Thursday

Bullets Whew. This month is as busy as any. I found out yesterday that I'm going to lose a tooth, so that really stinks. Fortunately, it's a back tooth, so my beautiful smile won't be affected, and it might last me another ten years.

Wednesday

Stupid little hobby, plus one. First two pics are from my garden. I have nearly converted my entire backyard into a garden. I have only "The Verdant Pathway" left. The third pic shows Max (8) guarding Jack (15) with a broom, in hopes of emulating a 7-foot

Tuesday

Letters to Children: Marriage: Part 2 You should also understand that marriage is romantic only because it is permanent. It's a thing most people fail to see: If you strip away all the props, drama and lust that surround a romantic venture, you are left with one thing:

Monday

Letters to Children: Marriage I'm not going to recount the history of marriage, or why it is properly viewed as a sacrament, or anything like that. I'm going to talk about your marriage and how to be happy in your marriage and why it will, naturally,

Something for Sunday Morning

"The multiplicity of affairs is a continual martyrdom." St. Francis de Sales

Saturday

Econ Saturday So what happened yesterday? Stocks got hammered. Oil dropped 4%. Metals held their ground, but that's no big deal. They often do well when the other investments tank. Well, the April unemployment numbers were dismal. The unemployment rate fell to 8.1%, but it was because

Friday

Friday Drinking Thoughts "[C]onversation, hilarity and drink are connected in a profoundly human, peculiarly intimate way." Kingsley Amis. Amen to that. It's no doubt a thought that all the world's great drinkers, including Chesterton and Belloc, would agree with. Amis would go on

Thursday

Bullets Another anarchist attack [http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/05/01/5-arrested-for-allegedly-trying-to-blow-up-ohio-bridge/] ? That's so 1900, and I question whether they really are anarchists. Anarchy is a tricky concept, but it's too often applied to anyone who

Wednesday

Which Stage is Hardest? I want to start this month of essays with encouraging words for young parents. When my children were little (pre-school), things were hectic. The kids were constantly under-foot and took up huge amounts of time. That was bad enough, but worse, whenever I got

Funny Fallon

There's a new dating site aimed at matching up women who like to travel with men willing to pay for their trips. It's part of a new dating trend called prostitution.