On June 3, I moved this blog to eponym.com because it allowed me to see if anyone (if at all) was reading my inane rantings. Oh, I knew there were 3 or 4 shut-ins with whom I would occasionally speak about Blitzblog, but I figure pretty much everyone else was just humoring me. As of today, almost one full month ...   more »

Here's the dream scenario for many husbands that I know.

You have a wife who cannot sit still and feels the need to fill her every waking moment with activity. To fulfill this need, she is happy to go out and earn a degree as a teacher, get a job teaching, and instead of taking summers off, she goes to ...   more »

Took my daughter, this evening, to see the movie Cars. In it was a scene that was, ostensibly, about cow-tipping. This reminded me of another evening a long time ago...

Allow me, to regale you all with my one and only cow-tipping experience.

It was 1984, I believe. Myself and a few recent Pratt grads were in the very ...   more »

I wryly boasted to the beautiful woman who'd just bought me a drink, "I'm not easy, but I am good." Eight minutes later, she'd proven me wrong twice.   more »

The wife and I spent the day attending one our best friends' youngest son's Bar Mitzvah today. It was a perfectly lovely day, what with the excellent over-abundance of food, a DJ with an MC and dancer, and all the usual stuff of upper-middle class Bar Mitzvahs these days.

Since our little clique of friends has been to about 10 ...   more »

Since Fathers' Day is approaching, I got to thinking about some of the better ones that I've had with my own dad.

My dad, Sid, is 90 years old, and for his age, he's in great shape. He has all his mental faculties and for the most part, is in good health, thank God. He still makes the 40 mile ...   more »

So we killed this guy Al Jafar Hacowi the other day in Bahgdad and all I could think was, "How he hell did the Indians from F Troop wind up running Al Qaeda?"

Then I realized I'd read it wrong.

Um, nevermind.

4 years ago, my family and I went on a vacation to Destin, Florida. Destin is one of the lesser-known tourist areas of Florida, located in the panhandle, directly below Alabama. Hence its nickname, The Redneck Riviera. It is a gorgeous area of white sand beaches and clear turquoise water.

Kate, Zac, Sarah and I flew down and shared a ...   more »

I usually don't talk to other guys in the men's room, but somehow, things in Mississippi felt different. Everyone is just so friggin' ... friendly.

Anyway, I was walking into the Men's Room behind a tall lanky black man. "How ya'll doin'?" he asked once we got inside.  

"Excellent. Totally excellent." I replied, a bit boozily.  

"That's great. ...   more »

Welcome to the new address of BlitzBlog. I've made this move for the greater functionality the Eponym offers versus Blogspot. I can now track hits, subscribers, post photos, and using the "secure"folder feature, I can someday make horrendously inapporpriate posts that I don't have to worry about my kids ever reading, unless one of you schmagegies spill the beans. And ...   more »