Merry Christmas

Spend time with those most special in your life and try to even get along today with crazy Uncle Melvin. Enjoy the light radiation from my virtual Yule log.A very merry Christmas from my family to yours.

The Bacon Fairy

I'm leaving my broken frying pan under my pillow tonight!image credit

The Holidays

When 'Your Fellow Man' becomes the sole obstacle to your future happiness.

Party Geek - Revised

As the holidays draw ever closer, and friends and families are getting together to celebrate, I'm reminded of that oh so universal truth in the world, that is most easily started as thus, "Don't invite a geek to your party. Ever!" This is a huge mistake. Now don't misunderstand me here, my people are fun and exciting in our own way. When we all get together in groups it's great. I can talk for an

Letter To My Father

Dear Pop;Today is December 22, 2008, you have been gone a while. Five years if I recall. Has it really been that long? I'm not sure what prompted me to write this, but I've been missing you recently. It's not Fathers Day, or your birthday, but I still wish I could talk to you. I miss having you here. There are so many times growing up that I wished I was anywhere except living under your roof. I

Diary Of An Amateur Woodworker

March 2008Dear Diary,Today my wife asked me to build her something. A toy shelf out of wood. I haven't done anything like that since I was a kid, and back then it was impolite to say, "Wow? Did you make that? Kid...that looks like garbage." I'm not even sure where to start. I have a workbench, but I hadn't actually thought of using it for anything. I hope my tools don't get freaked out by

Climbing into Coffee Cups

Somedays are just plain cold. There is nothing you can do to get warm. Today is one of those days. It is bitter cold here. Someone needs to call Al Gore and find out why the warming has stopped. I don't care if the polar bears are suffering, I want my global warming!Days like this I feel like doing this:Do you think the folks in my office will mind?

Understanding Hannah

My youngest daughter is a absolute nutcase. Her brain is a hodgepodge of crisscrossed wires that make her sister, who has Down Syndrome, seem completely rational by comparison.For instance when Alexis wants something, it makes sense. She loves the television, waffles and her stuffed lion. In that order. If she is unhappy we can almost bet that one of the aforementioned items will make her happy.