I keep thinking of the scene in “As Good As It Gets” when Jack Nicholson’s character gets a bit tearful after returning Greg Kinnear’s dog. He exclaims with a grim chuckle:
“Over a dog! Over an ugly dog!”
I know how Melvin Udell felt. My dog wasn’t ugly, but he was damn stupid. He has been gone [...]
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Most Novembers I break down and cry
You might find some fools at your doorstep
I was at the gym this morning. I’ve become slightly addicted to the gym - not in the knocking off convenience stores to pay my membership fees kind of addicted, more of a twice a week endorphin fueled buzz kind of addicted. Anyway, I was at the gym this morning and I noticed that they had [...]
Happy death men stand in line
During my family’s trip Down Under, my Dad and I were talking about future visits back and forth between Australia and the States.
“And when the boys are teenagers, I’m just going to send them to Florida for the school holidays. Let their grandparents deal with their hormonal butts”, I ribbed.
“That’s OK”, my Dad replied with [...]
What will be your look this season?
Thanks to all of you who sent me e-mails and to those of you who recognized my need for quiet. I closed comments on that last post because there was a certain theme of commentary that I just didn’t need to read. Somehow, probably through some of my science posts, I’ve attracted some militant animal [...]
They tell me that you are going away, what makes you want to leave?
I’m here only tentatively. Peeking shyly from around the corner. Trying to build up the courage to join the crowd in the center of the dance floor doing the Soulja Boy or whatever the kids are doing in the center of the dance floor these days.
Reminds me of Junior High School dances.
I’m not being coy. [...]
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Quiet. It is going to be fairly quiet around these parts for a while. I’m under water at work. Learning new subjects, new course delivery methods, new software. Exam time approaches rapidly…
Actually, that is all kind of crap. I am busy, that’s true. But I’ve always been able to find time at the end of [...]
Believe me, all our days here are unsure.
Why didn’t those of you with multiple spawn warn me that having two kids was four times as much work as having one kid?* I might have taken action – a vow of abstinence after Boy Z was born or something.
My Spring Break thus far has been a battle. A battle with Not Max over [...]
Please call Stella. Ask her to bring these things with her from the store…
I’ve been in Australia long enough now that the local accent is starting to sound normal. Of course, that’s made easier by the fact that I’ve been living with an Australian for eight years, but still a sign that I’m beginning to feel at home in my new home.
I’ve been thinking a lot about accents [...]
For I do believe that everyone has one chance to mess up their lives*
And it is Spring Break in 26 hours and counting. After I finish my practical tomorrow afternoon, I am a free man for 18 blessed days. Bring on the beach and the girls in bikinis and the MTV party wagons. Bring on the beer bongs and the bong bongs and the all nighters. Let’s party!
What?
Oh.
I’m [...]
I’ll stop when I’m finished and sleep is for the weak
I am tired. I know, I know. Cue violins for poor Chris. We’re all tired. Life is tiring. But seriously, I am tired. This Not Max does not sleep. At least not during the prime sleeping hours of 11 p.m. – 5 a.m. And it doesn’t seem to be getting better. Last night was the worst, [...]
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