Smile, if it makes you happy.

Do you know this guy?  He looks happy enough, right?  Why is he smiling you ask?  Is it because he is genuinely happy, or is it because he received good news…. How about this guy?…

Wake up reversal

Some time between the early morning hour and the even earlier morning hour – you know, between when the alarm goes off the first time and the 30th time (curse you snooze button!!!) – the…

New MacDonald has a farm….

So last Christmas the boy got one of his favorite toys from his Uncle Mark.  A set of G.I. Joes (the good guys).  Uncle Mark and I used to play with GI Joe’s quite a lot. …

Break it to me gently. . .

“Dad, I have good news, and I have bad news” the five year old boy told me as he sat down at the breakfast table this morning. The first thoughts of “listen up, here comes…

Food Geek Unleashed

OK, so it’s not a secret to many people that the previous 4 years of carb counting have seen me gradually develop what I now believe will be a life-long nutritional obsession.  So when I come…

The Tour Begins…

I believe it was Adrian Plass who wrote about a band called ‘Bad News For the Devil’.  Apparently their claim to fame was a song called ‘Peace Will Come’ – a rocking tune with incredibily…