Past Mumbling
H
o ho ho... Merry late fall.
I'm recovering from the bloat of a generous Thanksgiving weekend filled with family, food, and family in my food. Cannibals can be thankful too. Flipping the food coin, I spent part of today at the dentist...
T
oday marks my 5th visit to
the dentist in the last two months to correct problems that have been left unattended for a few years. One bad tooth, and a bunch of tiny fillings later, things were looking up. Unfortunately, the bad tooth,...
W
e just survived another Halloween
at the old, creepy church. Thanks to the archive I see 4 years ago when we first bought the place were still struggling with our own horrors and presumably didn't have the energy left to dole out any...
T
his is really becoming a
bad habit, and in no way passes for a legitimate post, but I spend far too much time trying to divine wisdom and guidance from the depths of Craigslist; I can't help but share. oh joy
Santa Claus print FROM...
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It writes itself”
posted 4 months ago on Thursday, Oct the 8th 2009
I
know I mentioned my late
arrival to the Craigslist phenomenon (you know, that it exists and that one can find things and buy them from across the vastness of the internet). I've since bought a number of items from that hideously ugly site,...
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Waving the flag”
posted 4 months, 1 week ago on Wednesday, Sep the 30th 2009
I
n two hours I'll put on my
"nice clothes" and drive back to my home town. I don't visit Washington often, but I'm stalked by all manner of memories when I do. My parents live about 6 miles out of the town proper, so...
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Mom away from mom”
posted 5 months, 2 weeks ago on Thursday, Aug the 27th 2009
A
s of about 5:35am this morning
my brother and his wife are new parents, all over again.
...
I
t's not really summer until
you find your pores weeping their saltiness while you sit motionless in your home. I have an informal rule about picking one type of temperature to complain about, and dealing with the other silently (by dealing I mean...
I
have a friend that claims
I'd rather build things than use them. He's wrong, of course; I'll use anything that's built right -- most things are not. As a result I build things I'll be using, and then I can only blame...
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The Crusty Luddite”
posted 7 months, 3 weeks ago on Friday, Jun the 19th 2009
W
ell, we pulled it off and
victory was achieved. Even though we had some communication issues, all units eventually made a showing. Who would have expected such a sneak attack to work on a day in early June? There was some resistance, but...
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Surprise surprise”
posted 8 months, 1 week ago on Saturday, Jun the 6th 2009
O
n driving into work the other
day, I was bestride the miata (strike one) listening to NPR (strike two) and had the top up, even though it was sunny out (strike three). A miata driver going the opposite way saw me give them the...
I
realize it's supposed to
be "heavy hangs the crown", but a crown sounds pretentious, and a tiara just sounds confused, so I went the more informal route. My brother and business partner (same dude) took off for a two week party in...
A
friend of mine from many
moons ago has a blog, and writes at a pretty steady clip. She's married, with kids & a husband, and records her highs and lows with a fair amount of transparency. I'm jealous of her openness. ...
I
saw a post from someone
that had reached their 10th anniversary blog. It prompted a short visit down memory lane to my first post, back in January of 2002. Clearly I was enamored with the whole phenomenon, because I wrote three posts...
B
eing the happy-go-lucky member
of the citizenry that I am, I rarely find myself questioning the wisdom of my state or local governments. Unfortunately, Sally goads me into a frothy rage over things, and I'm forced to lash out, with angry little...
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Frothing mad”
posted 11 months, 3 weeks ago on Tuesday, Feb the 17th 2009