I took the kids to the pool today, which means that I go to my water aerobics class, then get the short people (and Chicken to help) and play for another hour. I came home and slept. I was supposed to take Chicken shopping for a dress for her friend’s Quincinara (sic) and I went… Read More

You all saw this coming, didn’t you? I mean, we blew a royalty check on the fucking cat, and all it turned out to be was a pathetic gamble with more money than we really had that maybe, he’d get to live the full cat allotment and not have to check out early. But it… Read More

lolol! Okay– for some reason the title tickles me, even though it sort of blends a couple of things about my weekend. On Sunday, we cleaned the house. (Pauses for cheers and applause.) Yes, you heard me. We sort of had an agenda– company for Sunday night. Probably THE most boring 4th of July ever–… Read More

*Yawn* One of the sad things about my hours in the summer is that I’m still up during the dark, small hours of the morning, doing writing business (as I call it) and often writing as well. Of course, one of the not-so-sad things, is that I often go back to sleep around six-thirty in… Read More

Look at him– I mean, you know… *Jesus*! Doesn’t he look like a Dashiell Hammett hero? Yeah. I always thought so. And if you read his obituary you’ll see that Dashiell Hammett had nothing on Grandpa. There has been some argument in the family as to where I got my eyes–are those Rau eyes or… Read More