So for whatever reason, I've gotten some bug in my bonnet and am suddenly unwilling to take any crap from anybody.Not the actual buffet, but you get the idea.The other night, we went to the Eldorado Hotel with my brother and his kids. Remember we live in Reno, so we have to do the buffet [...]

So the kids had their end-of-school celebration today, which included graduation ceremonies for the kindergarten and 8th grade. I've never been big on the whole kindergarten graduation (for reasons you'll see below), but the other day, I saw something that really pushed me over the edge:Seriously? What's next -- "You got out of bed this [...]

Dear Humane Society,You don't know us. Actually, you do know us because ten years ago, we got our first dog from you. I guess at the time I had no idea how lucky we were to have found him so easily because this go-around, it's like we're in some sort of dog hunt from hell.Obviously [...]

I was channel surfing last night and ran into a local news poll about Facebook allowing people to post "organ donor" as part of their status. According to this particular poll (and I know, Nevadans are weird), about 90% of users were not planning to say whether or not they were an organ donor.So I just want [...]

So I'm starting to wonder if we're ever going to get another dog.Actually, what I'm really starting to wonder is if in a year, I'll be writing some crazy book called, The Dogs Must Be Crazy: Our Year-Long Search for Fido. Because we've struck out again.As many of you know, our German Shepherd/Akita, Uno, died [...]

All day long today, every time I got into the car and turned on the radio (NPR), I heard news coverage about the Charles Taylor verdict. Charles Taylor was the Liberian president who basically got paid off by rebels in Sierra Leone so they could go on a big raping, pillaging, limb-cutting-off, child-soldier-recruiting spree. He [...]

So I tried to adopt a dog today. Actually, it was a puppy. It's two weeks shy of a whole year since we lost our dog, Uno, and we're finally feeling ready. Just one more reason to love spring.Note, however, that I said tried. Turns out the woman in charge of the rescue organization that [...]

Not that anyone needs reminding, but well, maybe we do.Tonight I was watching coverage of the Trayvon Martin case. As expected, it's turned into a three-ring circus complete with leaked information from the police, grandstanding by every famous/hoping-to-be-famous person who could possibly comment, and even secret interviews where the subject's voice is distorted like he's [...]

I just heard on the news (granted it was local news, so I'm taking this with a grain of salt) that two-thirds of Americans want to do away with the Affordable Care Act. I'm guessing this is probably inaccurate because if you break down the parts of "Obamacare" for people and then ask them about [...]