via os.typepad.com Have you ever looked at yourself in a mirror and thought “Wow.  What happened?” I have.  And I’m betting a fair number of you have as well.  (And the ones who haven’t, well, it’ll happen). What I’m talking about is weight gain.  I mean, really, the older I get, the more I notice how the train’s gone off …

I drive an old car.  An OLD car.  It’s a 1996 Chevy Cavalier.  It’s purple.  It used to be my wife’s.  And yet, even though it has all that going against it–even though it’s probably one of the least “manly” cars you’re likely to see on the road–I continue to drive it.  The reasons?  It’s paid for and it continues …

On New Year’s Eve this year, my wife bought two bottles of Sparkling Grape juice. And as I popped them open at 12:01 am on January 1, I was suddenly reminded of a memory from my childhood. See, it wasn’t for New Year’s Eve (because when I was a kid, I don’t know if we ever saw the clock hit …

This is Tessa.  She looks cute, I’ll give her that.  But behind those eyes lurks a bizarre sense of humor and a complete lack of fear and forethought. See, a week and a half ago, she microwaved something for 30 minutes or more.  The entire kitchen filled with black smoke and my wife and I spent nearly 5 hours (till …