Sigh… I spent most of the day yesterday in the car driving. My father-in-law and I went to North Carolina, he to check on the house that he is having built and me for a job interview. It was a long drive – about 4 hours each way. Granted, my father-in-law drove for part of […]

Here we are. A few days later and we’re waiting for our contractors to contact us and let us know when they’re going to finish fixing our house. We’ve got fans all over the place and the floor in the kitchen is ripped down to the sub-floor; the ceiling, walls and floor of the basement […]

It started out as a wonderful Saturday – I went and walked with some pooches, came home fixed Angela and the boys some breakfast and then, by 8am, prepped myself for a good old fashioned one to two hour nap. Glorious, I say! Little did I know that my house had different plans. I was […]

We’ve been out of phone service for the past week. What’s worse is that they won’t be able to come and fix our landline until July 11th. That’s almost two weeks without a phone. Grrrrrrrrr… That really makes me want to strangle someone. We use that phone for faxes, phone calls, long distance calls, and […]

I’m amazed that I’ve made it this far in life. Here are a few examples of the things that have happened to me in the past few days. I drove to North Carolina. My father-in-law and I went down to NC, he to look for a house and me to interview for a job. The […]

Shoot me. Shoot me dead. Of all the bright ideas that I have who would have thought that one of the seemingly most innocuous would be one of the most painful and mentally challenging? I am trying to stop consuming caffeine. Caffeine the most popular drug in the world. You can find caffeine in a […]

We’re still getting over the sadness of losing our little girl. I keep stealing quick glances at places she used to lay – in the sink, on the cat stand, under the desk, in the closet – with a brief hope that she’ll be there. But we’ve come to terms with Tia’s passing, secure with […]

I was supposed to write a post about the lunch that I had yesterday with three of my lady friends but it will have to wait until tomorrow. Trust me, writing about that would be infinitely more fun and less painful than writing what I will next. Last night, Tuesday, June 20th, 2006, Angela and […]

My week has been “interesting” to say the least.  It seems like right when I don’t want to find a job that everyone wants to offer me a job. Here are a few examples of opportunities that have come my way. The last job that I was at – the one where I really didn’t […]

Oh, boy. Certain recent events remind me why I don’t have kids yet. Many people know that I completely love and adore my dog, Farley. He’s been with me through several rough times, numerous great times and an infinite number of hours just lounging around. Yesterday was an absolute banner day for me and my […]

So, there I was. Stuck in traffic on Old Georgetown Pike in McLean, VA. Residences to the left of me; residences to the right of me and only a single lane of traffic in each direction. The worst part of it? I had just started feeling the effects of a 16 oz. bottle of Diet […]

So, I screwed myself. Evidently the submission deadline for the next Apprentice has just closed. AAAAAAARGH! I knew I should have had this epiphany earlier! YAY, DANNA! CONGRATS ON SUBMITTING YOUR RESIGNATION!  For those not in the know, Danna is a dear friend of mine that used to work with me. She is going to […]

Lust. Me. Lust. Boobies. Lust. Bad things to eat. Lust. More boobies. Lust. Stuff. Lust. Car washes with slinky, young co-eds. Lust. Shiny, new gadgets. Do we see a connection here? According to the website 7 Deadly Sins “Lust is an inordinate craving for the pleasures of the body.” I’ll admit that I lust over […]

So, next up to plate on my Seven Deadly Sins is Greed. Oh, greed! How I love thee! I really don’t see anything wrong with greed. Mikey like the greed. I’m one greedy bastard. That’s a lie, of course. In the past I’ve been faulted for giving too much. But I sure do love myself […]

HA! I’m posting this here because I’m too lazy to let my bitterness stretch to anything else more creative 😉 I posted the following at Digital ET, another place that where I started posting (forgive me, I haven’t learned how to embed video into WordPress yet): I Hate Dancers I’ll be the first to admit […]

Ah, yes. Envy, the green-eyed monster. How well do I know thee! I must be completely honest with all of you: I am filled with envy. Ok, let me be slightly introspective. Evidently I’m filled with Envy, bitterness, and marshmallow popcorn.

According to http://deadlysins.com/sins/, Pride is excessive belief in one’s own abilities, that interferes with the individual’s recognition of the grace of God. It has been called the sin from which all others arise. Pride is also known as Vanity. Yesterday, May 4th, 2006, was 36th my birthday. It seems like it took forever for me […]

They say that one of the Seven Deadly Sins is ‘Sloth’ – is the avoidance of physical or spiritual work. Yeah, yeah. Ok. It has taken me almost a week to put in another entry in this blog, so does that count? Anyhow, I’ll admit to being a tad slothy. Perhaps that’s why I am […]

I was wandering my list of blogs and just reading through them. I remember my friend Deb mentioning in one of her posts the use of single themes for poetry/poetry books. I thought to myself, “Self, this may not work for others but maybe it can work for us!”. So today I am going to […]

Grandma was buried today in Norfolk. Over the past few days the weather has been mild and rainy. Today was overcast and gray. It was a little odd. When Grandpa was buried it was cold; today it was also cold. I won’t go into the details about the entire ceremony. It made everyone both happy […]

I would like to introduce you to my grandparents – Lucretia and Ricardo Ronase. I would have loved for everyone that visits this site or that knows me to have gotten the chance to meet them in person. If you did, you would probably see where the weird sense of humor, hospitality and generaly kindness […]

Another tragedy strikes my family just as suddenly as my parents finally make it home to Va. Beach. Whereas this past weekend we celebrated my Mom & Dad making it home and my father surviving his ordeal, I just got word from my eldest sister that my grandmother had a stroke and probably won’t make […]

My parents finally made it home from the Philippines last week. They got to their house in Va. Beach and we finally got to see them for the Easter holiday. Oh, man. You can tell they missed being here in the comforts of their own home. One of Mom’s biggest pet peeves was that television […]

Angela and I got a bug up our butts last weekend. Friday rolled around and we were considering what to do for the weekend. An idea immediately hit me in the head! How about we go to a buffet? Like the Old Country Buffet or Golden Corral? Oh, yeah, baby! It was on! We spent […]

Ah, yes. Easter is just around the corner. Rather than get into all the hullaballoo about religion and all, let me hit on a topic near and dear to my heart: freaky-ass Easter candy. Enough chit-chat! Let’s get to it! That’s Bull Who in their right mind WOULDN’T want this? A bull that poops out […]

Remember this? RECAP: What does it mean to be a man? Not a superhero or a celebrity, just a regular guy. There are many types of men, of course, so choosing the base characteristics of manhood seems to be an almost impossible task. Studies throughout the ages have defined the traits across almost every culture […]

I’ve been sitting here ruminating over Easter candy again. I say ‘ruminating’ because Angela has me helping her with a project for work and I’ve been staring at pictures of cows for the past two days. Moo. Back on topic, we recently went to Target and there, in front of us, was their gigantic display […]