Mr. Michael and the Cute Waitress

A beautiful elegant young woman in a very low cut black dress takes her seat in the theatre next to my husband. I had thought my black dress was sexy when I put it on. I even thought it on the drive to the theatre. I thought it right up until I saw her in …

Ring a Zing Zing

At about 6:00 p.m. yesterday, Michael is going through our mail and suddenly yells out, “Oh shit!” I knew whatever it was must be pretty bad, because his voice went pre-puberty on him for a second. Last time his voice went all Mickey Mouse like that, it was because they had cancelled “Farscape.” Being careful …

Of Pigs and Acorns

So, folks, it’s been a while, because, well…I’M BORING. My hope and my challenge are that something even remotely interesting might happen before I can finish this run-on sentence — which is unlikely at best, when you consider that I’m sitting all alone in front of a computer monitor at 12:25 a.m. on Saturday night. …

Rocky Raccoon and Her Mother

“Regrets, I have a few, but then again too few to mention…” – Frank Sinatra from “My Way” I will do almost anything disgusting or silly to my daughter if it will get a laugh out of her. I’ve told you that I like to pretend to wipe snot on her, right? Well, if I …