To The Manner Born

It's been rightly said in our family that I could cry over a good steak. It doesn't take much to turn on the waterworks. I'm par...

Fairly recently one of my favorite posters (I've forgotten whom, my apologies) published a tribute to the acting skills of Ms. Wendy ...

In spite of my irregular eating habits, or perhaps because of them, I sometimes get the darndest cravings. To my mind cravings come in two v...

. Sloth is a deeply misunderstood virtue. I concede that once upon a time, sloth could be massively inconvenient, but times change and so do...

You are perhaps familiar with the expression,"You can always tell a German, you just can't tell him much". What you didn't...

It is this little angels 9th birthday. As most formerly 8's are, she is mostly trouble and teases her helpless grandfather unmercifully...

Mrs. T accosted me the other day with "83% of rodeo boys are hurt each year". I thought it would have been more. "Why do the...

I found this picture on Mr. Mort ,then made up a copy of the shirt on Brooks Brothers, on-line, made to order shirt section site. Blue and...

My annual physical is coming up in a few weeks, and I have been dutifully keeping a list of medications that I should ask my doctor if they...

To set the mood for an upcoming journey I dug out John Kennedy Toole's masterpiece "A Confederacy of Dunces" for its biennial ...

Is your daily newspaper relevant to your life? As I write this I am too cold, too tired, too apathetic to mosey up the drive and pick up the...

The oldest Mardi Gras celebration in America is in Mobile, Alabama. I have had the privilege to attend their festivities and I must confes...

In an effort to keep you up to date on things cool, I came across this today. http://www.magcloud.com/ Magcloud is a Hewlet-Packard sponsor...

I am a particular eater. Bless her heart, Mrs. T has spent the past decade attempting to get me to enjoy or at least to eat my veggies. She...

In my dream its always Friday afternoon. Early summer, Decoration Day has gone, and Independence Day is near. New Orleans' humidity is j...

I will send a US $1 bill to the first person who can prove, to us, they have a Hot Diggity Dogger in their home and have used it more than ...

Is becoming a recluse a rational response to an irrational world, or a symptom of mental illness? Do you have to be a misanthrope, or can y...

Ever since the spray pancake episode I have not been permitted in grocery stores without supervision. Until today. Mrs T made me go with he...

Spring training is underway and as revealed on these pages last week, many professional baseball players take steroids. So what? Frankly, I ...

Ever live in a haunted house? It's tough to find find one in a standard suburban neighborhood, but in urban areas, or country houses I ...