Last week, your government did all of us the service of sending me to Frederick, Maryland for some critical training in the art of watching PowerPoint slides. Luckily, there was some down time in the evenings. At the suggestion of my Baltimore-residing friend with expertise on all things Epicurean, Charlie, I tried a restaurant called [...]
Ginger: You have a hard time saying “no,” don’t you? Me (surveys the 4 children, dog, and 2 birds in her hair salon): That might be true. Thursday of last week, I looked at my planner for this week and realized I had nary a deposition or hearing all week! We were already going to [...]
My initial post about my trip to Austin was exceedingly pithy (as was my second post), so I figured y’all need an expanded version. At the end of Mom 2.0 in April 2011, at the announcement that there’d be an inaugural Dad 2.0 in 2012, my thoughts included: a) Do we need a separate conference [...]
“Only steers and queers come from Texas, Private Cowboy. And you don’t look much like a steer to me so that kinda narrows it down.” – Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in Stanley Kubrick’s FULL METAL JACKET I searched Texas for the famed steers and queers, and I found but one steer. So, I rode it. For a [...]
Howdy Ho! This year, I thought it rather foolish to go to New Orleans for a 13th time and spend my 4th Mardi Gras, given my crossing into “upper thirties” territory last June and my work wife’s turning 40 just a couple months ago. Also, how was I to top my Buddy the Elf does [...]
