If you’ve never had the chance to go overseas, I highly recommend it. Why? Because it’s not where you currently are and it has the potential to give you a whole new appreciation for how things are done elsewhere. We need that. We need a reminder that we’re not the center of the universe. The […]
Aging. It’s Bullshit!
You know what? This whole aging thing isn’t working for me. I’m serious. And it’s just hitting me a bit harder this year than in others. I received a call from a friend and he told me his son is graduating from high school this year. I laughed. “Good one. You punked me!” Yeah, he […]
Shopping For Hong Kong Grandmother Granny Panties
This may come as a complete and total shock to you, but I know less than nothing about women’s undergarments. My understanding of such things is that they should always hold a woman’s bits and pieces in so that I don’t have to see anything more than the general shape…at least above the waist. Below? […]
A Scavenging Werewolf Boy on Europa
I know. I didn’t have a new blog post for July 4th. The only thing more wrong with that is nobody noticed. What were you all doing? I could have been left for dead, bleeding fabulously on a sidewalk somewhere and the only person who’d pass me for miles would be so intent on reading […]
I’ve Never Gone Anywhere! Well, except London, Germany, Japan…
I’ve had a pet side-project I’ve been wanting to work on for the last two years and I finally started it over the weekend. For those of you who haven’t already seen them, I scanned in and posted on Facebook a substantial number of pictures from over the years and there’s a huge number of […]
2012: A Mostly Brilliant Ralph Odyssey
Did you know that my guy, my Ralph, my soon-to-be-hubby, is brilliant? See, I know this because he’s told many, many, many times. His Grandmother even thinks he’s the Second Coming. I could make a really cheap sexual innuendo here, but you go ahead and make that connection for yourself. It’s probably accurate. Anyway, his […]
Out of the Lair of the Hong Kong Grandmother (Afterthoughts)
Kris’s Hong Kong Vacation Log (Afterthoughts) Experiencing another culture is something I believe everybody should do, especially Americans. We can be arrogant about the rest of the world and it’s the worst kind of arrogance; we don’t realize we’re arrogant. We’re fed stories of how things should be and how we should hope that they […]
Out of the Lair of the Hong Kong Grandmother (Days 8-9)
Commence Recording Today is promising. A family Ralph’s Grandmother has known for many years is coming by to visit. Now, I’d like to think they’ve stayed in touch because she used to tutor their two sons. The nice thing is the family has always been very good to me. They’ve included me in the gift […]
Into the Lair of the Grandmonster (Day 5)
Commence Recording “This time, it’s war!” Aliens 5 days of bliss is apparently 5 days too many. Yes, folks, war was declared today and it started off so splendidly…maybe evenly. At least not unexpectedly. We woke up around 8 a.m., had a nice cup of tea together as a group and then hastened out to […]
Into The Lair of the Grandmonster (Day 4)
Commence Recording Kage’s Vacation Log Date 1/28/09 “Push it. Push it real good!” It’s funny how one day begins versus how it ends. Wednesday began somewhat peacefully and then not so much at the end. Let me explain.
