... I've talked about my friend's mishaps before.  She's a hot mess, but I think she's fantastic. Anyway, she always gives me plenty of material to play with.  This time, she was looking out her upstairs bedroom window at some coyotes in the backyard a… more »

So, after a hiatus of over 15 years, Eric and I have finally committed to a dojo here.  Specifically, Aikido in Fredericksburg. The environment is friendly, unlike a dojo that I briefly attended in Michigan, and the facilities are gorgeous.  Everyone h… more »

I'm sure you don't have to go very far wondering about that - with a year in Iraq and another in Afghanistan behind me. Fireworks are forever ruined for me. Sigh. Yesterday, on my drive home from work, I was tooling along in the fast lane, when, BO… more »

Somehow, the topic of voodoo came up at work... I really don't know how it came up, and the mention of it was brief, but, it got me to thinking about how much I hate meetings and how I'd do just about anything to avoid them...   more »

Eric and I went to see that on Friday afternoon.  Good thing we paid matinee prices for it.  It was... not great. Looking at the previews, it promised to be a fun romp.  Something mindless and enjoyable.  It didn't really deliver.  I was pretty disappo… more »