Category: 2001-2007

My wife made her tasty southwestern cheesy meatloaf and mashed potatoes tonight for dinner. She was cranky while she worked, cursing the spuds and lamenting her cheese purchase. She snapped at me while she...

Here’s to hoping the site feed is working. Otherwise, I think I’ll give up. Edit: I give up. Every setting in Blogger is fine. Every setting on Feedburner is fine. The rss.xml and atom.xml...

Update: If you’re reading this via RSS, that’s because it appears Bloglines’ engineers burned about two weekks of midnight oil and figured out their problem. I’ve received several e-mails and IMs to tell me...

I’ve been made to understand that what I am about to do will force anyone who reads through Bloglines, etc. to re-subscribe. So, if you’re interested in keeping up with this silliness, please make...

Childproofing your home to protect your kid from the dangers of normal life is a lot like buying insurance. You spend a lot of money and a lot of worry to protect yourself against...

You know why you don’t kick a man when he is down? Because he’s a lot closer to your balls than if he were standing up. Indeed, I gloated about my ability to find...

The game began after two people had already lost. Though this pair of card players is willing to risk several hundred dollars on the turn of the card, the two ninnies weren’t patient enough...

I was odd to be alone in a place so big. The Atlantis Resort and Casino on Paradise Island in the Bahamas is a sprawling mini-city. It reeks of such opulence and excess that...

I’m just back from my Bahamian silliness. Maybe some stories forthcoming there. However, there are two guys much farther South who are currently doing exactly what bloggers should do. Family first: My cousin RJ...

There’s something to be said about being hung with a new rope, but I’m not sure it applies. There is also something to be said about the weather being here and my wishing you...

Here’s the thing about the Otis clan. We’re easily bored. Some of us have short attention spans. The rest crave adrenaline and juice. It’s the way we are. So, how are we celebrating the...

While you may not care so much what I’m reading in 2007, I do. My time to read has been cut back quite a bit in recent years, so I’m sticking with stuff that’s...

The Two-Week Malaise (aka 2006 Government Monkey Disease) has held me in its grip since I was in Vegas. For the first time ever, I’m finding no one that will give me grief about...

I can’t remember where I read it, but for some reason I believe that Adolf Hitler was so concerned about potential body odor that he went to extreme measures (I think it was surgery)...