JAN 31, 2011 – 12:00AM My son came in from playing the other day and, beaming as he stripped out of his cold-weather gear, proudly proclaimed, “Well, we can cross […]

FEB 7, 2011 – 12:00AM We got an envelope from my daughter’s junior high the other day, and the big, dumb-old dad in me immediately started to worry. Her grade […]

FEB 14, 2011 – 12:00AM The other night, I was working ahead a bit on today’s pages, and I noticed the date was Feb. 14 and wondered, out loud, if […]

I’ve discovered the joy of flashing. No, not in the mardi gras sense, and not like that creepy, rotund, pasty old guy down the street who insists on mowing every […]

FEB 28, 2011 – 12:00AM I was sitting in church the other day when I had an epiphany, which is a far better place to have an epiphany than, say, […]

MAR 7, 2011 – 12:00AM I was riding home from racquetball the other day, and slid out going around a corner in a huge drift of sand. I dodged an […]

APR 4, 2011 – 12:00AM It’s hard to get fired up over a statute, but I have to admit I’m quite tickled by half of a bill that should make […]

APR 11, 2011 – 12:00AM I was riding to work Sunday, when, just a couple of houses away from home, I felt a sharp pain in my right ankle. At […]

APR 18, 2011 – 12:00AM I was riding to racquetball the other day, and the memory of a commercial popped into my head. The spot — which played ad nauseum […]

APR 25, 2011 – 12:00AM I hate to admit it, but I think I sort of led my wife on a little bit over the weekend. No, not like THAT. […]