488 days. That’s the time I’ve been on a weight loss trip. That’s how long I’ve been on a magical journey keeping  my doctor and family members off of my case, man. That’s about 16 months, give or take a century. My daughter [Read more…]

I got out of the Air Force in 1994. Since I was semi-retiring, I stocked up for intended projects. I acquired a Willys Jeep to rebuild. I’ve never got around to it. I also didn’t get around to cleaning the garage, but it’s only been 25 [Read more…]

I’m dumb. For as long as I remember, I make New Year resolutions. I pick out something I don’t like about myself and steel my resolve to fix it in the upcoming year. My typical resolutions are things like “I’m going to not smoke [Read more…]

Late one night when everything was quiet on a weird coast, Christmas was declared public enemy #1. They learned that white folks are bad. Even writing in capitals is considered “aggressive.” Now my favorite thing in the [Read more…]

The grand-twerp came into command central and stood just beyond my reach. I saw him mentally measuring the distance between us and he took half of a step back. “Do we have any extra TVs?” he asked. At first I was [Read more…]