Today (9/24/10) is National Punctuation Day! Time to party it up! Here are some ways to get maximum enjoyment out of N.P.D. (I was going to say “maximum fun-age”, but that seemed to be an egregious error on N.P.D.) 1. Make a toast to N.P.D. with a 1:00 Sunrise (correct use of our friend the [...]

1. You don’t listen to the paw smack on your leg or side of your head. Your dog is trying to tell you something. While you would prefer to not be smacked on the side of the head with a smelly dog paw, dogs usually use this as a last-resort measure. He wants something. Figure [...]

Today a gunman, upset about his mother’s health condition, wounded a doctor then killed his mother and himself. The shootings took place at Johns Hopkins hospital. (The news story can be found here.) As soon as I heard that the shooter targeted the doctor because of his mother’s health condition, I immediately thought of the [...]

Rarely do I get on a political or religious soapbox, but I feel that I need to defend the city I lived in for 17 years. The small, tiny, fringe of absurdity that you have seen on the news lately (The Church Whose Name I Will Not Give Any Further Publicity To and their Koran-hating [...]

For many people, Sunday can be a rough day. This is especially true if you have been through a loss. Here are 5 ways to make your Sunday go a little easier. 1. Have a schedule. Part of having the Sunday blues is that it’s one of the days of the week that doesn’t really [...]