Iron Maiden is back! The new album, A Matter of Life and Death, is 70 minutes of dark, crunchy prog metal goodness. It’s an anti-war record, but not in the traditional dumb ass rock band “rah rah rah give peace a chance sense.” Maiden has written a col…

Today was the first day Delaney has been able to ride Skip since we brought him home last Saturday. Monday and Tuesday were get acclimated days, Wednesday was teeth floating day, Thursday was the farrier, and today she finally got him under saddle.
T…

Fifteen years, it’s been
I bought her clogs, and a horse.
Trophy wife, she is. 🙂

We had an appointment today to look at a horse. We got to the farm on time just before 2 PM. This is a commercial boarding farm that runs kids camps, accepts borders, sells and trains horses, etc. Or at least that is what the web site claims. Michelle …

Earlier this evening, for reasons I can’t even begin to explain, the following thought popped into my head.
I’d really like to hear Powerslave right about now.
Powerslave, of course, being one of Iron Maiden’s finest albums. Unfortunately, my album van…

One of the trophies for my little league team was damaged, so I asked Crown Awards to send a replacement. They did, but they sent a girl baseball trophy. So I called again and had a replacement for the replacement sent.
It arrived today. But instead of…

2:45 AM : alarm rings, Michelle gets up
3:15 AM : I give up on sleeping in until 3:30 AM
4:00 AM : leave house
4:20 AM : arrive at farm
5:00 AM : leave farm, with horse in tow
7:00 AM : arrive at 4H District competition
7 AM – 12:30 PM : Show da…

Does this post seem a little over the top to anybody else?
Yes, state mandated testing is bad, and no sane homeschooler wants to do it. However, is there a state anywhere in this country that requires homeschoolers to take the same tests they force on …

Yesterday Michelle says to me, “Do you like the sign on the front door?”
I replied, “What sign?”
She then explains that she was tired of the solicitors ringing the doorbell, so she put up a no soliciting sign.
I look at her and say, “You read that on D…

Yesterday, I took the day off of work to follow through on a dare from the kids. I had a 530 PM appointment in NYC to audition for Who Wants To Be A Millionaire. I had a great plan that involved me getting to NY about 5 hours early so I could visit a…