It was hard to avoid congressional hearings today. As I flipped between channels while I was eating breakfast, I came to the conclusion that...

I got this check from the Federal Trade Commission today, along with a note saying that it was my share of a class action settlement involvi...

There wasn't a lot of labor taking place at our house today. It rained all day. Sometimes the best thing to do on a day like this is not...

I went to a Labor Day sale at REI on my way to the gym. I don't need anything, but I've spent so many years as a consumer that I sti...

Every time I see one of these celebrity funerals on TV, my first thought is "Damn, I'll be lucky if ten people show up for my funer...

I actually did go to a new restaurant this morning. Never been there before. This was a Mexican restaurant that catered to a Hispanic audien...

I sent in my application to join the InSight team at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory for the spacecraft's November landing on Mars. A litt...

They've discovered two bats with rabies in our neighborhood. That's a little disconcerting. We haven't had a rabies scare in age...

I've stopped going to the library, but I certainly haven't stopped reading. I think one reason my head is filled with useless inform...

Things got off to a slow start today. When we woke up there was poop everywhere. Dash woke me up around 2 AM when he needed to go out and pe...

It's always something. Dash got stung by a bee today. We were taking our morning walk when all of the sudden he yelped and immediately b...

It drives me crazy that Dash's condition varies wildly from day to day, even though everything in his life is extremely consistent. We...

There was something for everybody at the restaurant this morning. As I was being seated, four policemen in tactical gear were paying their b...

A small stray dog ran past us while we were walking this morning. The dog looked scared but appeared healthy. I was simultaneously happy tha...

Some days are all about Dash. He didn't want to eat today. I had to really use my ingenuity to get him to take his morning pills. When ...

I injured my wrist again. I have no idea what happened. Yesterday, my wrist felt stiff when I woke up. By this morning, things had gotten wo...

Good grief. The dehumidifier has started to leak. This trusty little machine has been running 24/7 ever since we had our big water leak seve...