Growing up, there were some children’s books that I found to be just flat-out creepy. I guess it was probably the illustrations that got to me moreso than the actual story content, but even today, there are certain books that evoke a knee-jerk rejection when I see them or hear their titles. Pretty much any [...]
I get very few chances where I can legitimately tell The Wife that I was correct and she was wrong about something beforehand. So when I can, I generally take great delight in telling her so. Except when I’m correct about foretelling my own misery and suffering. For the past year or so, a great [...]
Okay, I’m not trying to sound like an old coot here, but I’m amazed at how much things have changed since I was a kid. Take for example my current situation – as I write this, I’m sitting in the waiting room of my local car dealership using their wireless network while I wait for [...]
I usually don’t participate in memes or chain e-mails, but since this is a still a shiny new blog and I’m pretending that there might be people who don’t know me that are reading it, I’ll make an exception to the rule and go ahead and do one. This meme in particular was also done [...]
I failed to mention the enormous indignity heaped upon me when I dropped The Boy off at school after his dental appointment the other day. It’s a shining example of how no matter how good of a father you are, 99% of women you don’t know assume you’re a deadbeat.
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