It's a LOT like this blog...

...if you don't put some effort into life, not much is going to happen with it.

It's Like a Swimming Pool (Part 2.1)...

...it's so much more fun to jump into and experience than it is to just look at it from the patio.

...Like Your Home's Plumbing System...

...sometimes everything appears to be working - and then you turn around - and you're up to your ankles in crap! And if possible (and you have the means) you'll do and spend just about anything to get someone else to take care of the crap for you!

It's Like a Swimming Pool (part 3)

If you let it go to Hell in a hand basket during the off-season, it's going to take so much more effort to have it ready for bikini season!

It's Like a Swimming Pool...(part 2)

...some of us wade in from the shallow end, and others jump in from the deep end. Either way, you're never quite sure how deep it's going to get until you're in it.

It's Like a Swimming Pool...(part 1)

...it's expensive to maintain, and you're always plucking crap out of it.

Life is Like...

...Microsoft operating systems. Lots of undocumented features...many of which you could live without.