February 2012
3 posts
Canine Chaos
In about ten minutes our son and daughter in law will arrive with their severely over active (and possibly demon possessed) dog , Baya.  Of course, I mean demon-possessed in only the sweetest sort of way.  Then our daughter will arrive with her large, but pretty mellow black lab, Marbles. Throw in our tiny little guy, Bailey—who has serious anxiety issues (especially with Baya)—and...
Feb 18th
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WatchWatch
NOT AS STRONG AS WE THINK WE ARE In the shadow of the death of yet another pop icon, Whitney Houston, I couldn’t help but think of the words of the late Rich Mullens: We are frail  We are fearfully and wonderfully made  Forged in the fires of human passion  Choking on the fumes of selfish rage  And with these our hells and our heavens  So few inches apart  We must be awfully small  ...
Feb 13th
The Winter That Never Was
Today is Feb. 5—Super Bowl Sunday.  Most of planet earth (self included) will be tuning in to watch the Super Bowl in a few hours.  Okay…so many of you will be tuning in to watch the commercials.  Gotta love those Super Bowl commercials.  For $3 million/30 sec. they better be good! The Super Bowl always falls in the teeth of winter—early February.  It’s brutally cold in...
Feb 5th