May 13, 2012

Everything Old Is New Again

When I first started writing this blog, I named it (Bleep) because anything and everything was likely to pop into my brain and onto these pages. I also started writing in hopes my work would draw attention, gain a following and I would become wildly popular, just like Melysa Schmitt, Shauna Glenn and The Bloggess.  People would love me, I would write books, and we would live happily ever after! Unfortunately, I overlooked one obvious thing and one not-so-obvious thing that …Read the Rest

Sending the Bleep-Signal
April 21, 2012

Sending the Bleep-Signal

Whenever Commissioner Gordon needed to call Batman out of hiding, he fired up the Bat Signal and pointed it into …Read the Rest

The Road Most Taken
February 20, 2012

The Road Most Taken

  Every occasion to visit my grandsons also results in an eight-hour, brain-numbing road trip.  There are a couple of …Read the Rest

We’ve Got To Stop Tweeting Like This
January 4, 2012

We’ve Got To Stop Tweeting Like This

Once I reached a point (about a year ago) where I was regularly posting to my blog, I started trying …Read the Rest

Click
December 30, 2011

Click

You never know what finally turns on the light. For most of December, my blog has gotten less attention than …Read the Rest

A Writer’s Crisis -or- My Thirty Six Hour Vagina
December 1, 2011

A Writer’s Crisis -or- My Thirty Six Hour Vagina

I’m blaming it on all the edamame I ate off the Ruby Tuesday’s salad bar Monday night. There’s got to …Read the Rest

A Titleist, An Asteroid and Stacy
November 5, 2011

A Titleist, An Asteroid and Stacy

Name a golf ball, a space ball and an oddball.     (With apologies to Johnny Carson, wherever he may …Read the Rest

Pigs Don’t Know Pigs Talk Funny
October 15, 2011

Pigs Don’t Know Pigs Talk Funny

or, Stacy Gets Lost In Translation No matter where you live in the United States, the people around you speak …Read the Rest

We’ve Got To Stop Meeting Like This
August 25, 2011

We’ve Got To Stop Meeting Like This

As the saying goes, there are only two things you can count on – death and taxes.  Whoever coined that …Read the Rest

The Donut Nazi
August 10, 2011

The Donut Nazi

  I denied my father his donuts.  He called, made his request, and I denied him.  The power to give …Read the Rest

You’re Not The Boss Of Me
July 28, 2011

You’re Not The Boss Of Me

Well, yes…really you are. Although I was looking at my wife as I typed that first line, I could really …Read the Rest

Bullseye!
July 19, 2011

Bullseye!

America is being overtaken by a silent epidemic. Growing at an alarming rate, it afflicts every race, age and sex …Read the Rest

A Priest, A Minister and a Rabbi
July 6, 2011

A Priest, A Minister and a Rabbi

You don’t know exactly how this ends, but you know what’s next. A joke will ensue and although some will …Read the Rest

(Bleep) Flows Downhill
July 4, 2011

(Bleep) Flows Downhill

The U.S. Census Bureau defines the Baby Boomers as those born between January 1st, 1946 and December 31st, 1964.  This …Read the Rest

Light At The End Of The Tunnel
June 30, 2011

Light At The End Of The Tunnel

Like most Baby Boomers, I don’t view myself as old. Sure, I’m not part of the singles set, and I’m …Read the Rest

A Thousand Squirrels
June 4, 2011

A Thousand Squirrels

To a little white dog. ** When I was a boy growing up on a farm in central Illinois, I …Read the Rest

Urinal Roulette
May 30, 2011

Urinal Roulette

I have a confession.  I violated Guy Code with regard to “spacing.” Frankly, I’m surprised guys in the central U.S. …Read the Rest

The El To Paradise
May 20, 2011

The El To Paradise

I really need to read the newspaper more regularly. Seems the event evangelical Christians refer to as the Rapture is …Read the Rest

A Can Of Gumout
May 16, 2011

A Can Of Gumout

When I was a younger man — a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away — I struggled …Read the Rest

My Penis Lies Over The Ocean
April 22, 2011

My Penis Lies Over The Ocean

My penis lies over the ocean; My penis lies over the sea. My penis lies over the ocean. Oh, bring …Read the Rest

Grandpa’s Last Stand
March 19, 2011

Grandpa’s Last Stand

As previously noted in the Bleep chronicles, I now have two, count ‘em, two grandsons. One is three and a …Read the Rest

Waldo Meets His Bleeping Match
March 8, 2011

Waldo Meets His Bleeping Match

Where’s Waldo, hah! That scrawny, red-striped geek was practically standing in an empty parking lot waving a bullfighter’s cape, compared …Read the Rest

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