Is it the mustache making him talk so much? *  Imagine a large woman, stomach distended, sprawled on the couch and burping delicately while she’s looking at a giant empty bowl of Halloween candy, saying, “Well, THAT happened.” Yeah.  That’s me.  My stomach will never be the same. *  Voting on propositions in California often… Read More

We have a black widow living in a bolt hole by our garage stairs.  Everyone knows about her, she just hangs out and picks low-hanging flies.  I’m not squeamish about killing her, but the thing is, whenever one of the kids sees her, they scream and tell me, “Mom!  There’s a spider here!”  And then… Read More