Category: daily drivel
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whirrr
I have a phone with a dial and it sits on a small table beside the recliner, just inside the front door of Our Humble O’Bode. At about two o’clock this morning I woke up because I could hear somebody dialing it. Whirrr. It sounded like a very short dial. Whirrr. As if somebody was… Read.
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pesto pasta
I sure like saying “pesto pasta.” I’ll bet you would, too, if you gave it a try. Go ahead, try it: “Pesto pasta.” See how much fun? Pesto pasta Pesto pasta Pesto pasta Man, I could say that all day long, or until I feel like saying “spackle.” Spackle spackle spackle spackle spackle. Here’s another… Read.
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spare change
Will you get a load of this? I don’t see these very often any more. I used to collect coins from circulation back when it was still fairly easy to find a 1941 nickel among the coins in my pocket change. It’s been at least five years since I’ve plucked a coin more than seventy… Read.
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bad parenting
After the Christmas feast and the weekly Playing Of The Boggle, after a slice of pie slathered with a daringly large dollop of real whipped cream, we began to stir in the general direction of the living room and talk about watching a movie, a nicely inert activity especially suited to days when our bellies… Read.
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Kid Time
One of the great myths of life is that childhood passes quickly. In fact, because time moves more slowly in Kid World — five times more slowly in a classroom on a hot afternoon, eight times more slowly on any car journey of more than five miles (rising to eighty-six times more slowly when driving… Read.
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The LaPierre Plan
We got to talking about Wayne LaPierre’s proposal that there ought to be armed guards in every school in the nation, and came up with a little back-of-the-envelope business plan for Nationwide Public School Armed Security Service that just might work because, really, this ought to be done with private security guards. They’re easy to… Read.
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heaven
After the Mayan apocalypse brought the end of the universe some time late last night, I woke up this morning curled up around My Darling B. I always hoped that, if there was a heaven, it would be something like this. I had to work yesterday but, when quitting time was drawing near, I shot… Read.
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the end of the universe
If you’re looking for me, I’ll be at … … experiencing the end of the Universe! Read.
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kill death murder horror
Let me tell you about the woman I almost killed while I was trying to get to work this morning. Driving to work in the snowstorm we have been experiencing on this fine pre-apocalyptic day was a challenge. The O-Mobile is a fine car, but in anything more than two inches of snow it steers… Read.
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death by snow
I think I’ve got this figured out now: The Mayan-predicted end of time, space and dimension will begin with a record snowfall that will force us all to retreat to our houses. The snow will knock out the electricity, shutting down our furnaces and, worst of all, disconnecting us from Facebook. I imagine that the… Read.
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