There is, as I have mentioned before, an ongoing debate in our household as to the existence of and validity in belief in the supernatural, the spiritual, and all manner of ghostly things. 
It's interesting then, to see the difference in mine and my wife's responses to a particular pest problem that we are currently experiencing.  We were awakened ( Read more... )

This is really quite amusing.

Whenever I go out to a designated store on some errand for my wife, I usually take along my youngest son, the two-year-old.  He has an incredible ability to entertain me and make what would otherwise be a rather mundane task, something memorable.  He is the oddball child, the wierdo, the one given to public fits of ( Read more... )

"We watched the tragedy unfold.
We did as we were told; we bought and sold.
It was the greatest show on earth, but then
                                                                            it was over.

We 'oohed' and 'ahhed,' we drove our racing cars,
we ate our last few jars of caviar,
and somewhere out there in the stars
a keen-eyed lookout saw a ( Read more... )

I have mentioned before how my boys, daily , attempt to kill me by induction of a heart-attack.  I have discussed how, in their diabolical schemes, they wait for the ulitmate moment of vulnerability--namely when I am holding my infant daughter--to perpetrate the most heinous acts of agression upon my psyche.  But this morning's caper defied ( Read more... )

I have just finished a good deal of grading, and navigated through what proved to be a pretty busy day at the Writing Center.  A little time to reflect ( Read more... )

I woke up this morning, looked out my window and saw a light covering of snow on the ground.  I knew that I would need a few extra minutes before leaving for work to allow for scraping and brushing off the car. 
So following my morning routine, I trekked out into the blustery snowfall, and began the process of warming my vehicle.
Oh how I hate ( Read more... )

"Well, beat the drum and hold the phone - the sun came out today ( Read more... )

Jason was discussing this little thing he's participating in on "the Facebooks" in which he is listing something like fifteen albums that changed his life (i.e. had some profound impact).

The discussion was intriguing, and, while I don't intend to list fifteen (that's a whole lot of albums) I would like to muse a bit over some of the more memorable ( Read more... )

I do something sort of strange from time to time.  I have all these thoughts that kind of go around in my head, lines from songs, lines from movies that I have heard over the course of my lifetime.  Some carry great meaning for me, indicate something I am feeling or something relevant to my life or state of mind.  Some just sound cool, or are fun ( Read more... )

After a day of teaching writing and working in the Writing Center, this just seemed so appropriate for the final post of the evening.


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