Snowbrush

I’ve been studying Spanish for two hours a day for the last ten days. I heard that it’s important to exercise your brain as you age, so I fi...

I just came from a neighborhood candlelight peace vigil. We were two men, four women, two kids, and a dog—a peaceful dog, unlike my dogs, wh...

My friend, Phil Conners, has cancer. His bones are breaking; his body is no longer producing blood; he is struggling to breathe; and he has ...

I went to my Masonic lodge last night prepared for my first night in the junior deacon’s chair. As we were donning our aprons, the master to...

I am reading Two Years Before the Mast, an account of life aboard a U.S. merchantman in the 1830s. The author was nineteen when he left Harv...

I watched Saddam’s hanging, both the authorized photos and the secret taping. Peggy speculated that he died bravely because he lacked normal...

They found one of the Hood climbers yesterday. He was dead. The young wife of one of the other men said it was impossible that her husband w...

I went to the Eugene Mineral Club Christmas party today. Someone on the board must like Chinese food because the party is held at the same C...

I’ve been working out at the Downtown Athletic Club this week on a free pass. The DAC is a rich man’s club, and I had misgivings about going...

“The National Weather Service in Portland has issued a Blizzard Warning for the Cascades…winds of 40 to 60…gusts of 75 to 95. Gusts reaching...

I went to bed last night thinking about the three climbers (two Texans and a New Yorker) who have been stranded on Mt. Hood for a week. One ...

I decided at the last minute tonight to attend my Masonic Lodge. My ambivalence about Masonry is such that the last minute is usually when I...

Peggy put down .25 hours of overtime on her time card last week. Payroll read it as 25 hours and paid her accordingly. Peggy, being Peggy, r...

From the desk of the Chair Dept of Psych, Sociology, Anthropology, and Dendrology Mississippi A&M Rareback, MS Dear Mr. Thomas: Please a...

The Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical College Test of Intelligence, Personality, and Sexual Desirability Directions: Answer all questi...

Baxter had to stay at the vet’s last night following surgery for bladder stones. We thought we could provide better care of him at home, but...

Peggy said that her recent fetal monitoring workshop (like all her workshops nowadays) focused heavily on avoiding lawsuits or at least maki...

Peggy and I spent Thanksgiving on the coast with Bob and Mary Pat. I was thrilled to discover that one of their other guests was a doctor be...

My Manly-Man Cracker Recipe 9 cups flour (I combine a mixture of whole grain flours with a half-cup of ground flaxseed) 1/2 tsp salt Appx 3...

Peggy had a workshop on fetal monitoring in Portland Wednesday, so we drove up on Tuesday and stayed in a motel. She had hundreds of pages t...