Yes, eveeboddee! Eet’s true! We have a weener! (TWSS) Thanks everyone for playing in the Phantastic Photo Giveaway. (I should write ad copy, don’t you think? I’m rather exceedingly clever.) My friend Daniel appreciated your visits so much that he updated his blog. Since his artistry extends into the written word, AND he posted new [...]

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Excuse me while I rant a little. It’s Incessantly Ranty Katdish‘s fault. She’s already gotten to kind, diplomatic Billy Coffey. He ranted in his guest post for her on Monday. Of course, I’ll ignore the fact that THEY write about deep things like how society treats the homeless and what it takes to be a [...]

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Hey. I’m sick. Which seems to happen to me at this time every year. So a post from last fall seems especially timely. Originally posted October 2008: I purchased an instrument of torture yesterday. No, I haven’t gotten into some sort of kinky hobby. If only. No, I bought this item because a lot of [...]

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Bet MY Monday is worse than YOURS. Oink. Yup. We’re going to visit a doctor or two today. To find out once and for all if the illness all FOUR of us are experiencing is  … you know … The Illness That Must Not Be Named. This promises to be at least as fun as [...]

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So I have a tummy ache today, and writing anything is challenging. Let’s just say I’m spending a lot of time away from the computer. And then when I come back to my desk, who do I find online but Bob the Dog? I guess over the past few weeks, he somehow figured out how [...]

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She was sick. At two o’clock Sunday morning Abby ran into my room, whimpering, her hand over her mouth. Sleepy as I was, my first thought was that she’d had a nightmare. That changed when the vomiting began. I half-ran her, half-carried her to the bathroom, and together we leaned over the toilet. Once her [...]

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