How am I celebrating the new year? Well, I'm sitting here alone trying to find something interesting to do online while my wife is off to the airport to pick up her mother. She was supposed to be in an hour ago but her flight was delayed due to the snowstorm we've been having. Whee! Fortunately, we knew about the delays ahead of time, so mswewh didn' ( Read more... )

...what does it make me when I hear this story and feel bad for the family but think "Darwin nominee"? Insensitive? Sorry, but they were ILLEGAL fireworks for a reason - they were commercial grade and only supposed to be operated by professionals with licenses. And looking down into a firework that you've lit is about as stupid as looking down ( Read more... )

Tonight we get a sneak preview of my absolute least favorite holiday of the year, Fourth of July ( Read more... )