Category: daily drivel
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mine
Like the rest of the photos in the Great Big Photo Album of People Who Might Be Related To Me But I Don’t Know How, this one isn’t dated and there are no names or notes scribbled on the back. Still, I might actually know what’s going on here. My mother had an aunt everybody… Read.
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buster
I don’t think I’m related to Buster Keaton. Maybe. But I don’t think so. One in a series of photos from a great big album I inherited from my Mother, full of snapshots of people who may or may not be related to me. I have no idea who these people are. I don’t think… Read.
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nerd dream
I was crouching on the very edge of a raw metal deck plate with my arms straight out on either side of me, reaching just far enough to hold on to the struts that were the only things connecting the deck plates to the ship. With the main engines running at full throttle my feet… Read.
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fix
I spent yesterday fixing a book case. I didn’t plan to. It was just one of those things. I happened to walk past it, looked up at the top and noticed that it had walked about an inch from where I wedged it against the ceiling about a year ago. This was no ordinary book… Read.
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precip
Here’s how you make it rain: You dig up all the onions in your garden and lay them out to dry in the sun for a day or two. The amount of rain you get will be inversely proportional to how much tender loving care you have bestown upon your garden. When growing onions in… Read.
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bloated
Started off as such a good night … After work, we stopped by Star Liquor to pick up some cool, refreshing libations for the weekend, then swung over a couple blocks to visit the Old Sugar Distillery for a snort before heading home. My Darling B was delighted to learn they were now distilling a… Read.
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hush
The neighborhood was mostly quiet during my early morning walk, even though I hit the snooze button and slept in ten minutes beyond the time I normally get up. Although the sky was brightening from gray to blue, it was still practically night. The only bird up and at ’em was a lone cardinal singing… Read.
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heli
A few bits and pieces of last night’s dream floated to the surface of my memory while I was making the morning pot o’ java: Waiting in line with about a half-dozen commandos to storm the play room of a Chuck E. Cheese. Being scooped up by the petals of a giant plastic flower. Petals… Read.
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return
Yesterday was my first day back at the office after our week-long vacation. I expected it to find a hellish amount of paperwork piled on my desk and too many e-mails to read in a single day. I’m happy to say my expectations were not met. There were lots and lots of files, applications, and… Read.
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giveaway
*SPOILER ALERT!* If you’re looking forward to seeing Cowboys & Aliens, you probably shouldn’t read any further because I’m going to give away everything I can think of. We played a game of Clichés as we drove home after seeing Cowboys & Aliens and came up with: Man with No Name walks into troubled town… Read.
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