Category: daily drivel
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bonfire
After My Darling B picked me up from work yesterday, we stopped at Olbrich Park to watch the lighting of the solstice bonfire. I thought it would be much later in the evening so I was a little taken aback when B said we would have to go straight there after picking up some lunch… Read.
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kiss
Until I was seven years old, my family lived in a teesny-tiny little rental house at 819 South Roosevelt Street in Green Bay, Wisconsin, between the Kasners and the Wardens. How is it I can recall trivial crap like this when I can barely remember to zip my fly after visiting the bathroom? I’m never… Read.
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chilly
I picked up Sean from the airport this evening. It’s too cold in my basement lair for me to stay long enough to finish this post. Read.
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Thank you, Phil Thien
I spent the afternoon working on dust collection because I like to play with my power tools in the basement and power tools make a lot of dust, which gets everywhere. In fact, Our Humble O’Bode may be as dusty as it is, and it is nothing if not very dusty, because I play with… Read.
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quantum
Neil deGrasse Tyson gets all worked up about why the study of quantum mechanics matters: In the 1920s, quantum physics was discovered. That is the science of the small: the science of electrons, protons, neutrons, particles, nuclei. At the time, you’d say, This is just physicists burning tax money. Who cares about the atom? I… Read.
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huff
I love Sunday mornings. The cats are curled up in their beds. My Darling B is sorting through her herbs and spices, trying to decide how she will magically combine them to create a delicious dinner. And I am in the basement huffing paint fumes. Minwax stain sealer, actually. I’m putting up a couple of… Read.
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snowfall
Ah, yes. Shoveling snow off the driveway. The wintery exercise that blows the flabby coronary muscles of dozens of aging, out-of-shape Wisconsin men every year. Will this year be my turn? After I “retired” from the Air Force, I moved back to Wisconsin because I remembered liking four seasons, and after living in so many… Read.
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stealing
Your cat doesn’t love you, and I can prove it. “Oh, yes he does,” you protest. “He’ll sit in my lap and purr for as long as I keep petting him.” Tell you what: Go out to your favorite local pet store and buy a heated cat bed for your cat, then get back to… Read.
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brush
Here’s a little FYI for you: If you keep your can of mineral spirits right next to your can of denatured alcohol, be careful not to confuse the one with the other, because mineral spirits makes a terrible martini. Just kidding. You shouldn’t mix mineral spirits with vermouth, you should only serve it neat on… Read.
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shrimp
I got shrimp for my birthday dinner. It’s practically a tradition by this time, all because of the Great Shrimp Dinner Blurt of ’94. I came home from work. My Darling B was in the kitchen, preparing a special dinner for my birthday. “Don’t come in!” she warned, or I would ruin the surprise. Oh,… Read.
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