Stuff your sorrys in a sack
It is a good rule in life never to apologize. The right sort of people do not want apologies, and the wrong sort take a mean advantage of them. -…
Questionable restroom language
For those of you who don’t pay attention to details, you may have missed the messages that frequently inundate us while using a public restroom. Recently I noticed that Sanor…
The majesty of the combine harvester. Oh, and a legitimately bionic cat, too.
This is one of my daughter’s favorite books. MY FIRST FARM BOARD BOOK And it’s great. It has terrific photographs of cows and pigs and horses and even a big…
Mired in hip-waggling and scat
My wife and I spent the evening listening to one of her former students, now a senior in college, perform with her jazz quartet. I left the bar mystified as…
Lacking less-than-vital information
There is a person named Lindsay Lohan and she is going to jail soon. I know that Lindsay Lohan is a famous person, but I do not know why she…
Organ swapping?
How about this for an idea? Every year thousands of people die waiting for kidney and other organ transplants. It’s tragic considering how many of us have an extra kidney…
It’s fine to be a slightly insane parent. Just don’t pretend that you’re not.
I have friends whose daughter slept in a tiny bed at the foot of their own bed until she was five years old. Today that little girl is eight years…
The world is slightly less interesting today
Scientists claim to have answered the question that has confounded philosophers for centuries: Which came first? The chicken or the egg? It was, they say, indisputably the chicken. A team…
The Vatican is nothing if not consistent
It’s the lack of consistency that often annoys me when it comes to religious tradition and belief. It most often occurs with the strict adherence to certain lines of Scripture…
There is never a need to make Journey songs more accessible to children
This morning, I brought Clara to her gym class and was subjected to the musical styling of a Journey cover band that transformed classic songs such as Don’t Stop Believin’…
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