9835038 - cartoon image of a boy in school taking a test. Many of the secondary schools are adding to their curriculum, classes that would make graduates in tune with the real world. Things like filling out a tax return, writing a resume, balancing a checkbook, applying for a home loan. I can’t argue with … Continue reading Doug’s Standardized Test →

Brunhilda and I had a move to accommodate her new job as an English teacher in Bismarck, ND. So we went looking for houses, which is a man’s second least favorite thing to do. The least favorite thing is going shopping for a dress and holding your purse while you are in the dressing room. … Continue reading Wallpaper Caper →

55411373 - business man confused As I was writing an email this morning, it got me to thinking. This day and age we are using words that weren’t even in our vocabularies when I was younger. Whoever heard of a “worldwide web?” Even the word “Internet” is a new one, or new as we use … Continue reading Words →

cartoon aggressive angry woman in glasses screaming looking down I was in a dept. store recently and I heard a mother chastise her kid, she said: “Put that away before you poke your eye out.”  I couldn’t see what the child had in his hand because they were on the other side of the display … Continue reading Poke Your Eye Out! →

An image of a Man Reading Letter. I used to love to get mail. It started at a very young age. When Dad would come home after visiting our P.O. box and started reading the mail and at times give a letter to my mother, and I found them so engrossed in what they got … Continue reading Mail Is No Fun Anymore →

Funny and not very clever cartoon man is sawing a tree brunch he is sitting on Did you readers know that the average male has about four billion more brain cells than the average female? Now before all the women out there hold some sort of a caucus where they will unanimously decide to tie … Continue reading Four Billion More Brain Cells →

Vector flat illustration of a happy young woman driver sitting rides in his red car. Design concept of buy a new car I don’t think that there has ever been a case of fiscal voo-doo that I have ever experienced (except when Congress is in session). Nobody but a father can understand these things. Most … Continue reading Fiscal Voo-Doo →

Cartoon illustration of senior man leaning on wood cane I heard a phrase the other day while at the doctor’s office.  A phrase that couldn’t have sounded worse, than if a heavy metal rock band had been given power tools.  The phrase was, and I am not making this up: “Well, at your age . … Continue reading At Your Age →

businessman in a squirrel wheel. Pop art retro comic book vector illustration I think that I am overworked. For a long time I’ve blamed it on old age, iron poor blood, lack of vitamins, air pollution, imitation sweetener, over weight, wax buildup, dry skin, allergies, high blood pressure, and a dozen other terrible things that … Continue reading No Wonder I’m So Tired →

9342500 - cartoon of dad scolding his son and sending him away I remember the Birthday that I had after I had joined the Scouts. The Scouts were planning a three camping trip and for my birthday I got an official Boy Scout hatchet! It was a great gift until my Mom piped up. “Don’t … Continue reading The BB Gun →