I don’t have the patience I did when I was raising kids. Of course I never had a 70 lb 2 year old either and even if I had, if I’d yelled at them in the voice I seem to be using constantly these days, they’d have been somewhat intimidated. In fact, I never […]

As some of you know, I had an attempted break in back in July. I took a handgun class then got a dog. My reasoning? A handgun is worthless until they are inside (not to mention all the future problems if you use it), a dog will hopefully discourage them from getting that far. So […]

Since suicide is my scientific speciality (or not, considering how many times I failed at it), it seems appropriate that I would make a post today about suicide prevention. I actually have no idea how to prevent it. When I was so far down for so long, no hope, no vision of a happier […]

This letter was sent to Republican Senate Leader, Senator Bill Frist of Tennessee, from a retired border patrol agent. It has more common sense than all the nonsense being spewed from the Senate, with the exception of a few really dedicated representatives.

Dear Senator Frist:

There is a huge amount of propaganda and myths circulating […]