Monthly Archives: January 2002

Christmas Valentine's Day Lights

I had two choices. Change all the light bulbs to red, or take down the Christmas lights before Valentine’s day. Upsetting the neighbors with a bordello ruby glow was rather appealing but, besides the time involved, I didn’t know where … Continue reading

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Learning from a child

I was playing with my daughter and trying to teach her how to put different shaped blocks into the same-shaped holes in a little toy bucket. The triangle goes in the triangle hole. The squre goes in the square hole. … Continue reading

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My Snickering Muse

I would love to say the writing muse is a fickle mistress but she’s always hanging around and I’m sure she’d be quite irate if I even tried that lame excuse. She shows up staring back at me on the … Continue reading

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Soylent Green Revisited

“I’m so embarrassed. I told everyone that Soylent Green is people, but if you read the label closely, it says it’s actually made from “artificial people flavoring.” – Bob Van Voris In the end, what’s wrong with it? I’m sure … Continue reading

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The curse of garlic and hot pepper mashed potatoes

Garlic and hot pepper mashed potatoes are really good for about the first 15 minutes. After about 5 hours they start to get a little old. Hmm… I know! A couple Pop-Tarts and a big bowl of Cocoa Krispies will … Continue reading

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About New Year’s Resolutions 2002

New Year’s Day. Time to reflect back upon the previous year and make resolutions for the year to come. There are, of course, the easy ones – like, I’ll never eat the entire box of donuts by myself again, or … Continue reading

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