From the “In Order To See It From *YOUR* Point of View…” Dept:

One of the unbridled joys of tax preparation season is unearthing a relevant document from the pile of tax-related papers upon which it was tossed nine months prior with every intention of dealing with it that week only to have life intervene and other crises divert our attention. Such was the case with a rental check from one of the coal mineral rights leases in southern Illinois that's passed through several generations of Dad's family…

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From the “A fiddler on the roof. Sounds crazy, no?” Dept:

It certainly did to me when my stepfather suggested we sit down and watch the movie adaptation of "Fiddler on the Roof" featuring legendary actor Chaim Topol playing the lead role of Tevye. The movie spanned *TWO* VHS tapes which should give you an idea of how long ago this conversation was and the state of video technology at the time! Oy vey! I'll confess that I had no idea what the movie was about…

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From the “It Really Shouldn’t Be This Hard” Dept:

Imagine you've had a lovely hot bath and your aching back and knees are feeling far better now than they did prior to getting into the tub and relaxing to the point of...ooops, what time is it?!? Oh, 0100. As I'm drying off, it suddenly occurs to me that I was supposed to have a delivery from Amazon for a six-pack of Cavender's Greek Seasoning (the big 8 oz canisters) but curiously I've not seen…

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From the “Bring Forth The Seals!” Dept:

OK, now that I've gotten the kind of heavy stuff out of the way...now we can go with the story I was originally planning on writing this evening. If we set the Wayback Machine for a little over two weeks ago, you would have found me in a classroom for the first time in about thirty years learning everything about becoming a Notary Public for the Old North State and then sitting one of the…

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From the “Meditations on the Edge of the Abyss” Dept:

I had hoped to write of much happier news after Katie's and Enloe's first lacrosse game of the season but this afternoon's bit of excitement really won't wait. Today was Unify which is a special club at Enloe which pairs kids with special needs with mentors for fun activities geared for them. It could be some sort of sport or crafting activity and it's a nice way for Alex and Katie to spend an extra…

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From the “This Strip Aged *SO* Well…” Dept:

Another week, yet another act of verbal self-immolation that is absolutely and breathtakingly lacking in even a modicum of self-awareness of the blatant racism being spewed. This time, "Dilbert" creator Scott Adams finds himself square in the cross-hairs of outrage with hundreds of newspapers that syndicated/reprinted the strips dropping "Dilbert" from their funny pages. Truth be told, it was hard not to be shocked that there apparently are still hundreds of newspapers in circulation in…

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