At times I’ve heard, “God watches over children and drunken Sailors” uttered over the past years.  I was both at different times, but am neither now although admittedly I’m really prone to have too much wine on some days and behave like a hyper active  child in the yard with our dogs on most.  Recently, […]

At 51, I ponder how much time I have left on this planet (or any other for that matter).  I’m not referring to the tinfoil hat wearers who await return of the mother ship, but rather to mortality.  I’m certain many have had a similar thought. I compare the first 25 years of our lives […]

     As an empty nester, I’m guilty of overusing the phrase, “Child replacement therapy” when speaking in terms of dog ownership.  I didn’t coin the phrase (or maybe I did), but I throw it around to sound smarter than I am, hoping to compensate for a severe IQ point deficit.      After nearly […]

Oooh, catchy post title!  What lameness are we being drawn into this time? Go forth fearless reader. It is 2AM.  Lying in bed I’m caught between by the gentle, sucking chest wound sound of Bridget’s snore who conveniently, is never awake to enjoy these moments, and our dog Heidi, who currently sleeps with her nose-breathing head […]

Key to a woman’s heart must be the most colossal understatement uttered by mankind…ever.  This comically wrong oversimplification keeps men busy trying to solve for the undefined – how to win a woman’s heart.  This is on par with easy stuff, like dividing by zero.  Being proud or hopelessly desperate we won’t rest until we […]