Henry's Asylum

It just occurred to me – I was born this day – 54 years ago.

Just kidding. I had a great birthday dinner of crabs and mussels with a birthday cake and ice cream (party is scheduled for this Saturday). By the way, Alma gave me the perfect gift, today – the first two seasons of [...]

I just wanted to make mention of the fact that a very close friend of mine’s mother recently passed away. Her name was Rita Bickel Stollon and she was 82. She had previously given no indication of illness. It was just her time to go. I think about things like that, every now and again, [...]

After the wonderful trip to squatterville, the next stop was to another interesting location that the “agent” had in store for us. This one was kind of interesting since the place, itself, was pretty spacious. However, when I mean “spacious”, I mean it in a “former warehouse Manhattan loft apartment” kind of way. Which isn’t [...]

I haven’t updated my blog in quite a while. But for good reason. I’ve been putting in a lot of hours on my oDesk assignments and it can be pretty tough coming up with something to say after spending eight or more hours at the computer writing about everything from solar panels to articles of [...]

Yesterday, the newly elected president of the Philippines (Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III, the son of a former president and an assassinated opposition leader) took a shot at the national weather service, here. Why? Well, how about this. A major typhoon was on its way to this part of the world and a good section of [...]

As promised – a photo of our new “baby” – Candice “Candy” Lane Brennan…

Today, I’m feeling pretty good since I was able to secure a good night’s sleep and a lot of rest on my usual Wednesday off. This weekend (Saturday) we’re scheduled to have a BIG birthday celebration at my home. In this case, we’re looking at the family celebrating four different birthdays, at once (!) Those [...]