NOT!

Yes, the August Mars hoax is back.

You may have been alerted via your e-mail that Mars and Earth are scheduled for a close encounter on August 27. I got excited because that is my son’s birthday and he will be visiting. I was going to throw a party to celebrate and was even going to rent a telescope. (more…)

This hasn’t been a great weekend. Saturday greeted me with the knowledge that a toilet in a rental unit has been overflowing for four weeks. FOUR WEEKS! I would hate to see my tenant’s water bill. (more…)

Redneck pet carrier

I have lived in Starkville, Mississippi for almost 12 years and I get pretty sick of people calling us rednecks. Mississippi State University was begun as an agricultural college way back in 1878 and our friends up the road (from Ole Miss) or sideways (from Alabama) just love to call us rednecks. “Takes one to know one,” I always say. (more…)

Lucky Dawg rules my house. I adopted her one cold rainy February evening when someone put her out on the highway and told her to sink or swim. I came along and picked her up - flea bag that she was - riddled with heart worms and hungry.

I spent $400 to get rid of the heart worms and told her she had to eat Wal-Mart or generic dog food for the rest of her life. She knew better. I now buy hot dogs and toast them in the microwave for her daily treats. (more…)

Do not pass go or take a ride on the Reading. Go directly to the last post entitled “Time Out for Maintenance” and read Ann Gilbert’s comments. They are delicious! (more…)