Does one reap or ride the whirlwind? I couldn’t decide so the title was simplified. Let me first say that Salt Lake City is a really beautiful place, geographically speaking. It is odd that I would say that because I never pictured myself here for any reason whatsoever. There are placed that you know you’ll…
So here I lay in bed. Been trying to sleep for the past two hours but can’t. First I’m really hungry having only a quick lunch yesterday. Second, Elz forced our hand with switching cell providers so we’re with AT&T now. This can only mean one thing…I have an iPhone now. Last, and definitely not…
I’m not exactly the king of cookery and I am hardly a recipe blog kind of guy, but this recipe is superlative. We made it little over a month ago to rave reviews and then promptly lost the paper it was printed on. Elz and I are using it as the opening gambit for our…
What passes for the mothership-in-law will be staying with us this evening. Here are some ways in which this promises to not be fun: She self-diagnosed her sinus infection as a mini-stroke Incessant demands for all and sundry to “feel my forehead. Isn’t it hot?” Requests to “just hold my hand” made almost as frequently…
When I was a much younger man, I went on a family vacation to Worlds of Fun. It was maybe the first or second time I’d been there and it was mostly as advertised. Then again, I was 15 going on 16 at the time—an age more or less squarely in their target demographic. The…
I think I found out what my mother has been doing in her spare time lately. Honestly, she was a pretty authoritarian grassroots supporter. I stopped peeing at home because of her ruthless enforcement. Well, that and I started wiping up any stray bits after each violation of the rules. Nothing better than a naughty…