by jeff | Aug 2, 2022 | Uncategorized
I didn’t win the billion-dollar jackpot from Mega Millions last week. I could blame my wife for purchasing the wrong ticket. I could blame math for making the odds so astronomical that you are 300 times more likely to get hit by lightning than win the cash. Or, I...
by jeff | Jul 26, 2022 | Uncategorized
This week is my 10th anniversary, or my 10-year warranty is about to expire, depending on your point of view. I’ve experienced the normal wear and tear (I’m grayer and fatter) but still functioning. My wife, unfortunately, has a front-row seat to the kind of nonsense...
by jeff | Jul 12, 2022 | Uncategorized
Franklin Roosevelt once uttered the famous quote, “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” He was wrong. We have to fear alligators. Particularly, alligators that are not where they should be —as in Michigan. Now, if I go to Florida, I know that...
by jeff | Jul 5, 2022 | Uncategorized
Last weekend we attended our first concert since before the modern version of the plague disrupted daily lives and the chicken wing supply chain. It was the Last Summer on Earth Tour with Gin Blossoms, Toad the Wet Sprocket, and Barenaked Ladies. The show had been...
by jeff | Jun 28, 2022 | Uncategorized
When our kids were younger and they had friends sleep over, I would hear noises in the basement room where the HVAC, water heater, etc. were located. I told my wife that I thought the kids were peeing in the sump pump. She thought I was crazy. Years later, our...
by jeff | Jun 21, 2022 | Uncategorized
My house stinks. Somewhere hidden in this place is a dead animal, a forgotten morsel of food, or something worse I don’t even want to consider. It all started a few days after we got back from Florida. We noticed this musty smell, that grew into a garbage...
