My sax playing neighbor next door still hasn’t figured out what a spit valve is for … his notes sound like Linda Lovelace has returned to life and had combined her trademark oral sex and opera.  Me, I’ll be glad if he finally figures out when to take a breath.  The gasping for air between songs is getting a little worrisome, but – again – the image of Ms. Lovelace comes to mind. I was standing on the porch, looking at my twenty mile view and watching the weather.  My cat was sitting on my feet … no, not at my feet, but on my feet; the porch is a concrete slab and he refuses to wear the little booties I knitted him.  I was watching the horizon, he was watching … Read entire article »

Life is kinda strange. I spent the majority of my marriage supporting my wife, now I’m being supported by her.  Oh, my retirement still kicks in a little over a grand a month, but that’s not even a third of our total income now.  To … I dunno, let’s say compensate … to compensate for this reversal of roles, I’ve thrown myself into the entire ‘house husband’ thing.  Perhaps a little too much. I get up with her at six and, while she gets ready for work, fix a breakfast tailored to her nutritional needs and tastes.  Lots of fresh fruit with something eggy and a little extra protein on the side.  Today it was cantaloupe and banana salad, and eggs benedict (with carefully cooked Egg Beaters taking the place of a … Read entire article »

Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem, Baby! I attended a lecture at the community college yesterday, where a female psychologist put forth her theories as to why men are so much more “a creature of sexual needs” (a direct quote) than women.  During the question and answer session afterward, one of the women asked “why is it that men seemed to be drawn to large breasts so much” and the professor managed, rather neatly, to tie her reply into her main theories and use the answer to segue into that days lessons.  I was very impressed by her technique, even if her theory was total swill. After the class was done, I introduced myself and asked if she had a few minutes to chat about my possibly joining her class in progress, … Read entire article »