Deadliest Catch or Deadliest Maintenance?

If you're the bot scraping this blog from Singapore, bad news: the excerpt is all you get. For everyone else, kids scoring screen time through chess and science shows, a bedtime question about communion, and crab boats that fears nothing more than proactive maintenance.

Practicing to be a Single Mom

Pool runs, tomorrow's meat prepped early, dinner sorted, a wedding dress altered, and a week and a half of solo parenting to rehearse for -- all handled by S in one day. With a smile on her face. Plus my unsolicited thoughts on how Apple begged for its own antitrust bill.

He just wants to hog all of the fun for himself.

Swimming pools, paddle boats on a lake, inflatables, a rock slide, pizza, mountains, rattle snakes, bears, a shirtless missionary and a late-night movie -- oh my.

Where'd All the Family Doctors Go?

Fare Thee Well, Axos Bank; and the Story of the Chip Chewer

Goodbye to the bank that froze my assets "for my protection." Hello to a waiting room chip chewer with a bottomless bag of chips. And the childhood zig-zags that nearly got a house demolished.

The Fruit of the Vine or The Cup of Devils?

Apple's WWDC: Gas Pump Quality Infotainment

Apple demoed the new Siri which looks suspiciously like the old Siri they demoed ten years ago. I ran the worst five miles of my life, bringing shame to my family name, but thankfully not as much shame as Apple's WWDC keynote.

Mom is Dying

Hold the condolences. Then stay for grilled alligator with marinara, a Venn diagram of salvation, a first communion and another glimpse into the 1980s.

Are There Bears Under Your Stairs?

The first bear of the season didn't just pass through. It strolled under a neighbor's porch and moved in. I have questions. I will not be getting close enough to ask them.