Hello, I’m Mr. Fudd.

I grew up on Saturday morning cartoons. It was the best day of the week and I anxiously awaited my favorites. I freely admit, the Warner Brothers Cartoons were my favorite. Hanna-Barbera was O.K., but it was hard to touch Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and the cadre of...

Worrywart.

I’ve worried about stuff my whole life. Oh sure, you say, everyone worries. It’s just part of life. But me, I am an Olympic-level worrier, one who can conjure up the worst possible outcomes and then fester about them for days, weeks, months, even years on...

I Pulled Out Too Soon.

Before I owned this house, I used to laugh all the way through the movie The Money Pit. Now, I think of it as a documentary. This isn’t to say that the house we bought is a wreck or a shambles. The bones of it are very good. We had a top-rated inspector go...

The Money Pit.

I should have never watched the movie, The Money Pit again. The first time I watched it, I had purchased my first house, which wasn’t really a money pit, in part because it was well maintained before I bought it and in part because I wasn’t there very...