I love em’, but one day I’m gonna knock him on his ass.  – Johnny Dangerously

Like I said, I’ve been like a bear with a sore head for the past couple of weeks.  It finally took a multi-hour ‘discussion’ between Irish Woman and me to get me to start  on the way to being human again.  My loving wife doesn’t understand why I’ve been in such a bad mood since Christmas, and to be honest, I’m not sure myself.  Her version of tough love is exactly what I need at times like this.  It’s somewhere between “I love you so very much” and “If you don’t pull your head out of your fourth point of contact, then I’m going to be forced to terminate your existence”.

It’s the same successful approach she takes, to varying degrees, with all of the mammals in our home.  She has a strong hand and a gentle touch, and she’s a lot better than I am at this.