Traditions die hard. I continue getting cupcakes at Sprinkles and a small orchid in a pot every Valentine's Day. I've been doing thi...

I knew it was going to be a long day when Dash refused to pee before he went to bed last night. I wish he'd plan ahead. Sure enough, he ...

I had trouble getting back to sleep after I took Dash outside last night, so instead of counting sheep, I tried to remember all the ad agenc...

Dash had no desire to get up this morning. Neither did I, but I knew I had a limited time to get him outside to pee before he wet the bed. I...

I was watching the Grammy's while I was eating dinner tonight and once again I hardly recognized anybody. Who are these people? When I w...

I'm still looking for a better way to protect the bed at night, so I stopped at an army surplus store while I was out grocery shopping t...

I've been wondering why the cable bill went up recently. Then I remembered that it's been exactly one year since we upgraded to a fi...

Our weather is getting ridiculous. The temperature keeps fluctuating wildly. For the past several days we've been using the furnace and ...

We had a bit of a setback today. Dash woke up with no energy at all. He stumbled around, took his morning pills, and went back to sleep with...

I spent the day trying to come up with a plan B for Dash. The dog can barely move, but he certainly hasn't given up. I've seen dogs ...

I knew this day would come. Dash couldn't walk today. I would lift him up and get him started and then he would just slump to the ground...

I guess I expected the Patriots to win today. It was almost inevitable. What I didn't expect was that this year's Superbowl commerci...

I've always associated Groundhog Day with the Bill Murray movie instead of Punxsutawney Phil, It seems somehow appropriate that Groundho...

An incontinent dog who can barely walk with explosive diarrhea is not a good combination. Needless to say, we didn't get a lot of sleep ...

I think we're well on our way to becoming a surveillance society. Companies know so much about us already, but they still want to know m...

Sometimes I turn on the news and I feel like I'm living inside a dystopian science fiction novel. It was colder in Chicago today than it...

I forgot what day is was again. It's easy to do. Every day begins the same way. I wake up at some point to take Dash outside or clean up...