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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 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,...

Christmas is over and the presents have all been opened, the wrappings trash and the chaos put back into a semblance of order. For some Santa brought what they wanted, for others Santa tossed them a curve, and sadly for too many Santa passed them by. Such is the nature of Christmas. What has been interesting is all the things that the commercials suggested you get for that special other. When...