You never know how brave you really are until you discover that you are sharing your vehicle with a mouse. A really big mouse. Which you "found" because he sat on your foot while you were accelerating to reach the posted speed limit of 50 miles per hour. And he chose to sit on your [...]

Every year, I like to turn a super-duper holiday playlist into a mix I share with friends and family. And every year, it gets harder to find the right combination of tunes.
I have an embarrassingly large collection of Christmas albums, tho’ I am always sure to include a few general winter songs and some [...]

I originally posted this in the wrong blog, so let’s try again. In the spirit of the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday, I give you a music video that has absolutely nothing to do with that. It is fun, it takes itself too seriously, and it will remind you vaguely of James Bond backed up by a [...]

So I was watching Dancing With The Stars last night with my mom - by the way, there are few moments that make a man examine his life more than when he realizes he’s sitting on the couch watching a bunch of C-level "stars" dance poorly, while his mom sits on the couch next to [...]

Thanksgiving sort of snuck up on me, and now I find myself brooding over whether I am doing enough with my life - egged on, perhaps, by my father, who reminded me last night that I’m "almost middle age." Uh, thanks, dad.
Clearly, the answer is "Not nearly enough."
So, I was relieved to find Freerice.com, [...]

Politics has never been my cup of tea. Because I’m an American and I have a responsibility to my country, I do my research and vote my conscience, but I can’t help but roll my eyes at the campaign process, especially the whole concept of candidate endorsements. It just smacks of high school student council [...]

The writers strike has shut down production on one of my favorite shows, "The Office." But thank goodness for YouTube, where I found an awesome mashup of "Hot in Here" and "Office" moments.
Good gracious! Check it out.
 

My family is pretty good at keeping presents hidden until Christmas. Not that we’re master hiders or anything - we all just know not to look too carefully in the backs of closets and not to open a closed door without knocking and waiting until the sound of wrapping paper being tidied away has stopped. [...]

English as a second language classes are apparently much more fun in Japan. According to this video clip, you start learning useful vocabulary right away, plus it can double as a Jazzercise class.
Put it all together, girls, and show that mugger who’s boss! 

It’s that time of year when the Wish Book and other catalogs used to come out and my sisters and I would jockey for rights to thumb through them first.
I was midway through a trip down amnesia lane about department-store catalogs, when a friend sent me the link to a post from 15-minute lunch.
Some of [...]