Regular Life

Pumpkin Farm Fun
As we waited in our minivan for a cop directing traffic so a group of cyclists could get through, Ben said, “Mowcycle.” Motorcycle
“That’s good, Ben, but those are bicycles. See?” I pointed to a few pedalers passing in the opposite direction.
He looked at them, then looked the other direction and said, “Yeyyo mowcycle.” [...]

First Time Ever
I never knew just how I would feel when it finally happened. I had heard others talk about it, and had considered in passing how I would react.
Yesterday, I heard the sound of Ben’s voice as I napped on the couch. That’s nothing unusual. He wakes up from his nap, gets restless, and [...]

The pushers have addicted me.
For more than 12 years, I have been using the same type of razor, and probably have had to replace it two or three times. Sure, I had to buy the replacement blade cartridges, but that’s all part of the evil of using manual razors. Many fancier models with an extra [...]

I started this as a rant on the woes of the ever-increasing space demands of digital media, but turned into a sort of primer.
Digital Photos
Do you use a digital camera? Do you scan in your film photos? If so, and you’ve been doing this for any length of time, then you know how much fun [...]

We saw Serenity on opening night.
I saw it was good, and I said it was good.
Shannon, who has never seen one episode of Firefly, was bored through half of it, indifferent through the third fourth, and thought it was a’ight for the last 35-40 minutes.
I can understand a lot of that, for someone who has [...]