The Reluctant Grownup

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…

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…

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…

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…

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."  …