This Is Drivel

Category: daily drivel

  • 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.

  • Mid-Continent Railway Museum

    I made a little road trip to the village of North Freedom to visit the Mid-Continent Railway Museum. I’ve been living in Madison, just an hour’s drive from North Freedom, for almost fifteen years but this is the first time I’ve visited the museum. About an hour’s drive from our little red house, North Freedom… Read.

  • offer accepted with conditions

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    We got a letter in the mail last week, an actual hand-written letter which My Darling B opened because who even writes letters any more? The only handwritten mail we get now is the occasional birthday card from close family. We get a lot of letters soliciting donations that appear to be handwritten but at… Read.

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