this, nor […]