I make a pretty lousy volunteer

I was “elected” to keep the books for a local volunteer group I belong to. I put that in quotes because the election is slighly rigged, there was nobody else running. So anyway, I’m trying to play catch-up today. It’s less fun than say, sleeping in. Grr.

still kicking

I’m still going, y’all. Round One of the Busy Week is behind us now. One of my favorite Firely quotes (and apparently my seven year old likes it too, since he quoted it at dinner last night: Mal: Don’t you ever stand for that sort of thing! Someone tries to kill you, you try to […]

I’m the greatest good you’ll ever have

I was coaching soccer practice, and one common thing for me to do is to yell for the players to “freeze” while in the midst of a scrimmage so I can tell them something. Me: “okay, Freeze!” Player (slowly): “I’m just. getting. a. drink. of. water.” The entire team then breaks into their favorite “Incredibles” […]