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Category: humor

in praise of (good)wives

November 2, 2013November 2, 2013 wally metts4 Comments

I’m blessed to have a helpmate who helps. The Puritans referred to their wives as goodwives. Pretty wise, those Puritans, to see a wife as a blessing, a literal gift from the giver of every good and perfect thing.

Posted in commentary, humor, marriageTagged goodwife, katie metts, puritan wife

an ode to opposable thumbs

September 14, 2012 wally metts3 Comments

I’m sure Adam and Eve had opposable thumbs. They make picking forbidden fruit much easier, although I doubt that was their intended purpose.

Posted in humorTagged creation, Creator, primates, thumb

cat ranching guide

August 8, 2012August 9, 2012 wally metts6 Comments

Cats, as it turns out, are much more violent then we thought. A “kitty cam” study in Georgia found that even 30% of house cats kill two or more other animals a week.

Posted in humorTagged cats, kitty cam, ranching

my bucket list

July 23, 2012 wally metts8 Comments

You probably have to be old or sick to comprise a proper bucket list, and I’m neither. But I'll take a stab at it.

Posted in commentary, humorTagged age, bucket list, Joe Queenan

be my Valentine(s)

February 13, 2012February 13, 2012 wally metts4 Comments

The romantic notions of Valentines Day have little to do with Saint Valentine himself. Whoever he was.

Posted in celebration, humor, poetryTagged chaucer, donne, love birds, saint valentine, single awareness, valentines day

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