Just when I think my life can’t get any more weirder . . . I go home. Seriously. It’s not that something weird hasn’t happened, it’s that something weird hasn’t happened YET. So here we were today, getting home a little late after I finished up an interview for a student’s podcast. Before I go…
Tag: humor
My son makes a BOLD announcement
I knew something big was coming. It was an ordinary day at home, when my son came up to me and said, “Guess what?” The announcement didn’t come with a lot of fanfare or the trumpets and pageantry of say the anointing of a new king. Or, even more rare, a win by the Arkansas…
We should get married in a Subaru?
When you live at my house, you come to expect strange comments. Not that my kids intentionally say odd, off-the-wall stuff. So I’m usually not surprised at any eccentric remark that might escape the lips of my son. There is almost nothing he can say anymore that can surprise me. Almost nothing. But the other…
They’re all easy, if . . .
As a college instructor, there’s one question I hear on a regular basis. And no, it’s not “Can we get out early today?” (ok, so maybe there are TWO questions I hear a lot.) Every time I get ready to give a test, a student (sometimes two. Or three. Often a dozen or more) will…
Running the aisles
As a single parent, I find it’s often difficult to schedule BIG THINGS to do with my kids. Sure, from time to time we can, but those occasions are often few and far between. However, my kids (especially my son) often get to take part in a lot of little things – whether they want…
Well, we caught two more skunks under the house, and only one of them was a salesman
There is a world between heaven and hell that few have seen. And even fewer speak of. A place that houses such horrors that no man dares to enter the realm. A place so despicable . . . well, you get the idea. Sounds pretty bad, uh? All ominous and creepy and such, right? Well,…
It’s not just any ol demic . . . it’s a Birdemic!!
I was excited to receive my copy of Birdemic: Shock and Terror just the other day. And for good reason. It had been voted as one of the worst movies of the 2000s, and the back of thedvd case proclaimed it as “The best worst movie of all time!” So it was probably natural that…
These aren’t any sing-along songs that Barney ever heard, Or at least won’t admit to
You know him. You love him. That big, lovable, purple dinosaur Barney. Ahhhhhh . . . he does bring back the memories. But when it comes to singing along with songs from the radio, our favorites are . . . ummmmmm, how can I say this . . . not exactly what you’d find on…
Give Derf a chance
I knew there could be a problem the moment I heard my mom say, “We found the weirdest message at work, and we’ve been trying and trying to figure out what it means.” But I’m getting a bit ahead of the story. I’ve always found coincidences to be a funny thing. I’m always amazed at some of…
If you can play soccer on a hill . . .
In the small town where I live, a small group of parents are working on a rather diabolical, although ingenious scheme, that will, in time, change, and yes, even SHOCK the world. At least the world as it relates to soccer. Sure, small towns in Arkansas aren’t known for revolutionizing the game of soccer, which…
Holding together the jello 