A Valentine Message, Or Else
I’m going to tell you a secret: A secret that will seem stunning, coming from a man who writes romance novels: I’m not romantic. At all. This comes as no surprise to my wife, I’m […]
Category: Words to Think Upon
A Lesson in Humor: If You Can Laugh, When You Lose Your Nads…
My dad had a great sense of humor. He showed me many times the value of being able to laugh at yourself and the world around you. When he was diagnosed with late-stage metastatic cancer […]
A Night At The Opera House
SLIGHTLY OFF THE MARK Years ago I shopped at a place called Excel Home Furnishings on the north side of the Noble County Courthouse square. (I didn’t actually buy anything; I was still young […]
Surgical Sympathy Cards
When a store bought card just won’t do… One of my good friends was having a horrible time with her uterus. I won’t go into it, but it sure made me glad I didn’t […]
Kathy’s Points to Remember: Suggestions for New Year’s Resolutions
I will stop tickling the cat when she is not looking. I will at least attempt to go on a diet – for a few days, anyway. I promise to get rid of all the […]
Changing Rhyme Schemes, or: The not so perfect Christmas poem
SLIGHTLY OFF THE MARK T ’was the week before Christmas, and I have to admit: I wasn’t feeling the spirit; not one little bit. The stockings weren’t hung, I didn’t know where they […]
Good people. They’re out there.
I have Lateral Epicondylitis! The doctors say I might not make it, and that I should start making out my will and testament, maybe sooner rather than later. If only I hadn’t eaten that strange […]
Kathy’s Points to Remember: Cats and Christmas
Any and all Christmas decorations may be turned into cat toys, at the discretion of the cat. WARNING: This includes Nativity figurines. The cat doesn’t know that knocking the Holy Family to the floor is […]
Bad Is Funny
SLIGHTLY OFF THE MARK Okay, which of these is funny? The first: While picking up a pharmacy prescription I noticed soda on sale, and caffeine is my favorite over the counter drug. An employee […]
It’s Funny What We’re Thankful For
SLIGHTLY OFF THE MARK “I cried because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet. So I took his shoes. What was he going to do, chase me down?” […]