Category: daily drivel
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pimple-popper
When I was but a pimply-faced young man and my pocked complexion developed one of those white-headed zits that seems to pop up overnight, as soon as my Mother caught sight of it, her response was almost reflexive, and a little bit frightening: she would back me into a corner, frame the edges of her… Read.
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politically
if they can’t get that through or if they feel that politically i don’t know why it’s good politically you know i don’t care politically i’m doing what’s right for the country but i’ll tell you it’s a very bad political issue for the democrats that I can tell you Read.
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paint the town
I took My Darling B out at dinner time last night and spent almost two hundred dollars! The venue: Broadway Tire Sales. The occasion: There was a screw in the left rear tire. There was a nail in it, too, but I didn’t know that until the mechanic took the tire off the wheel to… Read.
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eyes open
My monkey brain kicked in at four twenty-five this morning, exactly. I know because my eyes snapped open as soon as I woke up, and I happened to be facing the clock. And I knew my monkey brain had kicked in because my first thought was NOT, “Yay, I get to sleep for thirty-five minutes… Read.
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new ports very importantly
not only did we gain New Orleans we doubled the size of the United States we secured new parts and ports new parts of the map and globe that we never thought and new ports very importantly Read.
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when goats attack
Story time with Uncle Knuckles: The Goat That Ate Sean’s Hand I don’t know why they puts goats in petting zoos, do you? Goats are really creepy-looking animals. They’re kind of skeletal, covered with boney bumps, they’ve got demon eyes, and they’re always jerking around as if their own personal invisible devil is jabbing them… Read.
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vaxed to the max
Here’s how I know the anti-vaxxers are full of shit: I got shots every week when I was a kid. Every. Single. Week. Or at least, that’s how I remember it. This was all part of the 1960’s optimism that medical science would someday wipe all disease off the face of the earth. Our teachers… Read.
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Sod’s Law
Truer words were never spoken: A selection from The Emotional Blackmailer’s Handbook, a collection of enchanting photos and original thought from blogger Tristan Forward (well worth an extended look) The Law Of Averages Is A Controlling Factor In Any Calculation That Conjectures Upon The Frequency Of Occurrences In Sod’s Law. I’ve Said Before That Sod’s… Read.
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a soft buzz
It was a pleasant surprise not to have my monkey brain wake me up at 2:30 am this morning, which I fully expected it to do, so I turned out my light last night with some trepidation. Didn’t open my eyes again until just before five o’clock, so yay me. Fed the cats, crawled back… Read.
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one of the things
one of the things that has happened is and I was explaining to the two senators and to Dan in the car that one of the the things that really is happening is without saying it too loudly and I told them and Dan said could you repeat that story Read.
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