• Confessions

    All I Need To Know About Life, I Learned At The Dentist’s Office

    Take care of your stuff. If you neglect your stuff, you have to work harder to get it back in order. There is bad fear, but there is good fear as well. Once you realize fear is all in your head, it’s easier to overcome it. You get what you pay for. You can always go home. If you love something, set it free. If it comes back, it’ll last forever. And if it doesn’t, it was never meant to beeeee…It took a little date yesterday with George Michael and my dentist to realize how many valuable lessons I’ve learned in life, right there in the chair. It was truly…

  • I'm Apparently Old.

    We Almost Went Home With Only One Son…ALMOST.

    The four of us went out to dinner last night, and I had a great opportunity to become a successful writer, according to my post of a couple days ago. You see, the restaurant has about 25 television sets, mostly set to sports channels. NASCAR coverage was on a few of them, and while watching it for a few minutes, the fifteen-year-old asked, “How come it’s all old guys driving NASCAR?” I said, “What did you say?” (I wasn’t sure I had heard him correctly, and in that second it didn’t make sense to me anyway because I was pretty sure that NASCAR drivers cover a pretty wide age range)…

  • Friends,  Spreading the Bloggie Love

    What’s Next, Joep: “J” Magazine?

    I wanted to toss a big “Woot Woot!” out to my blog buddy Joeprah, who made a big announcement this week. What is it, you ask? I’m gonna tell you! Joe is now not only the Master of his own Domain Name, but he is also a featured writer on Examiner.com. I am so, so, so excited for him, because I just adore him and his blog. If you don’t know Joeprah, get to know him! He is a Stay-at-Home Dad, but NOT like this one: He is a 21st Century Dad, and blogs about his experiences like braiding his daughter’s hair or shopping at Target to customize his camcorder.…

  • Roxie

    Is There a Reality Show Called “My Dog’s A Genius”?

    Pure genius. I always knew that Roxie was pretty smart. You all know how she arranged to get a new bed, how she was able to satisfy her sweet tooth, and even how she fit in a little post-walk Fitness Ball workout, but this is truly amazing. Roxie has this Kong toy that she loves. They make Kongs for dogs who really need a chewing challenge. She has never (THANK GOODNESS) chewed our furniture or anything like that, but she rips other toys to shreds. We finally bought her a Kong like this: We break Medium-sized Milk Bones in half and shove them in the hole, and let her loose…

  • Writing

    Send Some MoJo My Way, Please!

    Just a 30-second rant, here. Humor me. I am working on an article that is due in 6 days. I have no doubt I will get it done; I am more than halfway finished. I am just not feeling it, though! The topic of this article is something that is extremely familiar to me and I should be having an easy time of it…but I’m not! I am easily distracted and want to take the dog for a walk, but I really, really, really want to get this monkey off my back. My paycheck is waiting for me and will be sent here as soon as I send in this…

  • Too Funny To Ignore

    I Thought That Hard Work Would Bring Me Success As A Writer. Maybe I Have To Break The Law…

    I was so excited to locate this clip today. It’s one of those short films on SNL from the 80’s (Eddie Murphy era) that we watched and quoted countless times. (In fact, we STILL quote this one, even more than 20 years later…) If you don’t have the patience to watch the whole thing, AT LEAST go to the 1:02 mark for the best part. Happy Friday!

  • Friends,  Random Thoughts,  Working On My Fitness

    I Was Wearing Deoderant, Honest!

    Dear L.K., I just have to send you a little apology letter. I know that you don’t read my blog and, in fact, you probably don’t even know that I have a blog, but I will feel better after typing this and, as we all know, it’s all about Me. We’ve known each other since our 13-year-old boys were in preschool together and we made those birthday party rounds back in the day. I have always found myself drawn to you because you are a lovely, lovely person and really fun to talk to. I always found it adorable that, back then, you let your son name your new Labrador…