Teach a Man to Fish

[I was looking at a site I follow (here) where the author takes a single word and builds a profound statement around it; and, I realized that I am about as profound as a Bazooka Joe comic. But, along those lines, I decided to take something profound and riff on it, like some kind of […]

This Country has Daycare Issues; I have SOLUTIONS!

Many households with children have at least two of the child’s parents working. Sometimes, even the tropical fish have to pitch in and make a few bucks for the family… mostly commission work. Daycare is expensive and scary and, more often then not, organized into some kind of toddler “Fight Club”, with weight classifications and […]

Valentines Advice (Part One): For Men

An intelligent, well-made and romantic movie is often just the thing no matter how excruciatingly awful the ordeal of sitting through it is… Why buy your beloved candy when you can make it? Nothing says, “I love you” better than a paper plate covered with oozing, crystallized chocolate abortions. And, don’t say that flowers are […]

Scents For the Twenty-first Century Nose

Machine Oil and Lemon: The taste of machine oil brings us back to the pre-verbal days when we were teething on refrigerator, stove and dishwasher. But, why the lemon? Because every toddler has been taken to a restaurant and handed a lemon wedge just to watch her face pinch up as she spits it out […]

More Random but Very Valid Thoughts

If I ever write a song about a woman, I don’t think I’ll mention her eyes because, if she had an accident and her eyes got burned out or dissolved by acid, I’d just have to write a new song. It’s hard to say which is worse: A stomach flu or a tidal wave. On […]