This fine Monday morning I'll share with you an original story written by Mia. She was pretty excited that I was going to share it with you, though she had reservations about sharing it on Facebook (don't share it on Facebook, that would be rude). So...

I have to teach a class today. You can call me Professor Cactus.

In the wee hours of the morning yesterday, my grandmother died. I've never read anything about death that adequately captured the range of emotion it encapsulated. It would be silly to think that on this morning I'd be the one to crack the code. I...

- This sucks! - Never thought I'd see Chevy Chase in a gimp suit. - I need to cancel my haircut appointment. - It would be cool if you could will your hair to stop growing and start again when you wanted it longer. - I wonder what Barry Manilow is doin...

I love the way my kids say stuff, use kid words. You know, the words that sound pretty much like real words but are just a little bit off. Beth and I mourn a little bit each time one of those words is lost to its more accurate, ...

It's busy this week at the Cactus-Fish house. We have thirteen guests staying with us this week. Sally's visiting. Along with her eleven children. That woman's a machine. Most notable among her children is Jill who just graduated from medical scho...

Our internet connection has been up and down for a couple of weeks. This is odd. Since getting Verizon FiOS years ago, we've rarely had a problem. But this one drove me insane. How It Went Down Wednesday. After a day or two of random internet outa...

Get a load of this info, jack. This is haiku four-to-the-one-one. (I have no idea.)

The Weekly Annoyance. My internet connection. And the fact that it has whims like former child stars with a pile of cocaine. Okay. I'm not really sure what that meant. It made sense in my head. Looking at it now? Not so much. The ...

In the last week we've lost a tragic number of folks who were influential in the music industry. Dick Clark, Levon Helm, Brian Jack... Who is Brian Jack, you ask? Jack fronted a hair metal band out of Baltimore named Child's Play. They released one...