Time for a little Sunday Peeyem Catblogging. We’re at the home of Morris William, SWMBO’s kid brother. One of the denizens of Chez Morris W...

For a three-year-old kid, our nephew William is developing into quite the little storyteller. At breakfast this morning, he was regaling us ...

Velociman has thrown down the gauntlet , and I respond: You can have your wimp-ass colanders, thems what you use to drain off the limp, b...

Those of you who are unfamiliar with cholent (sometimes rendered as tcholent or chulent ) have missed out on one of the great contribution...

My friend Mr. Dax Montana is playing a dangerous game. Today is Moving Day, when he and the lovely Priscilla are relocating. I will say nau...

My referral stats show several visitors coming from the VH1 Best Week Ever blog. Their post provides a link to one of my archive pieces, th...

Morris William presented me with a Book Recommendation this morning. The book is Overheard in New York , and it is a scream. Call it “Found ...

Why, is it Friday already? I look forward to Fridays. Most people say “TGIF,” but so great is my sense of anticipation that I say, “So Happ...

...at the Modulator is the Friday Ark, with Hakuna and Matata batting leadoff on Edition #76 . And remember to visit Carnival of the Cats ...

comes this picture of She Who Must Be Obeyed and the Mistress of Sarcasm, from my 30th college reunion, June 2004. Here, the ladies are rela...

Having just come off a Drinky Weekend, I thought this piece of e-mail joke spam Internet-distributed cleverness was apropos: Sometimes when...

Hakuna and Matata keep the Missus warm. Not only do they play well together, they crap in a box!

I went and had a CAT scan this morning, a necessary follow-up to my little episode of renal colic Sunday. The good news is, no stone! I su...

Invariably followed by Skinny-Ass Wednesday. Vale, carne! Carnival! Say bye-bye to meat, my pal. Next forty days, they call it Lent. I’ll c...

Mickey Rat ©1972 Robert Armstrong and Kitchen Sink Press. The Great Corporate Salt Mine sends out a daily Safety Brief as part of the normal...

Octavia Butler, the first African-American author to gain national prominence in the field of science fiction, died last Friday at the age ...

Gravel-Voice Larry, z''l . Here’s a picture of Gravel-Voice Larry of blessed memory , courtesy of fellow Minyan Boy Mike Solomon . ...

Being an update on the latest Elisson Kidney-Stone Epic. Because, face it, you wanted to know. After getting back from my Weekend Retreat, I...

In case you were curious (and even if you’re not), I just got back from my Weekend Retreat in the North Georgia Mountains. Every February, a...

Yes, it’s the Friday Random Ten, in which we tickle the throat of the iPod d’Elisson to see what random tunes it barfs up. This week, the Ra...