The Suburban Life

I have little doubt that the following information is new to everybody.  I first heard about this particular debate a few days ago while perusing forums. The question was posed as, “Do you feel it’s wrong to kiss your kids on the lips?”  Wow.  Man, but there were some angry comments out there.  In fact, angry [...]

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We had an amazing time in Colorado and were definitely saddened to leave.  The weather was great, the sights scenic and the company splendid.  Anticipating the long drive back to Oregon, our butt cheeks began screaming in protest before we even sat them down into the car seats.  We had decided to wizen up a [...]

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Since I lived through the Eisenhower tunnel experience I knew I was in store for a very smooth third leg of the trip.  We had finally arrived at our ultimate destination:  Firestone, Colorado.  Our friends were waiting to welcome us (all 13 of us) at their beautiful home located in this developing community located a [...]

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We pulled into the driveway of our gem of a rental home at approximately 12:25a.m., 21 1/2 hours after we left our own driveway.  We stumbled into the house, quickly located our beds and hit the sack with visions of  a sound sleep and a leisurely breakfast complete with steaming cups of coffee dancing [...]

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We interrupt our regularly scheduled programming of recounting my incredibly bad vacation luck (which, quite frankly, was beginning to depress me) to feature the following photograph. What you are witnessing here is primal, animalistic, fierce.  In this Ultimate Showdown of “Man vs. Goose” you can see Man (a.k.a. my twin brother) unleashing on this unsuspecting Goose [...]

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