All Dressed Up ? (Peter McKay)
(Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT)
Peter McKay - Somehow over the past few years, our smelly, grumpy old West Highland Terrier of a dog has found himself a pied-a-terre. (That's French for "second home." I looked it up on the Internet.) Harry still sleeps here at night, but every morning, somewhere around 9:30, my mother-in-law stops by, dangles a leash and takes him down to her house for the day.

Battle Grounds (Peter McKay)
(Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT)
Peter McKay - As my father got older, like a lot of men, he became more finicky about certain things.

Revenge of the Baby Geniuses (Peter McKay)
(Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT)
Peter McKay - This past week, I read that Disney, the company that owns the "Baby Einstein" video series, was offering refunds to any parents who had purchased the products in the last five years and were dissatisfied. "Baby Einstein" videos, all the rage a few years ago, are "interactive" products designed to stimulate infants' intellects.

Get R' Done Day (Peter McKay)
(Tue, 27 Oct 2009 07:00:00 GMT)
Peter McKay - Last Saturday, I was out running errands while my wife stayed at home to catch up on some long-delayed house cleaning. I called her between stops to see how it was going.