R.B. is well-known for overdoing everything the hard way. Gives him some sort of bone-weary sick pleasure. He’s all about his own aches and pains index. If he’s not sore the next morning, yesterday was a bust. Must be why he so enjoys hauling and chopping wood, tending a smoker all night… So why would [...]
Why is This Guy a Cheater?
June 4, 2010
July 28, 2009
From now on, every time we grab a can of WD-40, we’re saying a word of thanks for the late John S. Barry. You might like this NYTimes piece about him. Mr. Barry, who passed away July 3, didn’t invent WD-40, but he wisely renamed the brilliant “Rocket Chemical” to “WD-40″ (stands for “water displacement, [...]
May 28, 2009
My friend Tamra Stallings is truly a balding eagle scout. In fact, she soars circles around me. Here’s a fraction of the 60 pounds of strawberries she harvested (and shared) this spring. The Memorial Day weekend strawberry daiquiris were especially spectacular. Her most excellent spouse Bob, my new riding buddy, and I haven’t quit laughing [...]
February 6, 2009
You know the scene: packing for tomorrow’s trip is way behind dealing with cat food and litter box chores, the yellow mail hold form, hot water heater turn-down to ‘vacation” mode, and the security-enhancing random shuffle of grills on the patio and garbage cans in the alley. Meanwhile, laundry has piled up. Seeing that you [...]
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