"No matter how cynical I get, I can’t keep up.” — Lily Tomlin
What’s going on in my life
Some after-action reportage from our Las Vegas visit, this time with photos: My son Gregory arranged for us to ride a couple of BMW motorcycles Saturday morning. We checked out a dual-sport R1200GS and an R1200RT touring bike. Both were 2008 models with low mileage. We rode north from Las Vegas to Mount Charleston, skirting […]
Some family photos from our recent trip to see the kids in Las Vegas: How long will it be before Donna and I move back to Sin City? Our kids are studiously avoiding the question!
When we were loading the car for our Las Vegas trip last Thursday morning, I asked Schatzi if she was ready to go (we’d always planned to bring her along, but hadn’t told her until then). She perked up, ran outside, relieved herself, and jumped into the car. Throughout two all-day drives, throughout four days […]
Last day in Las Vegas NV . . . we drove here Thursday to spend the long weekend with our kids and grandkids. We’ll drive home tomorrow. It’s been a great weekend so far. My son Gregory managed to borrow a couple of BMW motorcycles and we went riding up in the mountains. The next […]
Two miles into a bike ride this morning my rear tire blew. Donna and I carry spare tubes and can fix flats, but this was the tire, so I was pretty much out of luck. The group I was riding with was ahead of me but someone saw me stop, and pretty soon Donna doubled […]
My mother Eileen died young, in her early 50s, but she lived long enough to see four of her five children marry and begin to have children of their own. I’m thinking of her today; I know my sisters are too. Happy Mothers’ Day, Mom. Of course Donna’s a mom too, and she heard from […]
Like most men and women these days, I use a multi-blade razor. Several months ago, sticker shock over the price of replacement brand-name blades drove me to generic store-brand blades, which were a lot cheaper. The trouble with the generics, though, was that I couldn’t rinse the whiskers out from between the blades, which became […]
That’s me after visiting my dermatologist Friday for another round of freezing and sloughing. They say women dislike the word “moist” . . . well, I dislike the word “slough,” which I associate with high school sex ed movies about menstruation. So there, I guess we’re even. I seem to be in touch with my […]