“Relativity applies to physics, not ethics.” - Albert Einstein
Posted in Family on Sep 20th, 2008
Uncle Dave was a quiet man.
But a nice man.
Always with a smile. A quiet smile. A friendly smile. And always a kind word, or a joke.
And never an off-color joke.
He was a good man. A quiet man. A hard-working man. A good Christian man
Uncle Dave became Uncle Dave before any of us … my sisters [...]
Posted in Entertainment, Family on May 26th, 2008
Mommy died.
My Mommy.
Your Mommy.
Everybody’s Mommy.
Thelma Keane, the inspiration for Mommy in The Family Circus, died Friday, the Arizona Republic reports.
Thelma Keane, depicted as Mommy in The Family Circus cartoon, died of Alzheimer’s disease Friday at age 82.
Bil Keane’s cartoons reflected his family’s at-home adventures through Billy, Dolly, Jeffy, PJ and their parents. His wife, “Thel” [...]
Posted in Family on Mar 8th, 2008
If I didn’t have to go in to work today — major project hitting a critical point — I’d have slept in.
And I’d have missed the snow.
Okay, you folks from up north are saying, “That’s not snow.”
And, for your world, you’d be right.
Only, I don’t live in your world. I live in the South.
It don’t [...]
Posted in Family, Food and Drink on Mar 3rd, 2008
This past weekend, we went to southeast and northeast Georgia, visiting relatives. The children, actually. Plus my grandmother.
Sunday was the day we went to Athens to visit The Little Princess.
We got there just before she was about to head out to a movie. A movie she really didn’t want to see.
You see, Larry Munson, the [...]
My Big Sister (who’s 5′4”) got a package from Amazon.com today.
No, that’s not big news. Lots of folks get packages from Amazon.com.
What’s big news is that she actually got it. Because she finally got it. Two day express shipping only took three days from the date of shipment.
Here’s what happened. At least, as best as [...]
Posted in Family on Jan 16th, 2008
Why don’t men understand women? And why don’t women understand men?
Because we think different.
Gift soap, for example.
Women seem to love that stuff. Otherwise, there’d be no such thing as Bath and Body Works or Bed, Bath & Beyond.
The other day, The Wife and I were in Hell-Mart, and I saw some Valentine’s Day gift packs.
Soap.
Yes, [...]
Posted in Family on Jan 2nd, 2008
Sometimes, you find yourself looking for things you never expect.
Like recently, before Christmas, the Wife and I were doing some shopping. In Wal-Mart, of course. Because the Wife likes Wal-Mart. I don’t, but she does. She’d take a vacation at a Wal-Mart if she could.
Anyway, while finishing up shopping, or trying to at least, she [...]
Posted in Family on Dec 25th, 2007
It’s a stereotype that men don’t read instructions. And, sure, there’s truth behind it, like most stereotypes. But it’s not a universal truth.
I read instructions. Or try to, anyway.
Not that I’m not a typical guy. I think I’m pretty typical.
But, experience teaches me to read the instructions.
Good decisions come from experience. Experience comes from bad [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 24th, 2007
Christmas is a hectic time. And, sometimes, family situations make it even more so.
My son and daughter have been coming to our house on Christmas Eve the last few years. But not this year.
A divorce in and of itself causes enough problems for children. But when other family members start getting in on things, it [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 17th, 2007
My great-grandparents lived in a log cabin. Ma and Pa, we called them. That’s what their children (my maternal grandmother and her sisters) called them. And that’s what their children (my maternal grandmother’s children, and all their cousins) called them.
And, that’s what the great-grandchildren (me, my sisters, and all our first, second, third, and so [...]
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