Category: daily drivel
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all-seeing
I’ve not been posting much lately because My Darling B and I have turned into a couple of TV-watching video fiends, and catching up on pop culture is not something that leaves me a lot of extra time to write this drivel, or shower. Now you don’t have to ask what that smell is when… Read.
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zoom
I remember the very end of a dream as I woke up this morning: A gleaming steam locomotive, one with lots of pinstripes and shiny brass, easing away from the platform of a passenger station and out into the yards, chuffing away. As it faded into the distance I was snapped into full wakefulness by… Read.
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Bentonville
Mom took me to see the Wal-Mart shrine in Bentonville when I went down there to visit her. The front of the five-and-ten-cent store where Bill Walton founded his empire has been preserved and, not surprisingly, just inside the front door there’s a little pretend store filled with old-timey nick-knacks you can pick up as… Read.
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cheese
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flight risk
I flew down to Arkansas last weekend to visit Mom. I used a web service to book my flight because I know bugger-all about that sort of thing. For instance, I was naive enough to think that I could simply call the airline on the phone and ask them to book a flight for me.… Read.
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Rosie
Look who I ran into at the museum! Read.
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visiting
I took a little trip this weekend to visit with Mom. As she lives in Arkansas, I had to choose between driving or flying. I’d rather be the subject of almost any kind of invasive strip search than be cooped up in a car for twelve hours, so I chose to fly. And regretted it… Read.
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Bam!
Meteors: Nature’s way of asking, “How’s that space program coming along?” Read.
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mea culpa
Sorry, I got nothing. It’s been a long week already and I’ve got a lot to do still, and it’s all pretty boring stuff, nothing I’d want to blog about. And cats, but I’m sort of burned out on blogging about the cats. Read.
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testing testing one two three
I just had to try this. I am blogging with My Darling B’s tablet. It’s sort of fun and sort of a pain in the ass. The tablet has a touch screen keyboard and the software anticipates each word I type, which is a little distracting. I could get used to it, though, I think.… Read.
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