Snowbrush

I was delivering newspapers on my bike one afternoon while throwing a hissy fit at God. I was twelve years old, and my first doubt had oc...

The usual scenario is that a Biblically naive young person goes away to seminary with an interest in religion and a ...

The steel “sanitary tee” shown to your left carried the waste from my house's kitchen sink and clothes washer for 57 years. I am s...

I’ve spent weeks preparing for two plumbing jobs under the house. In olden times, I would have taken measurements, bought my materials,...

The short answer is that I consider the possibility of the existence of a supernatural deity to be zilch. I could be wrong about this...

The pain has let up enough lately that Peggy and I took a two-night camping trip to the nearby Willamette National For...

Peggy had a migraine and was exhausted when we left the urologist's office (see photo), so when we got home, I rubbed her back unti...

I was born frugal. I was also born clean and orderly. My dedication to the last two items has sometimes left people speechless because, as ...

I know. You saw it coming, but you haven't heard the details, so here goes. I made the following to-do list when my second PSA ca...

My prostate antigen level in April of 2011 was two. This April, it was 4.5. Th...

I didn’t feel old until a year or two ago. I attribute this sudden oncoming of antiquity to the pain. Except for misdiagnosed sleep apnea...

Given how much I bitch and whine, Peggy might not realize that I try to spare her from the worst of what I feel, but I can’t...

I’ve been thinking about posting more and editing less because it’s making me crazy that I can’t stop editing. Even after I post someth...

It’s a rare night that I can sleep without drugs. For pain, I take Cymbalta, Dilaudid, oxycodone, and Neurontin. For sleep, I have Ambien...