Category: daily drivel
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obligatory cold weather reference
How bout this cold weather, hey? Car start all right this morning then? Whoo, I might need a jump! Kay, I got to go, keep warm! Read.
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Kindle
My Darling B got me a Kindle Fire for Christmas. She thought it would come in handy when I’m stuck in a hotel room on a business trip and there’s nothing on the tee-vee worth watching, which happens just about every time I go on the road. A Kindle Fire will let me watch Netflix… Read.
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tag
For two hours this morning I played tag with Bonkers the cat, who thinks I have been put on this earth for just two reasons: To feed him, and to provide him with a warm lap that he may curl up on for hours and hours. Whoops! Three things: And, to scratch his ears. He… Read.
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chills
Yeah, so … it’s gonna get a little cold. Not sure if that’s tonight, or tomorrow, or when hell freezes over. “Future” is a little vague, don’t you think? Read.
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flagged
Last night I called Verizon, our cell phone service, to add my new Kindle Fire to our phone service. Did I tell you I got a Kindle Fire for Christmas? No? Well, I did. My Darling B put one in my stocking so I would have books to read or movies to watch while I… Read.
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wallet
Well, I found my wallet. I didn’t think there was a wallet to be found any more and then yesterday, while I was looking for my keys, I found my wallet. Isn’t that just the way it goes? Almost two weeks ago, while I was getting ready to take My Darling B to the farmer’s… Read.
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Seven Psychopaths
I have just finished watching the most bloody comedy I think I have ever seen. At least, I think it was a comedy. There were plenty of scenes that seemed to be intended to make me laugh. And I laughed, so that’s comedic, right? But my god, the gore! I mean, like, more gore than was… Read.
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heating cycle
I’m not 100% sure, but I think the furnace has been running all day. It doesn’t run non-stop: It starts with a sound like a jet engine winding up, some kind of a ventilation fan, I think, that’s supposed to keep gas from building up in the flue. The burners kick in after a minute… Read.
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fission chips
What’s a physicist’s favorite food? Fission chips. From Scientists tell us their favourite jokes in The Guardian Read.
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upper body
Tom Bowman reports for NPR that the Marine Corps will delay enforcing the 3-pullup requirement for female recruits, prompting crotchety old coot and misogynistic retired army colonel Robert Maginnis to say the delay shows that women just can’t meet the same standards. “Young women, in spite of all the training and all the best intentions,… Read.
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