Retiring Guy

I have the house to myself right now. Andy is at a basketball practice from 6:00 until 7:30. JoAnna and Eddie are at the health club. ...

Dear Jim and Arden, JoAnna and I decided we weren’t going to send a “form” letter this year, but I quickly tired of jotting down the sa...

I’m using a different approach in this letter. These “news reports” are written in the third person, as if I’m some unbiased observer. ...

Yesterday was a day of frequent interruptions at work. I made a quick midmorning trip home to retrieve some meeting notes on my desk. M...

Once again I have only the dimmest memory of the specific circumstances of going to bed last night.  How far into Nick at Nite's even...

For the first time since my return from vacation, I'm able to spend a full day at the library.  I walk away with not too much more th...

#4 on the Billboard Hot 100 I get an early start to the day after a week's vacation.  The only surprise is that one of the sliding gl...

Considering how much I'm cutting into library time with personal business -- taking care of a sick Eddie last week for example -- I...

#5 on the Billboard Hot 100 this week Ordinarily, I'd be at the SCLS Public Library Advisory Committee meeting.  This is the second o...

I don't walk into the day with a spring in my step. but neither do I cower in a corner.  I call Jane Robbins and she helps me think t...

The weekend's top-grossing new release. Finished in 4th place overall. Gone, forgotten. I work.  Kelly babysits.  It's a slow S...

Lately when I think about the library, I imagine Julie Brunnette and Don Damon wielding a big axe at budget time.  I am already consideri...

TIME There's clutter on my desks to be organized or tossed out.  I'd rather have done this on Saturday but I got caught up with...

One of 4 new movies to make the top 10 this weekend JoAnna takes the day off to concentrate on her campaign.  I take both boys to daycare...

In its next to last season. Once again my plans to work the evening with Eve go awry.  JoAnna needs to do a campaign mailing, which means...

TIME Why is it lately that any time like this that I spend home alone, I get caught up in doing household chores.  I haven't done a...

The weekend's top-grossing new movie. Andy wants Eddie to stay home with him (and Kelly) but I don't want our babysitter to have ...

The TV show that ruled its Thursday evening time slot for 8 years. At first, I plan to work with Eve in the evening, but with school out ...

TIME Andy is still determined to give his dad as much grief as possible.  To get him out the door and into the car, I have to prod him ...

For a change of pace, I work a Saturday at the information desk,  preview of coming attractions in my professional life, now that Liz wish...