This is a song about a man whose wife has become a zombie and decides he’d rather be a zombie than to live without her. I got the idea around my 13th wedding anniversary back in January. I hope you like it. John Watson – Undead Together (mp3)

I received a nice note from a woman I sold a print to last week (this one): The picture arrived this weekend. It’s gorgeous. Every year for Christmas I give my husband a black and white photograph of the place where we spent our anniversary that year. This year we spent our 5th anniversary actually [...]

Scene: Grocery store cereal aisle Me: Did you get my cereal? Wife: There is no such thing as “Barb’s Wheat Squares.” Me: Hm. Wait, here they are. Wife: Those? Are those wheat? Me: Uh, multigrain? Wife: Are they squares? Me: Technically, they’re hexagons. Wife: Are they called Barb’s Wheat Squares? Me: Um, no. They’re called [...]

One of the occupational hazards of being a geeky self-employed entrepreneur who runs his own servers is that I am my own IT department. And that means sometimes I am awakened early in the morning by an urgent message from one of my servers. And after it’s fixed I often crawl back into bed. And [...]

Wife: So far, I washed the car, ran errands, and picked up The Boy. What did you do today? Me: Not much. You did a lot this morning, though. Wife: Oh, you do way more than me. Me: Pfft! I don’t do anything. You’re the one with three jobs. Wife: But what you do brings [...]

The kids were playing with their friends yesterday afternoon, running through the house, through the yard, feet stomping up and down stairs, and all the while the non-stop sound of laughter echoed through the halls, sometimes far away, a murmur, sometimes bursting unexpectedly into glorious explosions of joy. It was comforting. Like I’m doing something [...]

Me: So, do you like the new Doctor better than the old one? Lovely and Talented Wife: Well… Me: I know, it’s tough, huh? I think they’re both really good Doctors. Wife: They’re both excellent actors. Me: But the current Doctor. I can tell he’s grown on you. Wife, nodding: Yah. He made a little [...]

Lovely and Talented Wife: So I texted that thing to her and she texted back “LMAO.” Me: She didn’t though. Wife: LMAO? Me: Yah, her ass is still on. Wife: What…? Me: People read something funny and then maybe they snort or chuckle or even chortle and then write LOL or LMAO. They rarely mean [...]

Wife So how’s the car? Me: Great! All fixed! See? I scraped my finger. Say, do we have any crazy glue? Wife: I don’t think so. Why? Me: Hm. I’d settle for slightly-off-its-rocker glue. Plain ol’ bad-ass glue would work. Wife: Why do you need glue? Me: Ah. Well… while I was putting the car [...]

The Lovely and Talented Wife and I were making sandwiches in the kitchen the other day. Just lunch for us and the kids. I love sandwiches and not just eating them. I love making them. It’s a simple, peaceful activity; one that can be enjoyed alone or with others, often quietly. Unwrapping cheese, slicing bread, [...]