A fairly odd parent

Okay, y’all, thanks for the, um, support yesterday. Here’s what happened: Mom (my bride, the love of my life, she who I can’t live without, the goddess, angel, etc.) ran from work to pick up our son so he could go to scouts. He announces he doesn’t want to go to scouts, preferring to get […]

Annoying quote for today

“We’re stockpiling more than 4 million doses of flu vaccine for children.” Ya know, flu vaccine works so much better if you actually give it to people. And ya know? The kids doses were all made by Aventis; there was never a shortage of those. Same amount as they planned on, all along. But you […]

Coffee trouble

As part of my gradual embrace of a more healthy style of living, I’ve decided I need to reduce my coffee consumption. No, I am not making this up. This is scary, folks. “Blair Witch” scary. Cuz me without coffee isn’t pretty. That’s why it’s reducing instead of eliminating. So it’s like eating diet Ben […]