Month: August, 2009

Are we there yet?

Is it here? Is this the day? Is this what I’ve been waiting for all summer long? Why yes, it is, darlings. It’s the first day of school. And I’m late, so I gotta git. It’s been fantastic spending the summer with you. And now I have to go act like a responsible adult, and [...]

Now wait just a minute here.

I mean, really. What’s the big idea, waking up at 3:45 a.m. on the nose for the third straight day? What am I, George Lutz? Honestly. Too much going on this week to go to bed at 11:30 and be insomniatic at a quarter to four. I suppose it could be that I’m on the [...]

How I Spent My Saturday III

Until yesterday, I had never been inside a semi truck. You know, the kind with the 7-foot cab ceiling and the little walkspace and the bed in the back, and a refrigerator and TV & stuff. Well, #1 Son had to get his truck ready to go. He leaves tonight for his first-ever solo haul, [...]

Various & Sundry XVIII

You know, a lot of people come to me and they say, “RF, how can you be so funny?” There’s a secret to it; it’s no big deal. Before I go out, I put a slice of bologna in each of my shoes. So when I’m on stage, I feel….funny. All right, I kifed that [...]

Au revoir, l’été

And so it ends. Summer, that is. Oh, and our round robin story ended last night, but not without some zany contributions from many of my funny fiends. Thank you for making me laff! BFFs Kay and Bob were over for dinner-and-movie night last night (Slumdog Millionaire – thumbs up), after which we sat at [...]