Family Photoblogging
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!
The Good Citizen
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 […]
Update: Las Vegas
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 […]
Paul’s DVD Reviews
“Never judge a book by its movie.” —J.W. Eagan Body of Lies (2008) Did you enjoy watching Bruce Willis bleed in the Die Hard movies? Then you’ll love Leonardo DiCaprio in Body of Lies: he suffers enough to satisfy the most hardened CIA enhanced interrogator. The real hoot is Russell Crowe as a slobby middle-aged […]
Paul’s Book Reviews
“Always read something that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it.” — P.J. O’Rourke The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation: Volume !: The Pox Party, by M.T. Anderson An astonishingly rich historical novel, right up there with the Aubrey/Maturin series by Patrick O’Brian. I am […]
Walk a Mile in these Shoes? No Thanks!
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 […]
Mothers’ Day
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 […]
The Force Is Strong, and I Am Weak
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 […]