Oddball Observations

First the important stuff.  Arizona shortstop Stephen Drew broke his ankle in last night's Diamondbacks game and is out for the season. ...

Sometimes one's best posts are merely referrals to those of another blogger.  Such is the case today as I encourage you to read and view...

My former colleague and long-time friend Tommy the C  sent a short e-mail today, gigging me a bit about my lack of posts of late.  So . . . ...

This is a fairly common sight in my town.  You see, once upon a time this was a huge cattle ranch, owned by the Fain family.  Little by lit...

For those of you who have expressed concern about our Big Black Boy Cat, Blackwell, here's a photo I took on the patio this evening. ...

SWMBO and I went to an outdoor jazz concert the other night.  In the middle of the monsoon!  We had doubts about it but got there early enou...

Something is wrong with our big black boy cat, Blackwell.  He's only eating a bite or two and has cut down on his water intake.  He spen...