Dating Acumen
by Richard So I’ve got a friend who’s recently divorced (for the most part). Okay, fine, dudes. Enough with the laughing. I mean, of course I have friends. Anyway. This friend, who I’m going to call...
View ArticlePointing And Laughing, Surely?
I’m a big fan of the local Y’s. For those who haven’t been keeping track lately, the YMCA now is known simply as the Y. Not sure why the big rebranding effort is underway, but there it is. Of course,...
View ArticleSunday Stop Light
To help promote A Dude’s Guide to Babies, Barry and I made a whole bunch of postcard-sized copies of the cover, with information about us and the book on the back, and many more business-card-sized...
View ArticleThe Most Wonderful Time Of The Year*
It’s back, dudes! It’s finally back! Last night, football games that matter finally got played and my life finally began to play in Technicolor© once more. To say I love college football would be a bit...
View ArticleLego My Movie
Build your own world. That’s what I love about Lego bricks. You grab a bunch of plastic slabs of all sizes and shapes, start smacking them together and you can make, well, anything. Of course, most of...
View ArticleThe Prince And The Pau-- Frog
I love the Muppets. No, really, dudes. They are absolutely the funniest assemblage of talent ever wrapped in velvet or fabric or whatever. They make me laugh just standing there, without moving. Which...
View ArticleMaking The Time To Find The Rhyme
Poetry is only for snobs, right? Um, no. Not quite. Well, sort of. I mean, not all the time, you know? It’s possible I might be the slightest bit confused on the role of poetry in society these days,...
View ArticleThe Brightening Quiet
Sons of the South savor snowfall. And alliteration? Absolutely! Okay, enough of that. Here in Charlotte, we received a small taste of the snow storm that’s been causing havoc in the midwest, the...
View ArticleTales From The Ice Age
Down here in the South, we’re not used to being snowed in. Well, we are, but normally by snow we mean sunshine and by snowed in we mean enjoying the warm, sunny day. But I’m guessing it’s not really...
View ArticleLet The Games Begin*
Today should be a national holiday. I’m serious, dudes. Very serious. Well, as serious as I can be when I’m jumping up and down inside and giggling and laughing and clapping my hands together and...
View ArticleHappy Birthday, Dad!
From one Richard Jones to another, Happy Birthday. It’s an important day for me to celebrate, because without him getting borned, I sure wouldn’t be here at the keyboard blathering away at you dudes....
View ArticleZippy The Changing Man
I’ve seen him laughing, crying and howling. I’ve even seen him dead. Fortunately, he was only playing dead as part of a film project while away at University of North Carolina Wilmington. Today is the...
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