Blogs

On the last day of the Erma Bombeck Writers’ conference, I had a few hours free, so I decided to go for a run.

First, it was Toys "R" Us; then, Bed Bath & Beyond; and now, perhaps the most personally painful demise of a legendary franchise that helped to shape my psyche (and my penchant for complimentary appetizers), our local Red Lobster, along with over 90 other locations nationwide, recently bit the dust, or the biscuit—as it were.

I have a bone to pick with the slobs who have been dumping chicken bones and other garbage on our front lawn. But make no bones about it, I will catch these birdbrains because my wife, Sue, and I recently installed a home security system to capture their fowl deeds.

Pawky Publishing has recently published Robert Curreli's first two books, the coming-of-age story, Christopher Bennett and the Mystic Beetle and the biting satire, Winston Case and the Plans Gone Awry.

Most people would say — especially in the winter, when insects are vacationing in Florida — that they wouldn’t hurt a fly. Not my wife.