Today would have been a great morning to sit with a cup of coffee and a cigarette. We are out on the lake…temperatures are fairly cool, sunrise is beautiful, water is calm… So, yeah. Sit on the shore with my coffee and cigarette. Problem is—I quit smoking about a year and half ago. But, damn, … Continue reading
It’s the title of a book, and I will say more on that later. For now, a little history… About a month ago, I was an obese slug with a two-pack-a-day smoking habit. I read books all day long. No seriously, all. day. long. Mostly paranormal romance (vampire and werewolves, oh my!), reverse harem, biker … Continue reading
As we know, parenting is hard. Parenting a social child when you are not even mildly socially inclined…excruciating. I am not an actual diagnostically worthy sociopath, but if we look at the root of the word, I probably fit the bill. A little dictionary for your day. According to Merriam Webster’s Dictionary, the simple definition … Continue reading
It’s that time again. We are saturated already and we really haven’t gotten to the prime season yet. So how do you talk to your kids about what is all over the television right now? (or, if you’re like my crew and not a t.v. family, all over the radio, internet, mass media, bumper stickers, etc. etc. … Continue reading
So it begins. Starting a blog is fun. You have all these great ideas for what your theme is going to be and dreams about it becoming wildly successful. You finally settle down on what you want to talk about, you pick the perfect name, you get a little giddy when the domain is still … Continue reading