Category Archives: Life

For our first Thanksgiving together, Suzanne and I invited my parents up from San Antonio to enjoy the Holiday with us.  Our not-so-hidden agenda was to send my old sofa back home with them and thus clear out space in … Continue reading →

Our wedding video arrived early last week just in time for our reception this past Saturday night.  To be honest, I had dreaded its arrival. You see, during our lovely beach wedding, I got emotional during the part where we … Continue reading →

For those who sent email to me or mentioned it in conversation, the mystery of the Texas A&M Bookstore with the plywood applied inside (for hurricane preparation) is solved.  And so it appears we Aggies aren’t as dumb as we … Continue reading →

Two more incidents happened this week…surpisingly in the same “session”: Sitting in the stall, but someone else is occupying the stall next to me. He does an “incremental flush!” I had seen this done at the urinal, but never while … Continue reading →

Writing here has ground to a halt as I deal with the after-effects of two crown preps. Alas, I’m not blessed with healthy teeth.  And to make matters worse, I’m not very diligent about ensuring their health.  Yes, I have … Continue reading →

I uttered the phrase "happy as a clam" the other day and then wondered what I had just said.  Suzanne and I began to wonder how the phrase came to be.  After all, when you are a clam, it seems … Continue reading →

I’ve been admonished for not posting with such a momentous event approaching.  So here is my attempt to mitigate the admonishments, but more importantly focus on the event and what lies ahead. On Friday August 26th, Suzanne and I fly … Continue reading →

They met at a small-town dance, I believe. He was from across town and they were both as young as they could be. I’m not sure what it was, perhaps her blue eyes or perhaps her good heart, but something … Continue reading →

I’m reading a book called Fanstatic Voyage: Live Long Enough to Live Forever by Ray Kurzweil who always has interesting views of the future.  I had previously enjoyed his book The Age of Spiritual Machines: When Computers Exceed Human Intelligence, … Continue reading →

On the morning radio show I listen to (The Ticket), they had a segment the other day called "You might be an ass if…" where they pointed out and discussed behavioral traits shared by the asses of the world.  I … Continue reading →