Recent Comments

1. 8 days ago on FoxTrot Classics

   The spouse and I went out one Sunday afternoon when High School Boy had invited his girlfriend over to “study”. Came home to find the dining room knee deep in crumpled up notebook paper. Asked what the story was and was told ‘it took a while but I think Girlfriend finally understands how to solve that class of equations’.

   I was like, dude.

2. 19 days ago on Heart of the City

   At least they’re not unprepared.

3. 23 days ago on Cul de Sac

   He’s a nice big brother.

4. 26 days ago on JumpStart

   Please don’t tell my coworker about the X-ray option – the constant binging of his phone during meetings as he checks packages, mailman, squirrels, on his 720 degree camera system is bad enough.

5. 26 days ago on Heart of the City

   At the St. Louis, Missouri USA zoo you enter the indoor penguin habitat through a stone archway. Above the arch is a walkway that allows the penguins to go from one tank to the other. I recommend that when you reach the end of the archway you pause for a beat then take two quick steps into the exhibit – the penguins are well practiced in standing on the walkway and pooping on slow-moving humans below!

6. about 1 month ago on JumpStart

   The original Venice California was about three times larger than what remains today and had a good sized lagoon. I’m not sure that is more fake than Venice Italy which is also entirely man made – just older.

7. 3 months ago on For Better or For Worse

   I grew up in the City of Chicago. In grade school I had a friend who talked, read, and wrote about having a horse. Lost touch with her after high school and when Facebook came along and we reconnected I found out she was living on a small farm in Ohio with two horses, four dogs, and innumerable cats!