Loves and Joys of BuddhaKenji

The Blue Jays AAA team plays in Vegas. It was bobblehead night for outgoing mayor, Oscar Goodman. My brother is a baseball fanatic. So we...

The first celebrity sighting was of disgraced baseball great, Pete Rose. Sitting lonely at a signing table in The Mirage casino next door, ...

So my brother is getting married on a Sunday morning. In Las Vegas. After a long day of packing and travel yesterday (the kids are at home...

Fearful that I was turning into "that guy" (the one glued to his CrackBerry mobile device to the oblivion of the magic surrounding...

The day as presented in Facebook statuses (and accompanying pictures): 09:09 a.m. - lined up for Dumbo - all going according to plan 09:26 a...

Up early for the morning warm-up at Animal Kingdom, where Mickey, Minnie and Pluto hyped up the crowd (the mainline church doesn't have ...

We started in Detroit (Romulus, technically) and arrived in Orlando onto Disney World. They cater very well to kids - princesses: and pirate...

After an Olive Garden supper and a hotel night in a familiar-looking room,we shuttled to the airport where we stretched out before the migra...

At the Annual Congregational Meeting this morning, I was thanked for a great first 6 weeks; why don't I take the next one off? In fact, ...

After months of mounting anticipation, I finally got a glimpse of the office that my friends have been raving about. It wasn't so much ...

In quasi-preparation for the new gig, I upgraded the cell phone and its attendant plan to join the legion of Blackberry users (which should ...

This afternoon as we were filling in the new family calendar for January, I was a bit unnerved by the absence of anything to write in. Shel...

With Jeffy's arrival, we undertook the arduous New Year's Eve task of grazing through a gauntlet of appetizers. Featured atop the m...

Our dear friends arrived for the annual New Year's Eve family visit, Cheryl and her 4 kids with Jeffy coming tomorrow. The kids separat...

Well, Christmas came and went; with it, my last duties as minister with Glencoe-Appin Pastoral Charge. After morning worship on December 26...

The craze with school kids these days is flexible bracelets of shaped elastic. Trademarked as "Silly Bands" it does seem rather i...

Zhu Zhu Pets abound. I think he's excited. I can tell by the whites of his eyes.

With dire weather warnings, closed schools and travel advisories today, I was reminded of this bit of brilliance from EasyIEPHelp - There w...

It's practically a tradition now: decorate the tree and Kai puts his stocking on his head. Yes, he's feeling somewhat better. His ...

Kai's been under the weather for a couple days: fever, barking cough, raspy voice, lethagic, no appetite. Last night he was up every 9...