Maybe this is what hell is like. Being trapped in a house with no working toilets while caring for a sick dog who poops all over the place...

This was the last day before they start digging a tunnel under our house, so there was lots to do. The day started normally enough. We got...

It takes at least a gallon and a half of water to flush a toilet. You can use a quart of water just rinsing off a few dishes to put in the...

Its started. I'm listening to two large industrial strength dehumidifiers doing their best to suck the moisture out of the house. We...

Things have started to return to normal. It wasn't a great day, but it wasn't sheer chaos like yesterday either. Dot was surprisin...

I've decided that I need complete quiet and isolation to stay sane. Yes, today was pretty crazy. I was trying to code a fairly complex...

My life is about to become miserable. The plumbers have discovered a substantial pipe leak located under my living room floor. There are o...

Dot's cancer continues to be in remission. The ultrasound scan we did today showed no growth in the tumor whatsoever. The oncologist w...

Dogs don't understand Daylight Saving Time. Frankly, I don't either. The whole concept of "gaining an hour" or "los...

When I was walking Dash this evening, I noticed that some of the neighbors were turning a nearby tennis court into a Halloween party. Ther...

Such a long day. Unrelenting rain and incontinent dogs isn't a good combination. There was no avoiding the rain this morning. We took ...

When I was getting Dot suited up in her harness to go to physical therapy, Dash woke up from a nap and immediately started coughing and ch...

I went and got the blood tests that my doctor needed right after we walked the dogs this morning. They always want you to fast before thes...

When I was reading the new issue of Electronic Musician this morning I was surprised to see that there is now software that allows you to ...

Dash is much better today. The swelling has gone down on his paw and he's walking more or less normally again. He remembers where the be...

Poor Dash can't seem to catch a break. Just when his back legs were getting back to normal, he gets stung by a bee on his evening walk...

The dogs are full of surprises. It was still raining when we woke up this morning, so I thought we were going to have a huge problem getti...