I've been doing geneological research, spurred by the fact that a friend of mine has genetic roots in the same small burg of Vankleek Hill, ...

I'm not as environmentally friendly as I'd like to be because I like stuff. Since all stuff becomes garbage eventually, I'm more of a garbage-y ...

Over the past few years, as life circumstances have changed, I've found myself drifting. I'm not great at drifting; I flail and get frustrated and impatient. I ...

Today, M. came by and the kids played in the watery afternoon sun in the backyard while I dug weeds and started clearing the space for ...

So, today I received a rejection from a partial. It was actually a heartening rejection: compliment for writing ability, nothing wrong per se, just not the ...

As I blogged 4 years ago, I heart the Olympics. I get misty eyed and sentimental at all the athletes working, all the people cheering ...

So, the Red Bull phenom means they're studying teens and caffeine. It supposedly affects boys more, although the reported evidence of this was given thusly: "The ...

The other morning Ripley woke up at 5:00 am. This is TOO EARLY. I thought it was because he wanted to play on his Nintendo ...

Recently, I heard various people jawing on the radio about taxes needing to head up. Also things like Translink fares. 'It's so tight, we're cash ...

American friends might not know that we still have Mini-George-Bush as our Prime Minister - a fossil of a guy with a once neo-con underpinning. Although ...