i clean the inside of an ice cream tub like a coke addict scrapes a mirror or scours a carpet.

if people reacted with as much excitement and pleasure when they met each other as they do when they see a newborn, the world would be a much better place.

when i asked why we changed dish soaps i was told because the new brand was green. i should have known as much since thats how natalie picks filling stations as well – it has to have a green sign.

…and the winner of “the best political and social satire comic strip” goes to boondocks – says me.

sometimes keeping up this web site makes me feel like i need counseling.

sometimes keeping up this web site makes me feel like a teenage girl.

three days before even the beginning of autumn we have turned on the heat in cleveland to keep from shivering at night.

if you were to watch me wrap a present you would swear that lives were at stake.

my favorite hl mencken quote “no one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the american people”. and it happens to be the only hl mencken quote i know…

it may feel like work later, but the first time i gave my two week old son a bath was huge fun.

the first and second time i lost my employee access card it was replaced with a brand new one. this last time i got one that looks like it spent the last ten years scraping sludge off the sides of sewer walls. i would have responded to a much more subtle message.

when i look around at the various members of my family i wonder how much time is left until i join them in flying over the cuckoo’s nest.