Twentysomething

My dad must have the patience of an elephant. He is the sous chef, the maid service, and the all-purpose handyman and lifter of heavy objects for mom.  Whether he's used to the torrent of tasks or he's actually happy with the role of Mom's Little Helper, I don't know..

Decided to do a little update with the blog. Like me, it needs a little cleaning. Still not happy with the banner, but that will come. Took off the tipjar and the On the Road lists – obviously, since I'm not traveling any longer (sniff) those are obsolete. Added

Happy New Year's everyone! I will be forgoing the bottled table service to play mah jong. I just learned!  It's crazy fun and I like saying stuff like PONG whenever I slap down tiles. Here's to a fat huge enormous gigantic laden (chock full

Ah. Texas. Sweet Texas. And Houston. Sweet Houston. My hometown. For shits and giggles, read this CNN story. It's just been picked up by the national media but locally it's been on air for a while. A local man decides to have pig races and a

I don't get the whole brouhaha about Saddam Hussein's verdict and impending execution.  I take that back. I don't get the decision behind all these pronouncements that the dude's gonna kick it. First it was oooh, he's guilty. Then it

Did anyone participate in the Orgasm for Peace on December 22nd? I didn't (I was at home with the parents, no hanky panky here.) But I'm interested to see how the results play out!