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After several years of driving with a clean record, most of it while I was awake, the unthinkable happened. No, it wasn't one of my daughters and her boyfriend in the back seat fondling each other's iPhones, but the ominous flashing of lights...
According to the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), about half of Americans are currently trying to lose weight, many of them employing strategies like switching from peanut M&M's to the plain variety, or drinking more Cherry Coke to i..
When the holidays have ended and I've digested enough homemade snack mix to construct an imposing and delicious wall of heavily seasoned Chex cereal along the entire U...
Breaking News& and Wind My last column's reference to a report of a Dutch airliner that was diverted due to a passenger's flagrant flatulence at 30,000 feet received such a resounding response (at least from my big brother) that I've decided to d..
With the smells of the holidays (among other things) still hanging in the air, it's time for another one of those annoying "Year in Review" segments that make you want to drown yourself in leftover Rotel dip...
Have Yourself a Merry Little. Yes, hedgehogs. While any normal person with any normal child might have been stunned by such a request, for us, this was vintage middle child...
I feared this day might come, but I wasn't really prepared for it when it did. It was when she asked if she could get a piercing on something other than her earlobe...
Today, too many Americans consider Thanksgiving as a mere speed bump on the way to Christmas, a chance to fuel up for Black Friday, when they'll need their energy to cage-fight each other for an Instant Pot shaped like R2-D2 or a television the size ..
High school class reunions are funny things (in more ways than one)...
Autumn in East Texas is usually ushered in by a yearly "cold snap," meaning we have a few days in late September or early October when the daytime temperature drops below 90 and we don't have to handle our seatbelt buckles with fireplace tongs. B...
With school back in full swing, I'd like to say a few words about teachers, without whom none of us would know what in the heck to do with the word "whom...
Yes, it's that time of year again! In East Texas, these events would rival the popularity of a free Beyonce concert at which each fan receives an after-party invitation to drink Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Frappuccinos with the British Royal Family...
Full Archive
- 02/27/2019 A Tale of Tunes, a Ticket, and Traffic Law
- 02/12/2019 Curl Up and Diet
- 01/30/2019 Once Upon a Display Mattress
- 01/17/2019 Breaking News… and Wind
- 12/31/2018 The Year in Askew
- 12/19/2018 Have Yourself a Merry Little… Hedgehog
- 12/04/2018 Pierced Fears: Adventures in Body Modification
- 11/18/2018 In Defense of Thanksgiving
- 11/08/2018 Class Reunions: Tripping Down Memory Lane
- 10/23/2018 Watch for Falling Fall Fests
- 10/08/2018 A Tribute to Teachers
- 09/25/2018 Friday Night Lite: Adventures in Accidental Fandom
- 09/11/2018 Wild-ish Kingdom: Inept Interactions with Backyard Wildlife
- 08/28/2018 A Victim’s Guide to Swimming Pool Ownership
- 08/14/2018 I Feel the Need, the Need for A/C
- 07/31/2018 Dolphins and Fireworks and Toto – Oh My!
- 07/16/2018 Silly Chili, ‘Graet’ Ice Cream and a Wobble in the Queen City
- 07/02/2018 America’s Netflixation
- 06/14/2018 A Father’s Guide to the Land of Millstones and Honey Do’s
- 06/05/2018 Dance Like Your Dad’s Not Watching
- 05/22/2018 Lost in the Amazon, the Retailer We Hate to Love
- 05/07/2018 Defenseless Driving
- 04/23/2018 You’re Not Just Another Pretty Facebook
