Did you know there is a major difference in the algicide you buy at the big box store versus what you get at the pool store? Ask me how I know …

After several weeks of preparing the house and yard for a major gathering, the Girl Child decided a tree branch was in her way. So she napped it off, and dropped it onto the new pine straw … teenagers.

My college has a reputation for being the loudest at the university’s graduation ceremony. I don’t know why they put those Grady kids right up front, and I suspect many of my faculty colleagues wish they wouldn’t.

Many of the colleges and schools that make up the university had their convocation ceremonies today, which meant lots of photos at the Arch. Some even brought their Uga imposters.

For reasons that elude me, we decided to refresh the landscaping in the back yard. By adding 10,000 pounds of rocks to it. Which sounds nice, until you have to shovel it into a wheel barrow, roll it down a path, dump it and push it around. For eight hours …

Pollen season has passed and the world is greening up nicely.

Both of the dining commons near our building closed for construction. One is minor, this one is major. But it does limit the lunch options.