I think there may be a future where I will finish 40 posts -- but the real deal is 40 posts in 40 days. I tried to stretch it out and jus...

Wait just a &%$# minute, Mr. Baum! You lied  to me. It's been brought to my attention, having read the first four books of th...

I got to see Dave Eggers speak about 13 years ago at Butler University. He was riding the tidal wave of success with the Pulitzer-prize n...

A looong time ago, I made cards. It was this little thing I made into a side business. It was not overly successful. In fact, I still have...

In struggling with finding a "niche" with My Bucket of Parts, I've had conversations with a fellow blogger that has a strong...

As the saying goes, I feel like I am a jack of all trades, but a master of none. In my little online world, I have created three differen...

Right before we leave for an extensive trip, it always seems Nigra needs to go see a doctor. Luckily, on a Saturday morning, we were able...

ere's the thing about anxiety attacks: I feel like we, as a human race, are ill-equipped to deal with the comforts of modern life. ...

You know you're getting old when one of your favorite TV shows is on the cover of Entertainment Weekly...as a part of the annual reun...

Shelties are too smart for you. They're too smart for me, and they're too smart for you. Commentators during dog shows and we...

The large white envelope hit the kitchen table with the word "Harvard" on the top left corner. Jared's dad sat down and ...

eople! This whole Blogpostathon is haaaard.  Posting new content 40 days in a row is not for the faint of heart, and I should know......

Spooky things have always had a place in my life. So have mystical things, magical things, unrealistic things. Those fantastical beas...

For the past few weekends, I've been working on my fried egg game. I've been eating things with fried egg on top. The whole pur...

Author's Note: Typically my Interesting Characters are a chance for me to write about a random fictional personality, an exercise to...