The Snowmobile Rodeo

My kids are like cockroaches. They adapt and thrive no matter what I do. Our 8-year-old wants to watch TV so badly that I decided to let her watch it continually. The idea here is that she would get so sick of it and not want to watch it ever again. This did not work. I […]

I’m Not a Guest at Target

Sometimes something else is better just because it’s not the previous something else. I went to Target with the kids the other day and was reminded how annoyed I am that I am considered a guest there. It’s been a few years since some marketing company or in-house brain trust foisted the mantle of “Guest” […]

Black 35 Birthday

Birthdays happen once every year. This is the way it works. There is a date which we are birthed and every year for the rest of our lives we celebrate this date. It starts out innocently enough as a way to celebrate this new body being here for 365 days. Once that time frame is up, you’re assigned […]

Blackmailing Jim Bias

The other day my daughter asked me what it meant to blackmail somebody. I was surprised. I hadn’t expected to her to bring up blackmailing with me until her teenage years. I lead a pretty boring life so she’s not going to get any real good stuff on me. I was happy that she got […]

TV Guide to Fall Colors

When I was a kid growing up on the farm in northern Wisconsin the fall was an important time of year for me. It was the season that included my birthday. Everyone likes their birthday – most of the time. The fall also meant it was time for harvesting crops. My parents worked long hours […]

Doldrums and Blackheads

There’s a certain age where you just don’t see doctors very often. A younger friend of mine, who was at the time around 24 years old, told me that his secret to avoiding trips to the doctor was to drink eight 8 oz glasses of water each day. First off, I think it had more […]

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