That’s a quote from a Christopher Walken skit on Saturday Night Live. I was going to be a very thorough blogger and embed the video in here so you could watch a clip of it and know what the heck I was talking about. But I can’t find it anywhere. So you either saw that [...]

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Farrah Fawcett died today.

I am genuinely sorry about it. Who doesn’t love a Charlie’s Angel? And anyone who fights cancer with the fierceness that she did gets two thumbs up from me. We had our own bout with cancer last year and it is just a dreadful, draining, awful disease.

And you know what else is [...]

This is a totally self-indulgent blog related post so if you are not a blogger and want to come back tomorrow I may be showing a video of my dog BEGGING for celery and raw squash. It’s a hoot.

Oh who am I kidding. I hate posting video because my voice sounds weird on it and [...]

Phase One has begun for the mythical Garagemahal which is being erected in my backyard.

I know some of you are not in the biz as they say. You’re not, you know, “building professionals” such as myself. So you laymen probably don’t know the technical Architectural term for Phase One of a new Construction Project. Allow [...]

I have overheard some delightful idioms and colloquialisms this week in Gulf Shores. I know some of them are hard to understand so I’ll translate for you. Because I’m so nice like that.

Child! You’s burnt slap up!

Translation: Goodness me, it would seem that being on the beach for seven hours has caused quite a [...]

We’re on vacation. Yes, again. Don’t be a hater.

When I said “LA” I didn’t mean Los Angeles I meant Lower Alabama. We’re at the beach in Lower Alabama with my sister and her family. The only reason I can even admit that we’re out of town is because Scott had to go home early so [...]

For about three years in the late 70’s we lived in Huntington Beach, California. Three years was a long time in my young and nomadic life. I went to five elementary schools. Each one was for just one year – except for our time in Huntington Beach. Three whole school years in one place. I [...]

Get it honey! Drive that stake! Kill the undead!

Or what . . . rekill the undead? Buffy always just poofed them into dust or used them to close the Hellmouth or something.

I don’t think we actually have any vampires in the yard. No, Scott’s just tormenting the chipmunks. Which is fine because they drive Brewster [...]

So I’m at the pool yesterday with four little girls. Two of the girls, Tempel and Emma, are from Mars. They tend to wander. They don’t pay attention. They aren’t listening. Emma, Emma, Emma, where are your shoes? Tempel, oh good, you’re all ready. Blink. Tempel, why are you naked? Being at the pool with [...]