Doctor Grumpy in the House

This post wraps up 2018. I'll be taking 3 weeks off, and will see you guys in January. December 21, 2008, was, apparently, a slow new...

Do you have a friend who's a dentist? Do you want to give your dentist something more meaningful than the gouges you leave on the arms o...

Those old enough will remember Rockwell's 1980's hit "Some Random Guy is Watching Me." Wait? That wasn't the title? ...

Do you have a friend who's trying to attract the perfect guy, hoping her perfume will do the trick? Maybe you should get her this: ...

Frank got home from his first college semester last night. This morning, Mrs. Grumpy and I were woken from a sound sleep by screaming ...

Do you have a friend who thinks he has animal magnetism? Maybe these boxers are the perfect gift: Available from Newchic , this pair o...

Mattel, the company that brought you Barbie, Hot Wheels, Masters of the Universe, American Girl, Polly Pocket, and Matchbox, now brings you ...

Like most medical students, you're tired. You just finished class and want to crash out on the couch. But you've also got a big test...

Do you have a friend who needs some absolutely pointless piece of furniture? Do you have an extra $12,000 you'd like to blow? Then thi...

Joe and Al are both patients of mine. They don't know each other. They were born in the same year, a few thousand mild miles apart, ...

How many times have you gotten home from a long day at work, opened a cold beer, and thought, "Boy, I'm tired. I'd love to rela...

Yes, as the Earth rolls around its G-type main-sequence star, we again come to the Christmakuh season. Which means it's time for DR. GRU...

One Thanksgiving in the early-90's I was the intern on call at a local VA hospital (a veterans hospital for my non-U.S. readers, with c...

During her appointment I was helping Mrs. Old find a better price on her pain medicine, which (of course), activated the ad-tracker software...