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Perhaps that should be "Ow! Canada!" My legs feel like I've been hiking for three straight days. Wait a minute... I leave h...

Goin' to Canada today. I'll see you happy people in about a week.

Watch this: The Art of Survival

My arrival in Canada, the first time I visited, was inauspicious. I got there with US$20 in my pocket and a backpack on my back to find th...

Man A. and I woke up about six, dozed for a bit, then got up and had coffee and laid around for a bit. It's too hot to do much else. Wal...

The Erstwhile Hub has some of the best family in the world. His stepmother is a marvelous woman. His dad is the cerebral, hard-working type ...

Thirty-six hours at work in a row will make even the most gifted person nutso. I'm not the most gifted person. Therefore I am absolut...

We have two people in this week who have major cranial defects. These are doctor-created cranial defects, and thus are better than the alter...

As virtuous men pass mildly away, And whisper to their souls to go, Whilst some of their sad friends do say, "Now his breath goes,...

I've been on one of the receiving ends of some rather nasty commentary today. A friend of mine is trying to leave her husband. Un...

Earlier "My husband needs help scooting up in bed" the woman said. Her husband had just walked 75 feet without help, two da...

I rarely watch TV. Therefore, on the days when I work out in the weight room, I make it a point to find the baddest TV possible and really i...

Several years ago, while chatting with my sister on the phone, I learned that she didn't have a first-aid kit at home. I was shocked. Ev...

The pediatric patient I wrote about a couple of days ago? She smiled at me today. Made my entire *week*. I also had a great conversati...

1. You can clean the entire place and an hour later, it will still be as you left it. 2. You can clean the entire place in an hour, since...

This is going to be another one of those hard things to talk about. I will, however, provide happy snippets for those willing to slog throug...

Today's Phone Conversation From Weirdland *ring* *ring* Me: Hello? Voice: Diane? Me: Beg pardon? Voice: Is this Diane Wi...

Last night I stayed up until well past midnight, cleaning and lecturing myself on not being a dickhead (see previous post). At about midnigh...

Just after I got divorced (well, actually about five months afterwards), friend Juliet told me that I should watch for land mines. "Lan...

It has been a Vaguely Grumpy Day. Maybe it's the heat. Maybe it's the humidity. Maybe it's lack of sex. Maybe it's lack of b...