Happy National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week, three times fast

 So far April has sucked, and I haven’t felt very funny (as opposed to not being funny and thinking I am). So I’m celebrating National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week the way they used to do […]

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A Dark and Seriously Stormy Night

              I complain about winter weather a lot, so maybe it’s time to complain about something else:               Spring weather.               Yes, spring arrived, kind of, like the proverbial lion. The last […]

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Let’s Go Over That Driving Thing Again

I contend that DWS (Driving While Stupid) should be a death penalty offense. Of course, DWS isn’t illegal to begin with, but we have to start somewhere. Look, I’ve done foolish things while driving. I […]

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My Heart, Be Steel

March Fifth is my eleventh wedding anniversary, so I checked and found out the traditional gift for that particular landmark is … steal. So I gave Emily a license plate. I don’t know what I’m […]

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Probing Prominent Prostate Problem

This story actually happened some time ago, so not to worry: I do NOT have cancer. But the docs thought I might … for several years. Specifically, I had high prostate specific antigen readings, otherwise […]

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Wake Me Up When Valentines Day Is Over

Note: I stumbled upon this post from 2006 recently, and thought it gave an interesting look at my viewpoint at the time–after my first marriage, but before my second. In other words, I’m much happier […]

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How the Grinch Spent Christmas

I was in Dollar General— I don’t make this stuff up— When I ran into the Grinch, And his reindeer, the pup.   “What brings you to town?” I asked, to be nice. “The last […]

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Was the Real First Thanksgiving All That Real?

 Thanksgiving in America continues to be one of the most traditional holidays. It still features the original four hundred year old activities of overeating, football, and complaining about Black Friday. In the Hunter household, as […]

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Nancy Pelosi’s Bra, and Other Halloween Scares

 Halloween is the scary holiday, and it’s timed perfectly to arrive just before the two scariest spots on the calendar: winter, and elections. It’s hardly surprising, then, that one popular Halloween mask is that of […]

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