Coincidentally – or was it by design? – he chose to leave the country just as it came time to build the baby item registry, leaving her to tear her hair and curse his name as she drifted in a paper sea of safety ratings, customer reviews, and conflicting and confusing recommendations. He will pay dearly upon his…
Snow Angel
Tales of Virge the Scourge While Patrick’s away, I’m doing some intense training with The Scourge. So far, the only things he does reliably is Sit (your basic dog trick, but not the most useful), Get Busy (pee and right now I mean it), and Get Your Bone (very useful when he’s pestering you and he…
Yer Purty
4:34 pm. Rushing to the UPS box that has a final pickup of 4:30. Hoping the dude is late. See the dude in his truck on the street. He’s parked with his hazards on. Salvation! I screech to a stop (no one behind me) and wave my package at him out the window. Please,…
THE LAW
When I was 20 or so, I was pulled over in Louisville Kentucky for going 77 in a 55. It was 1:30 in the morning. I was alone on the road. I was heading from New Orleans, LA (where my parents lived) to Ohio State to visit my sister. I’d left at 5:00 that morning,…
Fox News Update
At the gym this afternoon, Fox news was on the tv. "So, Ken, tell me the status of the fugitive murderer who brutally killed a pregnant marine and burned her body." "Well, Carla, the murderer, who is on the run, may have fled to Mexico. That is, he is probably no longer in…