Well, that’s a relief!

This afternoon, Number One Son, who is all of seven years old, went to see the Dr for his bi-annual checkup. The Dr gave him the once-over and asked him, “How are you?” Quoth the Number One Son, with no prompting nor warning of any kind: “I’m now leading a tobacco-free lifestyle.” WTF? The Dr, […]

Yoga can be fun!

So there we were, innocently gulping our drinks like grownups do, especially grownups with three kids who just won’t STAY IN THEIR DAMNED BEDS, because it’s after 8 PM. Or maybe just because it’s one of those special “drinking” days. You can tell those days – they end with the letter “Y”. Anyway, SOBUMD was […]

“We need YOUR help!”

Here’s a shoutout to all my amateur psychoanalyst readers, and you know you all are, deep in your hearts, amateur psychoanalysts, otherwise you wouldn’t be trolling the depths of the Internet to nibble on the ramblings of the Big Ugly Man Doll.  So here’s the setup:  First, I’m actually a pretty liberal guy, about as liberal […]

When Dr. Seuss Got Older….

My feet need gauze.I’ve aching jaws. I cannot peeunless I pause. My fortune grows.My conscience gnaws. My fortune grows.My conscience gnaws. I cannot peeunless I pause. My feet need gauze.I’ve aching jaws. And soonmy blog isbreaking laws.

“And the Lord God spaketh unto him…”

Number One Son is attending Catholic Indoctrination Classes, because, ya know, everyone should have to, otherwise he’ll grow up to have nothing to talk about with his therapist.  Anyway, he came home several months ago complaining that, “all they talk about is God, God, God, God, God.”  Today I found that, clearly, the topics have diversified, […]