I'd heard a number of years ago that those plastic rings that encase a six pack of canned beer is bad for the environment; that if you leave them lying around on the beach birds can get all caught up in them. It turns out to be true. Today, I bought a six pack of canned Budweiser, finished it off and without thinking, left the plastic rings on the counter in my kitchen. I then went upstairs to take a leak and when I returned to the kitchen to check on the progress of the boisenberry pie I was… Continue

I just found out that my dog along with all dogs is color blind and can only see in black and white. With the technology we have, I think it's pathetic that we can't make dogs that see in color. What is this, the fucking fifties?

It doesn't matter how old you are these days. If an eighty-five year old man buys alcohol, he's going to be asked by the clerk who is acting on behalf of the merchant who employs them, to prove that the dots on his face are liver spots and not acne. There is no room for common sense in this age of hysteria and this has become bothersome to me.



The failure of using ones' brain isn't the thing in and of itself that upsets me. It's that every time I'm forced to show proof that I'm old… Continue