Posts in The Men's Room

For our male bloggers.

Facing the medicine
Posted by danderson on Apr 2nd, 2008

I’ve had another “procedure.” I went through 40-plus years of life with just a broken bone here and a sniffle ...

Colonoscopy & Kansas: It was a very good week
Posted by wlewis on Feb 24th, 2008

The English dramatist Williams Congreve once penned, “Music has charms to soothe a savage beast, to soften rocks or bend ...

An addition to the family
Posted by danderson on Dec 13th, 2007

We got a puppy. It's the first pet I've ever had, not counting the goldfish I won at a grade-school ...

Lettuce entertain you? Not so much.
Posted by wlewis on Nov 12th, 2007

There are numerous questions that have confounded and held the imagination of mankind for centuries? Is there really a God? ...

I like you, just please don’t ask me to be your Facebook friend
Posted by danderson on Nov 7th, 2007

It’s been decades, scores even, since someone asked me, “Will you be my friend?” But now it’s happening weekly, and ...

The Battle of the Thermostat
Posted by danderson on Oct 19th, 2007

When I was a boy, I thought our thermostat was a religious icon. It was located on the white stucco ...

But, Your Honor... I forgot!
Posted by danderson on Sep 15th, 2007

I’m becoming more forgetful these days. I’ve lost my keys a couple times recently, often can’t locate my cell phone ...

'Hey, Mom, cook that junk we really like.'
Posted by wlewis on Aug 31st, 2007

In memorial: Nelle Brown Lewis, 1915 - 2007 Not that you’ve missed me but I’ve been absent from this site ...

Thank goodness I got diabetes
Posted by danderson on Aug 6th, 2007

It’s been six months since I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. It was the best thing that could of ...

The new Old Blue Eyes
Posted by danderson on Jul 16th, 2007

After years of searching, I will now declare our generation’s Frank Sinatra. This crooner is Sting, who, like, Sinatra, is ...

Developing a teen driver
Posted by danderson on Jun 9th, 2007

The last time I took my car in for service the technician said I would soon need new tires. I’ve ...

Pages of wedding album hold bittersweet memories
Posted by danderson on May 15th, 2007

Julie and I have a bookshelf that takes up most of one wall in our front room. On that bookshelf ...

“I read the news today, oh boy.”
Posted by wlewis on May 4th, 2007

My dad was a kind, soft-spoken man and a successful business person. He came from means but chose to work ...

So, where can I find a Husband of the Year nomination?
Posted by danderson on Apr 18th, 2007

Well, Boomer Girls, I have canned the idea of scrapbooking the stages of my wife Julie’s menopause (see my April ...

No more Ms. Nice Girl
Posted by bskepnek on Apr 17th, 2007

I apologize in advance for writing a second time about “nappy headed ho’s.” But, I’m not done with it, and ...

'Nappy headed ho’s'
Posted by bskepnek on Apr 13th, 2007

Jason Whitlock, a sports columnist who writes for the Kansas City Star, commented that Don Imus is not the villain; ...

Mommy's First Hot Flash
Posted by danderson on Apr 4th, 2007

My wife, Julie, says she’s “thisclose” to being full-blown menopausal. She can’t sleep. She gets night sweats. When it’s time ...

Units of production
Posted by bskepnek on Mar 28th, 2007

Karl Marx claimed capitalism relentlessly reduces human relationships to questions of pure economics. The relationships of physician/patient, of lawyer/client, even ...

American Idle
Posted by wlewis on Mar 12th, 2007

Let it be said I do like movies. There’s nothing better than a well-written story, creative photography, gripping music and ...

'Kotter' references never lose their cachet
Posted by danderson on Mar 8th, 2007

Either I’m not with it anymore, or younger people just need to broaden their horizons. For example, one day last ...