Well, I’m so pleased to sub for (struggling) author JS Bateman this week. I don’t know why he bothers with novels if he wants to get work as a writer? I write obituaries folks, and business is always good. Tax collectors and obit writers have little to fear during market downturns, am I right? Do … [Read more…]
So we needed a name for Marcie’s new puppy when we picked him up about nine months ago or so. His breeding is British, and we were devotedly plowing through every episode of the British TV series “Inspector Lewis” at the time so guess what we named him? It didn’t occur to us the series … [Read more…]
The sprinkler racket is less well known than its many cousins in the rackets family, but I’m certain some dude on New Jersey Housewives is running it with a lotta “botta bing botta bangs” and “ehhh…ohhhhh…s” and other mafia stuff I can’t spell out convincingly. At the micro level, sprinkler repair is no big deal … [Read more…]
I saw this photo on FB this week and it stirred some memories and thinking. It was of a visit I was honored to host in 2008 when I was the Chief of Security Forces at Andrews AFB, Maryland. Our guests that day were Air Force Vietnam Security Police Association members who came to D.C. … [Read more…]
Gotcha to look? Bwhaaa… ok, generally speaking, organic gardening is not viscerally horrifying. But have you ever opened a seemingly perfect peach only to have the core literally swarming with earwigs? Since they are nocturnal, you get the added bennie of having them run down your hand trying to escape the light. Hence, visceral horror… … [Read more…]