(I’m sitting on the sofa working a crossword puzzle.) Charlie: (softly) Mow. Me: Oh! Hey there, Boo! (scritches his head) Charlie: (softly) Mow. Me: What’s up? Charlie: (softly) Mow? Me: (gets up, walks to kitchen) You have water. Charlie: Mow!…
Living in the O(+>* apartments
Two days before my one-year anniversary of moving into my dee-luxe apartment in the sky, I noticed that they changed the name of our apartment complex. Without any notice. Just…boom…new signs pointing to the leasing office. I had just stopped…
Birthday dinner
No, not mine! My cousin’s! For the last 5 years, my mom, aunt, two cousins and I have gone out to dinner for each of our birthdays. This past Friday, we ate at Wolfgang Puck’s American Grille in the Borgata…
Lord of the Pickup Lines
OK, I caved. I lasted little more than a month without playing an online game. Tonight I signed up for the 30 day trial of Lord of the Rings Online. I didn’t want to do it at first because there…
If I went to Hogwarts…
Let’s say I went to Hogwarts the same time as Harry Potter’s final year… One would have to be a complete idiot NOT to know that there’d be some final throwdown between the Lord of all Evil (who, incidentally, was…
Camp North Star this is not.
While traveling about at lunch today, I saw 2 schoolbuses full of happy t-shirted summer campers pull up to their destination. The counselors exited the buses first and were consulting their clipboards. Where were the happy campers visiting today? THE…
