I try not to let too many rules run my life. I am somewhat set in my ways, but I like adapting to new situations as they present themselves. I knew a lot of that would change when we started a family almost eight years ago. I had to watch my language in the house. […]
Kathleen O’Brien Layson has a birthday today. I have no idea how old she is. I have never met her. But the party she threw for herself in 1980 – when I was 11 years old – changed the face of rock history. KO, as her friends called her, convinced four friends of hers to […]
Thanks to my obsession with R.E.M., Accelerate‘s tidy running time of around 40 minutes and the fact I heard it for free a week before its official release on iLike, I have listened to the new album more than a few times. Here are a few completely and utterly biased thoughts. As a big fan […]
Nothing really bad has happened today or will happen as far as I know with the exception of people trying to be funny with over-the-top fake stories because it’s April Fool’s Day. The problem with many of these efforts is that they don’t border enough on believeability to really make you look twice. That should […]
The culinary world suffered a big loss the other day. Herb Peterson, the man who invented the Egg McMuffin, died. In 1972, Peterson changed life as we know it by deciding that you could have a sandwich for breakfast. The greatest ideas seem so simple. I didn’t plan on writing a tribute to Herb Peterson […]
For the second year in a row, I am running the NCAA basketball pool at work. The person who had run it in previous years couldn’t swing it last year, so I stepped in. I didn’t have many problems so took it on again this year. Things are going well, with the exception of my […]
With some free time and no child to worry about on a Thursday evening, the movie theater beckoned. The stupidity of “Semi-Pro” delivered. Once again, my wife and I proved that you don’t have to use your brain to get your money’s worth at the movies. Will Farrell played pretty much the same character he […]
I went looking for something good to watch this morning before the second day of the basketball tournament started. I scored big time as “Meatballs” was one on of the movie channels. I love this movie. I think it doesn’t get enough credit for how entertaining it is. Plus, this scene pretty much summed up […]
Daylight Savings Time started on a very bad weekend for us. We had an morning commitment on Sunday, which meant we had to get up earlier than usual the day after we lost an hour of sleep. To try and help everyone get through the day, I suggested a trip for coffee and donuts after […]