Category Archives: Life, the Universe and Everything

Here’s something for you to look forward to this weekend… remember that little hippy-flowered box of cassettes I mentioned yesterday? Well, though I gave them a cursory listen 4 years ago when I brought it back from Maine, I really … Continue reading → Continue reading →

My evil twin has posted an annotated photo of her desk junk. (Yes, I am proud to be represented among the flotsam and jetsam in her Pile O’Crap.™) You can tell a lot about a person from the contents of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

*ring* MRS: Hello? BOB: Hi. What are you doing? MRS: Uhhh… not much… BOB: Did you get my message? MRS: Huh? Oh! It’s you, Bob. I thought it was some sex chat line or something. BOB: Oh? So, you’re saying … Continue reading → Continue reading →

WHINY (seeing the freshly cooked bird on the kitchen counter): Mmmm… I thought I smelled chicken. ME & MRS (at once): It’s turkey! WHINY: Mmmm… I thought I smelled fowl. ME & MRS (at once): Yes, you do. It must … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Apples. While they are advertised as being good for you, they will not, in fact, “keep the doctor away” if you try putting them into your lungs. So, remember kiddies, never attempt to drive down the road whilst eating an … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Pepperkat’s friend Ashley just called. When I told her that PK was camping, she decided to strike up a conversation with me, instead. HER: So…um…what are you doing, Mister N? ME: Oh, just doing some work around the house and … Continue reading → Continue reading →

ME: Let’s go! I’m taking you to school today. PEPPERKAT: *continues to play with her computer* ME: Come on. I’m not like your mother. I’m not into that whole last minute, hot-rod, weaving in and out of traffic thing… HER: … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Guess it’s time for our car to get its annual rectal exam. As previously chronicled, Saturns can take a smack in the ass and keep on truckin’ without a scratch. Same thing this time. Only the driver of the other … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Leave it to my teenage daughter to come up with that line. This is the same daughter that went missing this morning. Couldn’t find her anywhere… until we asked her handbell choir director. She said, “Did you check under the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I knew something was wrong as soon as I walked in the door. Pepperkat was cleaning. Now, I know what you’re thinking. “She’s a good girl. Besides, don’t you give her an allowance that depends on her doing the dishes … Continue reading → Continue reading →