When I was growing up, we were never allowed to have the TV on while we ate dinner, and my mother definitely never let us eat in the living room on our fancy wooden TV tray tables. There were only two exceptions to these rules. Once or twice a year, always on a Sunday night [...]
Archive: October 2011
I’m not sick or anything, but I’m at the age now where I have to start thinking about what happens after I’m gone. I know that things will be hectic for my family, and I don’t want them to have to deal with getting things in order (I expect that the celebration will be a [...]
I may have mentioned before that I listen to country music. Not the old twangy stuff… the new twangy stuff. One of the reasons I like it is because you always know what you’re going to get. Country music stars know their audience. Some may call it pandering, but I like to think they’re just [...]
I’ll forewarn you that this post is primarily geared to the male part of the species. Females are welcome to continue, but some of this may not make much sense to you… unless you’ve been in a men’s restroom. And if you have been, I’ll assume that was a one-time mistake, since there is no [...]
It sure was hot this summer. I know a bold statement like that probably rocks your world (isn’t that what the young people say?), but facts are facts. Fortunately, air conditioners have been around for my whole life, so I can’t really claim to have suffered much in the heat. I do remember that when [...]
