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The scene: Blah Blah bathroom, 7:15 AM. I have just emerged from the shower and I’m drying off. I become aware of a little voice speaking so...

It's the wonder of the world, It's a rocket to the moon It gets you high, it gets you low, But once you get that glow... Here's ...

My daughter is nearly five years old, born and raised in Southern California, and, until this weekend, had never seen snow. We have been pro...

Sick for nearly two weeks. Finally broke down and called the doctor. Diagnosis: I have bronchitis and what may be the early stages of strep ...

If ever there was a good analogy for my day, it would be this scene from Seinfeld: Cut back to Elaine at Mr. Pitt's. There are pairs of ...

This weekend, Sweet Dub was out of town on business. Viva and I had a pretty mellow Saturday; we did the grocery shopping, tie-dyed a T-shir...

That old law about 'an eye for an eye' leaves everybody blind. The time is always right to do the right thing. -Dr. Martin Luther Ki...

I was listening to Morning Edition this morning on KPCC , one of our local public radio stations, and naturally they were interviewing peop...

Oh, yeah - one of those blog posts? Which I was going to write about? Yeah, I just remembered, and all this went down right around the holid...

Here is what happens lately when I think about blogging. I think, "What should I write about?" I think, "I had a really good ...

Since we don't have anything else to do, we have decided to make ourselves crazy trying to figure out what to do about school for Viva....

Hello, and welcome to our program.   Since returning to work from medical leave, I have been far too busy to blog at work.   And since my...

Happy Holidays! Have Some Spam This morning, I have received 21 spam e-mails on my work computer. I wish there was some way to let it be kno...

"Santa died for our gifts and rose from the dead and moved to the North Pole and because of that, every year Santa comes down to forgiv...

So I returned to work last week and have not had even a second to pick my nose*, never mind write a coherent blog post. Since this seems to...

The other day, Sweet Dub looked at me critically and with some mild concern and said: "Those pants make your ass look flat. [pause] I d...

Okay, Janie tagged me and I'm meme-ing, if somewhat belatedly. My mission is to reveal 7 weird/random things about myself and tag 7 othe...

I have been online for much of today and have not bought one damn thing. So much for Cyber Monday or whatever they're calling it. A week...

Yesterday, Viva and I were out and about. She was in a great mood because we had spent pretty much the entire weekend together and I am abou...

Yesterday, during the minor miracle that was Viva's nap*, I sat down in my reading chair and rather than power up the laptop, I read a b...