The crowd is gathered at Churchill Downs, making ready for the annual running of the Kentucky Derby, the first piece of Fancy Headgear in th...

Brett Pivnick was a wee bit peeved, to put it mildly. He had been called up from the minors in early summer, and his first two months as rig...

Mi tío es enfermo, pero la carretera es verde.

So Happy It’s Thursday! Thank Gawd It’s Friday! Yes, indeedy, it is Friday. The great Wheel of the Week has turned once again, and that m...

The Friday Ark is a weekly tradition. How sweet to cop the Lead Position! Yes, it’s once again time for the Friday Ark, the 137th voyage of...

“Therefore, make peace with your god Whatever you conceive him to be - Hairy Thunderer, or Cosmic Muffin.” - from National Lampoon, Deterio...

There’s a medical condition That’s a huge, gold-plated Bitch, And that is the condition Known as Painful Rectal Itch. What’s that horrible s...

For kids growing up in the New York suburbs in the 1950’s, gangs were a constant problem. Lookit: “Plunk your magic twanger, Froggy!” BOINN...

There’s an old Shaggy-Dog Story about a young man in extreme circumstances who is forced to sell the family duck...and since I’ve already po...

Meet Dr. Franklin C. L---, urologist. He’s the guy on the right in this photo taken 26 years ago in the wilds of western New Jersey. The g...

That’s the amazing series being shown on the Discovery Channel, documenting the world we live on with the most remarkable and beautiful phot...

The Missus and I spent a thoroughly pleasant weekend in Savannah with our friends Gary and JoAnn, visiting the Mistress of Sarcasm. We had ...

Just click on the pic, Slick...

Nature, red in tooth and claw Doo-dah, doo-dah Tiger’s fang and lion’s paw Oh, doo-dah day Dog eat dog all night Dog eat dog all day It’s a ...

One of these cats just celebrated her twelfth birthday. Can you guess which one? It’s Hakuna...the one on the right...who turned 12 on Satu...

Last week, I was drinking Irish Mist and playing whist with Bill Frist. And he had his shorts in a twist. What was on his mind? Here’s the...

...the delicate filigree of newborn leaves makes a canopy over my driveway… fetal leaves ...flush with the new life of Springtime... ...as I...

This week seems to have flown by. It’s Friday again! Tomorrow morning, the Missus and I, along with our friends Gary and JoAnn, will hit th...

A note to some of you Blown-Eyes who may be attending your first Texas Blogmeet in another week. Texans, by and large, don’t sound like peop...

Consider, friends, the lowly Yeast. Is it a Plant? Or is it Beast? Without it, Man doth not have Bread With which his hungry Face is fed. A...