Movie theme night!

It was Saturday, we’d been busy (let’s just say we had already been halfway across Texas by 2:00, just in time for a Mega Fun Pizza Birthday Party we had been invited to). My wife was nursing a headache, my kids were “bored,” and I was a little desperate. So, I did what any desperate […]

What’s in a name, anyway?

I picked this up from Interstellar Lass… The Name Game YOUR ROCK STAR NAME: (first pet and current street name)Tiny Berkeley. Yeah, I’ve always dreamed of going by the name “tiny.” YOUR MOVIE STAR NAME: (grandfather/grandmother on your mom’s side, your favorite candy)Ben Reese. Like Ben Affleck but with more gut. YOUR “FLY GIRL/GUY” NAME: […]

Scorched earth

That may seem like a funny name for a weekend recap, but that’s what I saw a lot of. We drove to visit my wife’s mom, and some other folks, and spent about four hours on Saturday and almost five hours Sunday (damn traffic) on the highways and byways of Texas. Damn, we could use […]