Brief Shot at Where I Belong

I?d like to tell you a little bit about this country I live in. I could go on and on with social diatribes and any random, yet no less poignant, observation that I may have made since my arrival here. I?m not going to do that. Hell with it, I?ll simply drop you into and […]

Farts are Funny. I Don’t Care WHAT You Say.

Wife has accused me of letting them ?just fall out? wherever and whenever. My mother-in-law, CrazyCatLady, has quoted the Old Irish, ?Where ?ere you be, let yuir wind go free. I love Ye Olde Irish shite, and I also love being unrestricted with my bodily functions. It?s a freedom unlike any other, and I relish […]

Been a while. Yeah.

So, it?s been a while. Lots has happened. Overall though, things have been fairly quiet. My laptop died, for starters (or at least the charger did) so I haven?t been writing because of that, and not because I?ve been too lazy or worthless AT ALL. So we decided to quit smoking because we were thinking […]

Don’t Forget Those Curls

My niece forgets things. I have the most beautiful and wonderful little 8-year old niece on the planet… …but she is somewhat forgetful. She writes me notes with things like, “Judders cho titi poop dose zebra bot-bot twitches. This guy is plering at you”, complete with a drawing of a happy face with his tongue […]

Bombproof Pie and a Jobby Job.

After smacking her head, or any other appendage for that matter, on anything hard or potentially-damage-dealing, my little girl reflexively squeaks out, “I’m aw-wight!” It’s something we get used to hearing after any louder-than-average crash from the other room, though not near as much as any stock excuse starting with “I was just wookin’ at […]

Frodo Lurks Too.

My five-year-old has just informed me about his love for cupcakes, despite the fact that “cupcakes ah also fahts, daddy.” Heh, I’d forgotten that. I’ma get ‘im with that one later… Father-in-law, Poppy, is a smallish, wiry, thin, deceptively strong old man, but he occasionally requires a bit more muscle when working any number of […]

They made it.

The days and weeks preceding the holidays were a time filled with stress for he and his lovely wife, not to mention the two little walking barometers in the house. The excitement and anticipation of their trip back to America notwithstanding, leaving his kids for two weeks wasn’t something he was looking forward to. The […]