Boundaries removed
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008Having a dog means taking your dog outside regularly if you do not have a doggy door. Doggy doors work with a fence but if no fence exists you put your dog on a lease and walk him outside to do his business. If it is raining you hurry him, typically with no urgency on [...]
21 Special Years
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008Twenty-one is special, not because it is a drinking age or a card game or a real estate company, but because this is how short of a time I have been married to my first and only wife. I rarely get personal on my blog but my anniversary is one of the exceptions. My wife [...]
The ugly spot
Tuesday, June 17th, 2008I like to mix lemonade and ice tea; this is commonly called an Arnold Palmer because it was the famous golfer’s favorite drink. I recently had one at Ruby Tuesdays and it made my lips pucker. The ratio of freshly squeezed lemonade had to have been 98% to a smidgen of tea. At the risk [...]
IDK
Monday, June 16th, 2008Do you text? If not then IDK means nothing to you. My kids do and I had once said that I would not text. If you want to communicate with me, call me or email me. But I heard my friend Neil Gilliland say that he would not let his own preferences prevent him from [...]
A curling memory
Friday, June 13th, 2008When my wife and I headed for our honeymoon destination, we could not check in to the hotel before buying a curling iron. She forgot to pack it. We took a vacation the first summer we were married. It was only a three-day weekend because that was our budget, but when we got to Gatlinburg, [...]
Asking the right questions
Saturday, June 7th, 2008I took my family to a Sounds game last night. We typically only attend one game a season. I was a big baseball fan in high school and the first year of college, but somehow I drifted away from the sport. I could blame the strikes, but the truth is baseball just became a very [...]
Driving off the edge
Wednesday, June 4th, 2008If I drove a car that looked like that, I would drive off the edge of the cliff as well. But this person might be tired of gas prices and has given up on gas-driven vehicles. I saw a Time Magazine cartoon where the wicked witch of the west did not want Dorothy’s sippers but [...]
Red Light – Green Light
Sunday, June 1st, 2008 Red Light–Green Light. The game we played growing up made us feel in control when everyone had to stop in his or her tracks when you yelled “red light.” But as the runner, you waited for the “green light” as you sprinted forward, dreading the opposite command that was sure to follow.
I find it [...]
