“You can’t ask a kid to juxtapose Duke Ellington with Lil’ Wayne; he did that...
This is a comment by Jesse Stoner on the post “Who I Am: Poems by Kids“.I asked Juan’s Badgerdog instructor, Brian Nicolet, about how Juan wrote the poem. (And I goofed! Juan goes to Dailey Middle...
View Article15 Great Foods For Tailgating and Watching Sports
No matter who you root for or what sport you like, games are always better with good food.This time of year is the best time of year for the sports fan. Football season is underway, MLB playoffs are...
View ArticleBuffalo VA Hospital May Have Exposed 700 Patients to HIV
A VA spokeswoman says that the hospital “immediately changed its procedures,” when the mistake was discovered.According to the Veterans Administration the accidental reuse of insulin pens at the...
View ArticleHope You Like Mountains of Snow, It’s the New Normal
Extreme weather seems here to stay—it’s getting worse and making our lives more difficult. Will we fight and defeat it, or accept it as the new normal? Living in Santa Monica, CA, winters usually...
View ArticleSexy gay Nature Lover has Hilariously Close Call with Buffalo
—By Mark KingWhen Seattle veterinarian technician Matthew Schneider wanted to cheer up his lifelong friend Laura this week, he chose a drive through Olympic Game Park in Washington to enjoy the...
View ArticleWeekend review
Sometimes reality exceeds even the most vivid imagination… *This is the Readers Digest version of the weekend and for some weird reason is very heavy in food—possibly because I’m hungry right now and...
View ArticleJust Like Heaven
“Show me how you do that trickThe one that makes me scream” she said“The one that makes me laugh” she saidAnd threw her arms around my neck“Show me how you do itAnd I promise you I promise thatI’ll...
View ArticleThe reunion
He came back a few minutes later to see if we wanted drinks and D.Q. said, “Yeah. I want an Oreo milkshake, bitch”.It was a little more than a month ago that I dropped my mom and Drama Queen (D.Q.)...
View ArticleDate night
The bottom line is that just spending time with her is all I really need… First off, big thanks to Genuine for opening up his personal wallet and throwing a hunski down on the table. Ben Franklin is...
View ArticleThe Brown Eyed Girl
..and a nice long hands holding walk…then find a nice quiet place to *cough* talk The Brown Eyed GirlAfter reading this you may say, “J.R. this sounds kind of familiar.” It’s not. Trust me. Each...
View ArticlePass it to the left…
No child should have to hear her parent say, “Yo, bring me my bong.”Last night Drama Queen and I were in the car with my neighbor. We we’re heading towards home around 8:15 when the neighbor suddenly...
View ArticleRandom Thoughts
It’s to the left of Canada. The playoff beardAny true hockey fan will tell you about the playoff beard. It’s what real hockey players do this time of year. It’s old school and it should be...
View ArticlePlayoff beard–update
They have to win. I hate Philly. You may or may not remember that I announced last week that I was growing a playoff beard for the NHL playoffs. I said that as long as either the LA Kings (the team...
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But these places and these faces are getting oldChris Daughtry I’m staring out into the night, trying to hide the pain I’m going to the place where love And feeling good don’t ever cost a thingLet’s...
View ArticleCooking With the Daring Librarian
— Hello dear readers! I’m in the mood for a break from the usual, and with the holidays coming, I’d like to share a few cooking ideas! Some of the ideas I’ve posted before, but I thought I would put...
View ArticleTribalism and Our Primate Brain
It’s happened again. Another mass shooting by a teenager with a gun in Buffalo, NY, this time live-streamed on social media by the shooter as it happened. He had a manifesto, as they often do– 180...
View ArticleWhat Do You Do To Unwind So You Don’t Unravel?
I am a recovering workaholic who has been known to work 12-14 hour days and sleep five or six hours a night for years at a time. I used to say that sleep was highly overrated. That was until 6/12/2014...
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