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I originally published this a few years ago, but given its May again and I recently got a new car, I thought it worth repeating. It is is something I never experienced when I lived "up North". It’s the invasion of the lovebugs. They are also known as the honeymoon flies, kissing bugs or double-headed bugs; it is the Plecia nearctica. It appears twice year here in Florida - in May...

There are many well documents differences between men and women. There is one, however, that I haven't read much about. It has to do with parking a car in a public parking lot. My experience and observations suggest those differences are significant. Most women just look for the first parking space they can find regardless of how far it is to the store. Finding one, they pull in, with...

It’s time, once again, for those random things in life that aren’t worthy of a full length musing. Cereal, cereal, cereal - Every time I walk down the grocery store aisle, I’m amazed by how many cereals there are on the shelves. Four shelves high, for at least 50 ft. or more, all kinds of cereals crying out to be bought. There is cereal for kids and for adults; cereal for those...

It’s that time. Yes, THAT time. The moment you have dreaded for years. It is time to teach your teenager how to drive. It is the time for you to step into two tons of glass, steel and plastic and hand the keys to someone who, fairly recently, needed you to tie their shoelaces for them. It is the time for digging your fingers into the car door, pushing a brake pedal that is not there,...