humor

It has been said that a mother invented Velcro, but I believe a pee wee basketball coach is a more likely story.  I’ve never seen a game stopped so many times for such a basic task as tying one’s shoe.  And it’s not like we parents don’t check those things before our kids run onto […]

Part 1, Part 2 Cousins beware.  It’s waiting for you.  Enjoy the video – still some humor, plus how-to.

Part 1, Part 2 When I was young and had birthday sleepovers, all the boys would sneak in BB guns and we would spend the nights in battle, welting each other till our faces looked as if a hornet nest had been dropped on our heads. A little blood was common, though it came mainly from […]

My final post on how the internet destroyed the family pet.

Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 “I think I found the dog,” my wife Dorie said, staring at her laptop’s screen. The words drew me from my book. I shrugged. “What dog?” She waved her fingers like I was supposed to know something about the topic. “Abigail has been asking for a dog forever. I […]