Category Archives: Life, the Universe and Everything

OK, OK, so today for the first time ever I didn’t snicker derisively at the weather dude when he started in about wind chill. “Wind chill? Puh-leeze? Man, I’m from Maine. It ain’t wind chill until it gets down below … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I’m not going to be so high-and-mighty as to say that I don’t make New Year’s resolutions. It’s just natural. We see the coming year as a clean slate, and we look back on all the crap we didn’t (or … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Still in the midst of Christmas cheer, but pretty much everyone else has passed out. Mrs. R has been baking most of the day, and the other two are just wiped from our typical holiday excesses (sleeping off the salt … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Pepperkat is jumping around the room yelling “I’m not a faaaaailurrre!” Which only means one thing: She got accepted to Florida State! Yee haw! Next up is the application for the Film School. Continue reading →

As of today, I no longer have “kids” in my house. Whiny the Elder turned 21 on November 10. And, today, Pepperkat becomes 18. (It’s one of those rare instances where her birthday falls on Thanksgiving.) Not that this is … Continue reading → Continue reading →

…but I’ve been in Atlanta all week at a huge-mongous convention, which requires mucho standing around and smiling followed by vast quantities of walking and topped off with a helping of being “on” 24-7. It was freaking cold here this … Continue reading → Continue reading →

First, we watched two episodes of Kenan and Kel, and now Pepperkat’s in there watching Goosebumps. It’s like we hit a time warp or some damn thing. Man, it’s kinda dusty in here. *cough* That’s the last time I let … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Geez, talk about a manic depressive kinda night. One minute, I’m surounded by a zombie mutant army of old peple; the next, I’m defying the laws of time and space. First, I’m despairing of ever finding civilization; the next, I’m … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I’m going on a business trip to the City of Brotherly Love starting tomorrow and staying through the weekend. What perfect timing. I’m heading into Philadelphia just in time for some little sporting event or other. Can’t quite put my … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Ah, but I pity you little people. You don’t have magnificent resources, as I, to go flitting from theme park to theme park every weekend. Oh, how dreadful. Sniff, sniff, and all that rot. Pip. Pip. Cheerio. Actually, we had … Continue reading → Continue reading →