Author: Randy Boyd

Randy Boyd was born and raised in Indianapolis, Indiana, and graduated from UCLA in 1985 with a B.A. in Sociology. He has been writing professionally since age twenty and his four novels have been nominated for five Lambda Literary Awards.

Red tape state

Here a tax, there a tax. Big government is forever a-taxing us. Utilities. Income. Sales. Property. State. Local. Everywhere a tax, tax.

Moreover, “BG” is forever telling us what we can and cannot do, where we can do it, and where we better not even think about doing it.

So many tax dollars, so much authority. And they can’t even get it right each and every time. Is it really worth all the red tape? Judge for yourself the Sins of Big Government.

That’s my boy!

What kind of athlete is my dog most like? Find out how Boomer’s Got Skills.

Then there’s his smelling powers, especially when another dog comes sniffing around. That’s when Boomer Nose Best.

Then there’s all the things Boomer teaches me, like “When In Doubt, Feed the Dog” Is Good, Too.

Gotta love the dog. It’s When In Doubt, Pet the Dog Week, a special celebration of When In Doubt, Pet the Dog, the periodic column or memoir or blog journal thingy, now and forever at Randy Boyd’s Blocks.