Category Archives: Life, the Universe and Everything

So far so good on the Graduation Day festivities. Here are a couple of shots of the dude in all his post-high-school glory. The rest are in the photoblog. Now we’re off to the post-graduation dinner! Continue reading →

Yes, today is another in a never-ending and increasingly common series of days in which we all get to feel OLD. Finally, overcoming much doubt, my son (whom I have always referred to on this blog as Whiny the Elder) … Continue reading → Continue reading →

My so-called “friend” (the same one who shot the Busy Mom pic) sent me some more pictures from our trip last weekend. I had this long explanation about how this picture came to be. But I don’t think you’ll buy … Continue reading → Continue reading →

To sing a duet with Iris DeMent. *le sigh* Continue reading →

*blows dust off monitor* Well, I’m back, kidlets, and none the worse for the wear. I had a faboo time in Nashville (despite that whole working thing), and my only complaint is that I didn’t get to spend enough time … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I’m not one to apologize for not writing in his blog, but in case you were wondering where the hell I were, I thought I might at least say something. Like, for example, I might tell you that I am … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Got up this morning to make coffee and spilled some of the grounds on my wife’s new mandolin. Thinking that I’d better not leave it like that, I took it over to the sink to brush it off… Those of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Thank God, no “Seasons in the Sun.” I am both relieved and oddly disappointed by the bulk of the tapes, as nothing too embarrassing is revealed. Sadly, no radio tapes turned up. It’s mostly stuff I recorded from my LP’s. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Oh. My. God. I hit the motherlode of teen angst (or “emo” as the kiddies call it these days). The next tape was recorded on the next to last day of school (1978?) by a kid who was moving away. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

You’re about to get a rare peek inside the mind of a teenage dweeb from the 70’s, as I delve into the sarcophagus. It’s going to be scary. I would suggest that those of you with weak constitutions (I’m looking … Continue reading → Continue reading →