Caliban's Revenge

First post of the New Year!  2014 was a very mixed bag for Uncle P. Plenty of great stuff happened: I met someone amazing; I was in ...

So today was National Coming Out Day .  I hope lots of folks did and are the happier for it, as am I. And while it's all well and goo...

Yes, You Are Seeing Double. The 'Fares' of Langhorne Players ' Production of "Bluebird" Next month will mark the...

A húgom While my mother's heritage was German, Scottish and Welsh, as kids my sister and spent much more time with Dad's decide...

Mom The first year's worth of holidays after losing a loved one is not fun. Mom's passing last October was so close to the wint...

Florida is Weird... . Officially, Uncle P has one more work day before I'm on my 'Holiday Break.' To be honest, Monday sh...

BOO! So, If you've been keeping up, you can probably imagine that this was not the happiest of Octobers for Uncle P .  Still, I...

Mom feeding a lorakeet at the Lowry Park Zoo in Tampa, a few years ago. It's almost 2 weeks since Mom passed away and the logistic...

100% Accurate This last week or so has been a rather emotional one for Uncle P , as you can probably imagine. While I'd been mental...

The Lizard Queen? "Uma... Oprah. Oprah... Uma." - David Letterman, hosting the 67th Academy Awards in 1995.  As reported ...

After four weeks in and out of hospitals and rehab, Mom passed away peacefully at 10:02 PM Eastern Time. I was by her side, accompanied ...

Waters Edge Rehab Center, Trenton, NJ The past few weeks have been rather difficult for your old Uncle P. My mother (aka Malaprop Mom ...

Ossified Flamingo, Tanzania I hate that I missed posting on October 1st. Of course, Uncle P is dealing with a bit of real life turmoil....

Chip Off the Old Block How's that for a post title? To be perfectly honest, all of those do apply to this post overall, just not ne...

I know, I know. Anyone who cares has probably already seen this. In fact, I'm not even sure where I foumd it - probably via Facebook ...

I may be insane, but I'm trying  to do yet another blog, inspired by my very inspirational and very funny mother. I won't b...

If you met my father or worked with him, you would have thought he was a pretty great guy. Often funny; fairly intelligent; somewhat hand...

"I Could Ride That Lip All the Way to Trenton!" ~ Uncle P's Mother Once again, some links in this post may be NSFW. So,...