Posts in The Men's Room
For our male bloggers.
- Facing the medicine
- Posted by danderson on Apr 2nd, 2008
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Either I’m not with it anymore, or younger people just need to broaden their horizons. For example, one day last ...