Meet my new ((male)) Betta!! He’s super gorgeous, and these shots are nothing compared to how he really looks. It’s overcast today, so it’s hard to get a good shot. Here you go anyway His name? Captain Obvious...

so i've felt like shit the last few days.  that's no good, specially because i have to fly to virginia tomorrow morning. was chatting with one of the guys at work.  in the blank he said "bong" but i heard "bomb."  really changes the tone of the conversation... "so when i worked at the hardware st...

I fell off the wagon a bit with spending during this pay period.  Since I am confined to activities that involve very little moving (breathing is still quite an effort) and minimal mental involvement (thank you prednisone), I have been trying to green things up.  I have been making sure ...

Reunion Arena in Dallas is soon to be torn down. That's a bummer. It was a great place to see the Stars and the Mavericks and concerts and such.But it didn't have luxury boxes, so to hell with the real......

Bullshit! Because of my age, and some on-going (and growing) health concerns, I went online to check into some options for making basic healthcare accessible — you know, like visiting a doctor when I get seriously ill, or in case there’s an accident and I need to go to the E.R. One compa...

Regular readers may have detected a change of tone around here lately. I hadn’t detected it until my last post, after which I scrolled back and saw a lot of ranting and a few brief news items. At which point I thought… “Yuck.” This might be a good time to explain where the na...

About a year ago I saw a sign in my area advertising a big consignment sale, being held in a local private school.  Andrew was only about six months old at the time and I was looking to buy a used jumperoo for him.  I went to the sale, apparently too late, because as I pulled up I saw a ...

Good morning friends, I know that many of you woke up this morning not knowing quite what to do next.  Instead of waking up to a routine, rut or rat race, you find yourself in a dizzying fog. Situations, sickness or sin have knocked you on your butt and you’re trying to get back up. Maybe it ...

Woke this morning with tingling all over.   The kind that marks the start of a really good rant-worthy day, when I  just want to get up into everyone’s face and tell them exactly what I’m thinking.  On edge, but not sure why.   Fortunately at my age I have learned a few things: It&...

Well that’s not entirely true. To begin this blog on the right track, I’m going to do what I’ve gotten quite use to since starting my short-term new job and look up the definition: Dictionary.com says:–noun a temporary fashion, notion, manner of conduct, etc., esp. one followed e...