Thursday, September 10th, 2015
Apparently my dog is quite the looker. I gather this from all the howls of excitement and panting I get from other dogs while taking her on a walk. Yup, she’s quite the babe, but she certainly...
Thursday, August 27th, 2015
Someone once asked me what I thought hell would be like (I guess he had some premonition about my final destination). I informed him I grew up with six sisters, and at one time or another, I...
Thursday, August 13th, 2015
“Unexpected item in bagging area. Please remove item before continuing.” Who hasn’t heard that annoying phrase since the installation of self-checkout lanes in all the supermarkets of late? These lanes were meant to simplify the checkout process,...
Thursday, May 19th, 2011
It appears to me that the central hub of nearly all Tooele society is Gold’s Gym. I’ve heard that when Gold’s Gym opened a couple years ago it had more membership applications in the first 20 minutes...
Thursday, February 17th, 2011
While observing my children I have often wondered which traits they inherited from myself and their mother and what they may have developed on their own before they were born. We Mormons believe in a pre-existence where...
Tuesday, February 8th, 2011
Like many members of the Mormon Church, I did my duty by serving a two-year mission preaching repentance and Family Home Evening to the wayward masses. (One missed FHE equals one hour of drug rehab for your...
Thursday, September 30th, 2010
While sitting in line at the drive-thru at a certain to-remain-unnamed “fast”-food joint in town, waiting for the cheese to cure I suppose, it occurred to me how time plays tricks with you. The other day, my...
Thursday, September 9th, 2010
I have an anthropological hypothesis for the evolution of the Man Cave. You know that special room/garage/shed/doghouse where married men go to escape the general confusion of domestic life? We men all have them. Even the American...
Thursday, May 13th, 2010
I think decent bathrooms are illegal here in Utah. When my wife and I were moving to Tooele from Las Vegas six years ago, we toured dozens of potential houses to buy. Every one of them, at...
Thursday, May 6th, 2010
What a racket! The Sicilian Mafia could learn from these guys!” That was my exclamation upon exiting Build-A-Bear Workshop at the Gateway Mall in Salt Lake the other day. I have never seen such a collection of...