Our septic series continues. If you haven’t already, you may want to read the first part, well, first.

Part 2: Snakes, worms, and severe burns.

In the morning I awoke with the sudden realization that I couldn’t do the one thing I wanted to do most: use the toilet.

I thought of going outside, but it was broad [...]

Today we begin a two-part series on a problem that is more common than it should be: a clogged main drain line.

Part 1: The sewer never sleeps. or, if you prefer Skip to Part 2

There is poop coming out of a hole in my basement.

I came home late. It was near midnight. I had some [...]

My neighborhood is expensive. I can’t afford to live here, but I do.

How I do it is my own business. Do I traffic illegal arms? Maybe. Do I create custom airbrushed murals for hot-air balloons? You just don’t know, do you?

But the point is, here I am, a lowly college student, an aspiring (not inspiring) [...]

That’s what people ought to say to each other when they graduate from high school or college. I’ll be graduating this summer; if anyone was planning on sending me a card, thank you, and thank you even more if it says “Congraduations!” on it.

I am assuming, of course, that I pass the classes required of [...]

My brother is someone you should meet.

To me, he is small, despite being tall for his age. He has curly golden-brown hair and an easy smile.

He is ten years younger than me, and twice as funny. Which, depending on how funny you think I am, is not very. But even if he is not funny, [...]

Get out.

It’s Friday.

I am surrounded by red and yellow tulips. They are dancing in circles.

Listen to this

‘Cause it’s springtime. Only one thing can be better: summer.

And that’s coming, too.

Pretend this is the last weekend of the world. Who knows, it may be.

So go outside on the sidewalk and boogie. Shake your body. Grab a girl [...]

Update: I wrote this post Wednesday night. I learned today that Kami passed away this morning (April 22). For more please check the family’s news page on their Web site.

People are dying, and I’m always trying to write something funny. It even occurs to me that I might try to write something funny about people [...]

I am an enthusiast of few things, and marijuana is not one of them.

There are reasons why this is the case, just as there are reasons why I’m not into motorcycle jumping, but let’s not get into them.

I understand, from experience and observation, that there are some people who are very enthusiastic about marijuana. Although, [...]

Here’s a New York Times articles about people who are content to stick with slow dial-up connections, not because they can’t afford broadband, but because they don’t want it:

[They] are neither Luddites nor laggards, but consumers content to pay for a service that is less than optimal, and at times even frustratingly slow, because they [...]

Yesterday was Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day):

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Today is the anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing:

Oklahoma City National Memorial

Tomorrow is the fifth anniversary of the Columbine shootings:

Columbine Memorial

And tomorrow is also my birthday.

Coincidences? I don’t know. At least I’ve always got something to wish for on my birthday.