This Is Drivel

Category: daily drivel

  • foe ODD, HOTCH!

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    Grant Barrett started off this morning’s episode of A Way With Words with a tribute to train conductors and the singsong way they rounded up passengers lingering on the platform by calling out the names of the stops along the way, something like, “Anaheim, Azusa, and Cu-ca-monga!” wrapping it up with the still-familiar, “bo-AAAAHHHd!” Grant… Read.

  • Snowfall

    The snow came, just like they said it would, but it didn’t stop us from going to the farmer’s market just the same as we do almost every Saturday. It came close to stopping us, if only because My Darling B didn’t have any boots to wear, just her regular street shoes, but since the… Read.

  • Dookie

    After finishing off my morning coffee the other day I went to the men’s room to read a magazine. Not really, but that’s the euphemism I’m going with. There are four stalls in the men’s room and I try always to use the first one. I read that you should use the first stall because… Read.

  • The Vaseline Story

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    Dad was mowing the grass in the back yard. My brother Pete and I were working on something in the garage with the back door open. Dad was about as far away across the back yard as he could get when suddenly the growl of the lawnmower engine died and was replaced just moments after… Read.

  • First Snow

    Woke up this morning to see the first snow that fell overnight and stuck. It made My Darling B cry a little tear. So now it’s really winter. I know that the solstice is supposed to be really winter, but everybody knows it’s the first snow. Solstice is when the days start getting longer and… Read.

  • Lost In Space

    In last night’s dream I was looking for a science fiction story by wandering through the collected books in somebody’s house, and he had quite a few. Room after room was crammed with book cases crammed with books, in a house so big I remember driving through the hallways at a pretty fast clip in… Read.

  • I Didn’t Know I Was Pregnant

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    There’s a television show called I Didn’t Know I Was Pregnant. You probably knew that already. I’m coming late to this conversation because (stop me if you’ve heard this) I don’t have cable, a dish or a digital converter box. Television used to be free when I was a lad, so I’m not going to… Read.

  • I Would Lose My Shit

    If I ever saw a supercell thunderstorm all up close and personal, I’m pretty sure I would: a) shit a brick b) drop to my knees and babble like a baby girl c) tear all my hair out and eat it d) throw myself on the ground and roll spastically in the mud e) jump… Read.

  • The Cheapening of the Fourth Amendment

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    Get ready, I’m climbing up on my soapbox. Manually searching people in airports is wrong first and foremost because it’s a violation of the Fourth Amendment. Not because it’s a health hazard, not because it’s demeaning, not because it’s worthless security theater. Those are valid concerns and I agree with them, but searching people who… Read.

  • Wakey Wakey

    Why is sleeping in late so damned tiring? I don’t know when to get out of bed, and when I finally force myself I can’t make my ass move any faster than a … a really tired, slow thing that can’t stop yawning. Sorry, I’m still half-asleep as I write this drivel. I can get… Read.

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