“The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.” - Mark Twain As yet, there have been no such reports - exaggerated or not - at least as...

Those of us who have taken a few trips around the Sun have seen plenty of progress over the years. But it’s a two-edged sword, this busines...

Eric, that most esteemed Tennessee Renaissance Man , knows his way around a grill. Those of us fortunate enough to have attended his legend...

It being our thirty-third wedding anniversary this past Saturday, we decided to celebrate by spending the night at a Fancy-Ass Hostelry. Fo...

1,041,400,800 seconds. 17,356,680 minutes. 289,278 hours. 12,053 days. 33 years. That’s how long She Who Must Be Obeyed and I ha...

Once upon a time, the funnies were filled with funny words. Of course, if you say any word enough times, it begins to sound completely ri...

The ever-vigilant Hakuna sits by the front door, ready to get a Big Tail at the sight of any flower-munching rabbits. Update: Friday Ar...

An Elisson-eye view of my bathroom scale this morning. The last time that number had a seven in the tens column, it was sometime in the 1980...

The fare we enjoy during our annual Alabama Golf Outings ranges, as such things tend to do, from the ridiculous to the sublime. We’ve had to...

A bean is a bean, but a pea is a relief.       - Billie Bob z''l Legumes, legumes Enhance cardiac health The more one consumes...

The wildlife was in abundance this weekend as we hacked our way around Hampton Cove, the Huntsville, Alabama outpost of the Robert Trent Jo...

I neglected to post the usual Friday Random Ten last week owing to our being out-of-town... and, after receiving hundreds of angry e-mails, ...

There’s an old saying: The cobbler’s children have no shoes. Whether that’s true or not, I cannot say - but one thing is certain. Eli’s ch...

Cartoony ’Koony. [Click to embiggen.] Hakuna permits one of her subjects to approach her Royal Personage and offer skritchings. The image h...

Eli (Hizzownself), with Toni, his Better Half. We celebrated the Old Man’s eighty-fifth birthday last weekend in grand style. Earlier that d...

Q: Is it OK to put turkey on a Greek salad? A: Only if you’re especially Hungary.

Eli, Hizzownself: The older you get, the less inhibited you are in many ways. SWMBO: Oy. * * * Today is Eli’s eighty-fifth birthday. Yest...

This past weekend, the Mistress of Sarcasm and I enjoyed the hospitality of Elder Daughter and her two housemates. It was our first chance t...