I have a very long to-do list, a dreadfully lengthy invoice of things I should have either accomplished by now or should have well underway. These are things that demand being done, not some mundane list of “take out the garbage” and “bathe the cat” and “trim the rose bushes”. My list [...]

I’m not sure what to think about Lester Clancy. Half of me thinks the man is a genius – a gifted creator offering up a whole different look at an old standard – the other half just shakes my head in wonder at his audacity. In either case, what’s done is done: [...]

I was stacking up mini-pizzas for supper this afternoon. The kids were off straightening up the boys’ room (it was very crooked!) when I shouted for the oldest to come to the table. He scurried (because, at age 11, he’s still young enough for scurrying to be okay) into the dining room, up [...]

Kansas. Yeah, okay, I know I used that word in the game. But the game isn’t what this post is about.
This one is about Carnival!
Not some local carnival come to town, setting up rides that look more like tremendous torture devices and game stands where you just know you’ll be losing more than [...]

Here’s how the game works: Someone – the last person who took a “turn” – gives me a letter, and I have to find ten words to describe myself, beginning with the letter I’m given. In my case, the letter is “K”. (What the heck? Do I even know ten words [...]

You know… I was a little bit worried there. Maybe even beginning to lose faith in America, in general. Rumors were flying in all directions suggesting that more people voted for the winner of American Idol than voted in the last Presidential election.
Frightening notion, isn’t it? I mean, what exactly would that [...]

I live sixteen miles from one of Amazon.com’s largest warehouses, which is located in the old Western Publishing building in Coffeyville, Kansas. Sixteen miles away from one of the largest repositories of books (and other nifty stuff) in the world. Sixteen miles from the order I made earlier this month.
They held my order, [...]

It doesn’t cause acne.
It can be used to buff a pop can into a convex mirror.
It reduces the chance of heart attacks and heart disease.
And now we find chocolate actually boosts brain power.
No wonder a Hershey’s Special Dark makes everything seem that much better!

I don’t know whether to laugh or cry here. It’s too accurate. Way. Too. Freakin’. Accurate.

As I mentioned a few days ago, I bought tickets to see The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe for myself and my family – and a few others – back in December. Then, due to an act of nature (why do we sometimes call those acts of God? Do we really believe [...]