The Place to Take a Humor Break
If you’ve followed me long enough, you’ve probably heard of the Infamous Exploding Lawn Mower Incident. But probably not–it happened a very long time ago, when my main social media was LiveJournal. Maybe I’ll track […]
The theme for this year’s Fire Prevention Weeks is “Smoke alarms: Make them work for you”. Which sound like a great idea, but then you have to pay them, and send W-2 forms, and it […]
How many times has this happened to you? You’ve spent a week’s pay taking the one who makes your skip to the oh so elegant Mille Oiseaux. You yearn to impress, but you ruin the candlelight […]
So, I’m retiring. Not from my full time job of dispatching to become a Gentleman Author, as I wanted. (It’s like a Gentleman Farmer, a rich person who just farms as a hobby. No real […]
It goes without saying that the best way to maintain safety in a kitchen is to keep me out. But I said it anyway, and as it happens, the theme of this year’s […]
On this 100th anniversary of Nation Fire Prevention Week, I thought I’d take a quick look at the history of firefighting. You might want to brace yourself, we’ll be moving fast. Fire was discovered by […]
When I was a teen, I had a friend who sometimes got me into … questionable situations. Case in point: One day he, I, and another friend were walking down the railroad tracks … And […]
Fire Prevention Week is here, a time in which we try to – wait for it – prevent fires. Of course, Fire Prevention Week should go on year round, but if it did we’d have […]
Sunday was a great day for a grass fire. No, not that kind of grass, although wildland fires can make your day go to pot. It’s that time of year. People get cabin fever, and […]
My wife and I, through no fault of our own, had to fill our SUV with boxes this weekend and take them to our house. (The boxes were full–otherwise, what would be the point?) Okay, […]