Lord of the Castle

I finally made it over to my mechanic’s to get the master cylinder fixed. I asked him to change the oil and oil filter while he was at it.
Everything went pretty much like he predicted. He then asked for the key to start the engine up just to give the car the once over before [...]

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I have a built in desire to explore.
When we lived in Los Angeles, I was always amazed when, after living there for 30 years, I would drive on a road for the very first time. I was like a little kid.
“I have lived here for (fill in the blank) years and I have never been [...]

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I had my latest “humility sandwich” handed to me today.
After work, I hustled over to the police supply store. As I waited for them to look at my flashlight, I perused the store. It was like entering a parallel universe!
About 50 different handguns at the counter…
fully automatic weapons behind it…
displays of various knives, batons…
a complete shoe [...]

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Since I can’t figure out what is wrong with my two police style flashlights, I decided to expose my ignorance and ask for help.
I took them to work and asked a friend to look at it.
He couldn’t figure it out. The bulb was good…
He put it in his own new batteries…still nothing.
While that is not [...]

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Last weekend, I discovered that I had, not one, but three flashlights that didn’t work.
I have two that are police type flashlights powered by regular “D” batteries and a third that is powered by a rechargeable battery used for cordless tools.
The first two are mysteries to me. I can’t figure out why they don’t work. [...]

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You would think that a mirror is a mirror. They reflect the image in front of them.
You would think by their construction (a piece of glass placed on top of a shiny reflective surface) that they should be the same. But, people don’t always think so.
Women are constantly complaining that some mirrors make them look [...]

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I finally did it!
Something that I have been wanting to do for over two decades!!!
I hinted at it last weekend…
Some time in the early 90’s (that sounds SO long ago. When I was younger, that phrase meant the 1890’s!), someone told me that they had bought a side of beef.
“What’s a side of beef?”
“Half of [...]

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I like the guys I work with…
I learn a great deal from them.
Today for instance, The Steel Trap told me something that I had never heard before…
“Do you know that female spiders kill their mates?”
“Yes. I did know that.”
“Do you know that they are actually merciful?”
I had no idea where he was going with this [...]

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I am sure that you have heard of people who cannot sleep because their circadian rhythm is messed up.
Well, I think my trip screwed up my annodian rhythm. That word comes from the Latin word for year, anno, and describes the yearly cycle in the biochemical, physiological or behavioral processes of living entities.
Actually, I just made [...]

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We drove straight through from Kansas City to New Jersey.
My family was late getting out of the house. I can’t understand why…My wife should have planned to put two new front tires on the truck before she packed
Since they were late picking me up from work, I walked to Blue Springs High School and waited for them there. [...]

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