So I've been meaning to write a new post for weeks now, but Things Keep Happening and whatever I was going to say gets eclipsed by whate...

Well, we knew this was coming for months, but somehow nobody was even remotely prepared when Brother ChiSing died on Monday.  Brother Chi...

The author and Mr. Fishy. A confession:  I am afraid of thunderstorms.  This wasn't any big deal when we lived in California and the...

No, not me.  I've already started my new job (and it's going pretty well, apart from the stress level, which is mostly me).  Joan!  ...

EBOLA HQ, Texas -- It was the cruise ship that did me in. Like everybody else on the planet, I've been watching the public meltdown of...

Back in the far wastelands of 2010, when the Affordable Care Act hadn't been signed yet and so we had all these different and exciting t...

I dunno if any of you have the privilege of watching WFAA's morning news show, but if you do and you happened to see it Monday, boy howd...

"Your winnings, Sir."--Police Officer "Thank you." - Louie -- Casablanca Well, I thought this was a fairly easy one...

 This week saw the premiere of not one, but two new horror shows -- er, that is, TV shows with a decidedly horrific thematic element.  Se...

My parents fly into town today, and who knows how much time I'll have to do anything over the next few days. So, let's blog. The t...

I'm just now getting a look at Wednesday's paper. The headline (in 46 points, no less): "FAST AND FIERCE: Dozen twisters terr...

No, this isn't an approved Talk Thursday topic. The topic-o-meter is stuck again. Besides, who knows if I'd be able to crank out a...

I forget how I got talked into this, but some friends of ours are out of town and I've been drafted into ferret sitting. And lizard and...

In case anybody's wondering, the little fish-o-gram has not been retired. He's making less than frequent appearances because I'...

Well, kids, I'm at Afrah and Joan's in class and the Topic-O-Meter hasn't spit anything out for tonight yet. So I'm stuck ...