A Word to the Fearful

Vox Day had a great piece about divorce the other day. Lot of good stuff there. You can only control your own behavior. No one else’s. If your wife is unhappy about the choice she made, if her children and friends and family and fun are her priorities and she wants out, then by all … Continue reading A Word to the Fearful →

MPAI

*(Most People Are Idiots) Since the Titan sub's untimely demise, there's been more than a few articles and blogs around about the lack of competence these days. Zman had one here today. This is true, of course. Nearly any interaction you have in nearly any store you'll see it. But what I see in my … Continue reading MPAI →

Yummy

Behold: This is my brand new spa filter, after one day of filtering a new refill on a clean spa. Only thing in the water was Chlorine shock. Get a filter for your drinking water. At least here in Texas.

Can’t have anything nice around here.

The summer blast furnace has fired up, and it's getting seriously hot around here. So gardening is challenging. I think I screwed up my cucumbers. Since I've been distracted by misery lately, I haven't been picking cucumbers. I grew a snack variety, which you're supposed to pick while they are small. By the time I … Continue reading Can’t have anything nice around here. →

I miss him

It's nearly two weeks since I lost the dude. I've come to grips with it. But there's still a hole in our hearts around here.

The Great Playground Project

When my daughter and her husband bought a new house, it came with a swingset/playset/treefort whatever you call them these days. That was the good thing. Bad thing is the dry climate and intense sun had beat it to death and made it rickety. You have to treat any wood outdoors around here. Especially soft … Continue reading The Great Playground Project →

The Clouds are Lifting

Aria and I are learning to deal with loss. Each day gets better, each week even better than the last. It's taken awhile to process things. When my world detonated, the first place I went to was one of our priests. They are amazing men, and really helped. The second was AA. That was life … Continue reading The Clouds are Lifting →

Aria keeps it 3 for 3 with Possums

I've been getting up early in the mornings. Can't sleep. So I let Aria out, and slip into the spa to get my head right for the day. She may bark at the workers showing up at the house across the street, or the odd jogger, but generally does her thing, sniffing around, patrolling the … Continue reading Aria keeps it 3 for 3 with Possums →

Today’s the Day

Welcome to North Dallas. It happens every year. The heater outside kicks on and it gets seriously hot. Like knocking on 10 degrees door. That's when you realize as you are puttering around the yard outside that jeans, socks, shoes, polo shirt were a bad fashion choice. I ended up a dishrag and had to … Continue reading Today’s the Day →

Shithead of the Week

I didn't bother annotating this one. https://vimeo.com/833833068?share=copy Left turn never has the right of way. And in this case, he's looking at a yellow arrow. New car too. If I didn't have Jethro in the car on the way to the vet, it would have been worth hitting him.