Pound Head Here

The trip was, for the most part, A-MAZ-ING. Loved getting away, loved seeing the kids, loved seeing my older son happier than I’ve ever seen him. My new daughter-in-law is an absolute doll and I can see why he loves her. We did a ton of touristy things too – really a first in my…

Got the license plate for the new wheels and it’s 100% a Droid name, ha! So the Stormtrooper name it is. Besides, as Dangerspouse reminded me a few days ago, stormtroopers never hit anything. In that context, it’s the perfect name for a car. I’m counting the minutes until we head out for the better…

…And the rest of the story, as Paul Harvey used to say. A couple of weeks ago my former daughter-in-law and her mom took an ambulance ride to the ER after they contracted COVID, because their current religious streak has them rabidly anti-vaxx. The daughter-in-law has largely recovered. Her mom… not so much. Her round…

I love my family. I do. But I have family members who make horrible choices. Love them or not, I won’t excuse them when they do stupid things. Some of my more distant family – cousins, uncles, my brother and his family, etc. – have always been raging bigots and gleefully under-educated. They’re proud of…

Y’all, I’m an old fart. As in, my mom and dad dragged us out of bed when we were kids to watch the moon landing. As in, when Adam West was Batman, I watched it before it was in reruns. As in, I saw the Beatles live on the Ed Sullivan show. Y’know. OLD. This…