Out at dinner last night, I joined my friend in a Long Island Iced Tea. Now, I’ve observed, not too long ago, that when I drink vodka, I get a charley horse the next morning in my right leg. As… Continue Reading
With the weather here in California’s High Desert at about its peak, we’ve have a number of goodies recently. One goodie has been the long and extraordinary poppy season. Entire hillsides are painted golden orange with California’s state flower. In… Continue Reading
The Wife thinks we ought to eat more meals at home. And today, she did something about it. She cooked chicken scallopini with broccoli and a fresh baugette, which were waiting for me at home. Now, she’s not as experienced… Continue Reading
Happily, the replacement lawn mower worked. By the time I got to the front lawn yesterday, most of the grass was a good nine inches tall and some of the neighbors were no doubt wondering if we’d abandoned the house.… Continue Reading
It’s been about three weeks since the rain stopped and the grass started to grow again. The lawn service that we hired has not come back, probably because they weren’t paid, which was because they didn’t sent me an invoice… Continue Reading
“Let’s go walk to McDonald’s and get sundaes.” Thus did The Wife proposition me early this afternoon. You can address the cognitive dissonance of a walk to McDonald’s to get ice cream as a form of exercise at your leisure.… Continue Reading
“If I go into HR, what kind of an HR person do you think I’d be?” The Wife asks me. The factually correct answer is, “A stickler for the rules. You really like rules and it really bugs you when… Continue Reading
Ten tips in this article. Here’s my self-assessment: Take an interest in something your wife is really passionate about. The Wife’s hobby is stamping and I just cannot summon the interest to involve myself in it. She is excited about… Continue Reading
Yesterday, The Wife and I took a day trip to Santa Barbara. I came away from the experience unsatisfied and unrefreshed. I think I underestimated the toll that the just over 100-mile drive would take on me. I’d wanted to… Continue Reading
That was my gift to The Wife for Valentine’s Day — a set of pink flannel pajamas with frogs (playing leapfrog and wearing pajamas themselves). She loved them. Better than the flowers and chocolates that I brought over to her… Continue Reading