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It was just one of those things. I never knew about it until almost the end. In hindsight I should have seen it coming. I was told abou...

End of the world, again.  No, not anything political. Like me, I'm sure you are sick to death of anything even tangentially related ...

How could I forget? I struggled a bit with what to post on Halloween proper. I was afraid the magic was fading a bit. It's been hec...

This took me back. This took me aback. Last post I wrote about how I've (somehow) started enjoying the process of mowing my lawn. Ye...

So Fall is here.  Mixed emotions!  I say mixed because I absolutely adore Fall. There are way too many reasons to list - the crisp, c...

I just sent my mom a bummer of an email. When I was in high school I entertained these notions of what life would be like when I got old...

I'm an idiot.   Not all of the time.   Just some of the time.   You see, last night before I went to sleep I was reading an article on ...

We give some people way too much power over us, don't we? At the end of a fantastic week I found myself stalking the produce section ...

I donated some blood the other day.  Not a lot. Just a pint.  I know there's a certain squick factor here, but I rathe...

This past weekend I attended my 10 year high school reunion.   It was...enlightening.   I had no idea what to expect, beyond the venue. It ...

I really should be saving this for next Halloween. You know what? I can't - this story is too good to share and I don't ever wan...

I've been thinking about The End of The World.   Not in the biblical sense, fire and brimstone . Although I suppose in this case it wou...

So I read Stephen King's novel about the Kennedy assassination.   It was surprisingly good.   Unfortunately, the enormity of the subjec...

Hey gang. It's gotten way too serious around here, as of late. So in the interest of lightening the mood while still getting perso...

I should start this off by saying things are never as bad as they may have seemed.   The thing is, I've had the mixed blessing of suffe...