This Is Drivel

Category: daily drivel

  • open sesame

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    When I came home from my walk the other day, I dug into my pocket for my key ring, selected a key as I climbed the stoop to the front door, then depressed the “unlock” button on the ignition key for our car. From the garage, the car answered with two beeps. The front door… Read.

  • coin flip

    Mom called while I was out for a walk yesterday. I got to tell her how wonderful the weather was while I was out in it. I don’t know why that pleased me, but it did. Then we had a good laugh about the impeachment proceedings. Well, not a *good* laugh, actually. More like the… Read.

  • that second thing

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    Woke up way too early this morning after a dream about work. Weird thing was, whatever it was I was doing it didn’t look anything like the work I normally do. Well, it looked sort of like what I do: I was finding computer records that were supposed to be updated but weren’t, and then… Read.

  • indecent

    Is there anything better than taking an indecently-long hot shower on the weekend? Coz I don’t think there is. Read.

  • no secret

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    I was investigating some fraud earlier this week, because that’s what they pay me to do, and I had to find out which bank used a certain routing number, which is the number that’s printed at the bottom of your checks, if you still write checks. Luckily, I work right next door to the office… Read.

  • stuck record

    We were listening to a local radio station playing a tune by the Temptations during the commute home and the record got stuck. I have no idea how long it’s been since I’ve heard an actual skipping record on the radio, but I’ll bet there are people walking this earth right now who are well… Read.

  • to the yukon

    In my dream last night I was driving to Canada in a truck-top camper. The roads were snow-covered and mostly dirt, but straight as an arrow; I don’t know if this is what rural roads in Canada are really like, but in my dream they were so straight I would frequently be in the back… Read.

  • biggest cuppa

    Ordered a cup of tea with brunch at our favorite cafe yesterday morning & they brought me a cuppa that was big as a bathtub, no exaggeration. Okay, a little exaggeration. It was big as the kitchen sink. Okay, big as a bowling ball. Look, it was bigger than any cup of tea you might… Read.

  • Home again

    We were passing through Green Bay on our trip to Door County, so we stopped to see the house I lived in as a boy. It looks a lot smaller than I remember. My father was a newsreel photographer who worked at the local television station. The building he worked in is still there, but… Read.

  • persist

    Back problems persist today, but are not as bad as yesterday when I could barely get up out of my seat without shooting pain. I can get get up and sit down without much trouble today but am mindful that one wrong move can bring on the lightning bolts, so I’m moving very gingerly. There… Read.

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