The Tangeman Family Blog

We had to put Ranger to sleep this evening as a result of a large tumor causing him extreme discomfort and other complications. He was my fi...

I was clipping coupons out of the Sunday paper this morning when I came across the one pictured. If you buy more eggs than anyone wants, yo...

The downstairs toilet in our place was never a great flusher... Adding to this was the fact that there was a very slow leak in the flapper....

We've started the Spring planting with new annuals in the pots and a few trees/perennials in the back. Jack, of course, helped. The pot ...

The Thunderous 24 is in place and surprisingly it includes Georgia Tech and Michigan State...More surprisingly is the absence of Tourney #1 ...

And all in the same Midwest bracket no less! I'm partial to this "FOX Expert's Picks" though he has much more faith in Geo...

I saw this strange shaker of garlic pepper in the break room at work. It's strange for two reasons. First, it comes from a grocery sto...

There's an empty lot across the street from us that is generally not much to look at. The other day, however, after a day of rain the s...

Out of these four flavors, I bought Boston Cream Pie. It's pretty darn good if you like boston cream. Erin was disappointed I didn...

Jack came home from school with a sherrif badge on last week..along with a shirt full of crumbs.

As if California doesn't have enough crazies running around the Kansas based Westboro Church has taken to sending groups of protestors o...

I saw this Purina dog food advertisement featuring a dog that looks a lot like Yuki. For a moment, I thought Yuki's designer mix (Border...

It's another good day for some barbeque ribs so I'm using Dad's recipe which is a fail-safe method for a good rack of ribs. Ribs...

Prepare a package of Ghirardelli Dark Chocolate Brownie mix as directed, adding the following ingredients to the batter: One and one-half cu...

Don't be put off by the Japanese. Just watch these two dogs! The first dog sits crazy and the second dog only smiles when his master c...

Jack's been eating like a horse over the course of the last two weeks. A typical dinner for him might include: Pasta with a side of gree...

2009/2010 has seen a fad of "retro" beverages containing real sugar get released. One recent one that I tried with the Heritage D...

While walking around the University of Arizona campus in Tucson this weekend, I saw the biggest gang of Segway riders I'd ever seen (pre...

They recently did dress up pictures at school and we liked the way all of Jack's came out. He dressed as a cowboy, a naval officer and a...

Jack and Mom did some cooking yesterday! A red velvet, heart-shaped cake for Dad.