Happy news

Read this week’s column to hear about the best part of a truly wonderful Christmas. Here’s a hint: Our song of the day theme is SONGS FOR GETTING ENGAGED.

Roll call

I’m trying to decide if maintaining this blog is even worth it. I know of at least one person who swings by regularly to read my columns but never posts — and I’m wondering if there are more out there who do that.
So if you’re here, please check in now. Oh, and have a VERY [...]

Tis the season…

… For watching Christmas specials.
I watched “Olive the Other Reindeer” last night with my daughter — she loves it as much as I do.
List your FIVE FAVORITE CHRISTMAS SPECIALS. (Holiday episodes of regular series count, too.)

Bakers can be choosers

This year, I’ve resolved not to spend the entire month of December locked in my kitchen baking cookies. My daughter and I usually try to make at least 10 different kinds; this year I’ll be surprised if we make five — and that includes the two kinds we put in the freezer before Thanksgiving.
That doesn’t [...]

A blatant, shameless theft

I’m stealing the next topic off of another blog I frequent. Of course, that’s mitigated by the fact that there was a very similar Song of the Day category last year. And I think I’ll tweak it a bit, too.
Technically, it isn’t a repeat. Last year we did Christmas recordings. This time? CHRISTMAS SONGS YOU [...]

Stupid!

Sometimes, people make honest mistakes. They do something they think is right, and it ends up going horribly wrong.
Other times, the brain apparently gets switched off and you do something that is just plain STUPID, like, say, shoving a bead up your nose.
In honor of my daughter: STUPID HUMAN TRICKS, aka The Dumbest Thing I [...]

That’s so lame

Someone sent me an e-mail over the weekend, gently reminding me that I’ve been neglecting to add links to my weekly columns for a while — OK, for a month.
So I added a link to the most recent column. You can all read about The Great Cherry Incident of 2007.
We’ll also have a new category [...]