Last summer while my mother was away on vacation, my dad went out and got a dog. In case you were wondering, nope – there was no prior family meeting or discussion (a.k.a. asking my mom for permission). You should have seen the look on...
Easter is just a hop away (heh, I kill myself sometimes). Keep reading...
Robert Fulghum, the author of All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten, wrote that “wisdom was not at the top of the graduate school mountain, but there in the sand pile of school.” Keep reading...
For $6.99 plus tax ($5.99 in the U.S.) you could own one of the WORLD’S GREATEST BOOKS. My first encounter with The Story of Ferdinand was actually in elementary school when I saw the animated short by Disney. “Ferdinand the Bull” won an Academy Award...
Chicken wings, sausages, salami and RIBS are a few of my favorite things, which is a major offense for a vegetarian. Three years ago, I had it in my head that it would be a brilliant idea for a vegetarian to attend rib feast, which...
When I was in junior high, I had a mean old bat for an art teacher. Let us call her Old Bat for short, in order to protect the not-so-innocent. Whenever she got angry, her voice would screech like nails on a chalkboard, and no...
I hemmed and hawed over which book would be my first blog entry. It came to me as I spent 30 minutes bundling up before heading out to enjoy the first snowfall of the season. What makes it more fitting is that both the...