You Can’t Touch This!

Finally, comedian Jim Gaffigin and I have something in common. Neither of us like to be touched. Now, before you go off on me and ask why Kat would ever want to be with a guy who doesn’t like to be touched, let me calm your fears. Kat can touch me anywhere and...

The Used Car Dealer.

I admit that I have a pretty old car. It’s a 2004, in fact, a Saturn VUE. Yes, it’s true. They don’t make Saturns anymore, but in my defense, I didn’t pick the car. It was a consolation prize of sorts. I guess my ex-whatever felt I should get a...

My Apologies.

I went to see Uncle Bonsai last week. For those newbies to Seattle, and for those who have never been part of the music scene here back in the 80s, Uncle Bonsai is a singer/songwriter trio that writes hilarious songs, such as “Cheerleaders on Drugs” and an...

Boozin’ Buddies.

While I don’t pretend to have a solution to every malady, or worse, tragedy striking our fair land these days, I do think that this loner culture of ours may be due in part to the fact that we don’t have drinking buddies like we used to. You know the type....

Filtered, Please.

I drove off without my headphones this morning. Yes, I was Internet-less, at least the Internet I use when I ride the bus each morning and afternoon to and from work. It’s used defensively, to keep homeless people from asking for money, tourists from asking...

I Am Your Father’s Hook.

Life is such a seesaw at times. Just when you think you get things figured out – BAM! – your ass smashes to the ground. It’s not that some mean little girl jumped off it when she was at the bottom. While I used to think life worked that way, you come...

House It Going?

I have never bought a new car. Yes, I have “owned” a new car once, but I didn’t buy it. I wasn’t even really consulted about it. It just showed up one day. The same could be said of the two houses I “owned.” The first one really was...

Pet-i-greed.

I don’t know what it is, but I find the National Dog Show to be one of those things that once you see accidentally happen upon it, you simply can’t look away. It is the Miss America pageant for dogs, though far more interesting because I have yet to see...

House About It!

Until this past Sunday, it had been 31 years since I had seen the inside of the house I grew up in. It’s not that I suddenly knocked on the door and asked for a tour. Rather, it’s because in August, the house was apparently put up for sale again and...

Sure I Cans.

Revelations are an interesting part of life. Sometimes they appear out of nowhere; other times, we have to wait for them to show themselves, largely because life requires that you look forward a lot at the road ahead instead of wasting time looking back to see where...