Archive for the 'Hearth and home' Category



In exile

Published on 31 August 2005

I’m hiding in the office at home with my dinner while Manuel the plumber investigates why the Sam Heck water is dripping from the light fixture/fan in the bathroom. Second time this has happened. I don’t know if our upstairs neighbors have been overfilling their jacuzzi or are really careless moppers or what. Not my […]


Gummy Joe

Published on 18 May 2005

Theo’s surgery seemed to go well, although the the vet had to extract an additional canine and two premolars. He was groggy and a bit of a stumblebum yesterday evening, but he exhibited none of the grumpiness the vet’s assistant warned us about — if anything, he was more affectionate and cuddly than usual. He […]