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Category: daily drivel

  • do the thing

    Author Chuck Wendig gives me the motivation to get things done: YOU CAN DO THE THING GO DO THE THING DO THE THING SOMETIMES IT IS HARD TO DO THE THING AND THAT’S OKAY THE THING ISN’T ALWAYS EASY, IF IT WAS EASY, YOU ALREADY WOULDA DONE THE THING NOBODY WANTS YOU TO DO THE… Read.

  • mix-up

    A canvasser came to our door last weekend to remind us to vote. B was out shopping. I answered the door. The canvasser rang the doorbell, then stepped back onto the walkway to talk to me. When I opened the door and said hi, she answered, “Hello,” looked down at her clipboard, then back up… Read.

  • story slam

    My Darling B and I went to the Madison Story Slam last night, a monthly event at the Wil-Mar Community Center where people gather to listen to stories told in an open-mike format. I learned about the story slam through Adam Rostad, whom I met at last weekend’s picnic for the motor vehicle employees and… Read.

  • bleh bleh bleh

    I really ate way too much fried foods last night, starting with an appetizer that was so weird I had to point it out to My Darling B: deep-fried macaroni & cheese. I couldn’t even imagine what that would look like. “Let’s get some and see,” was B’s reply, so we did. They brought us… Read.

  • A Star Is Born

    My Darling B and I went to see “A Star Is Born” at a place called Flix Brewhouse, which is just what it says on the can: A movie theater that also brews beer. I have to say, I would never have thought of that combination, even though brewpubs are sprouting up everywhere and it… Read.

  • movie time

    Movie time! We watched two movies in the past two days: A Wrinkle In Time just last night, and First Man on Friday evening. After an afternoon spent at the office picnic, we were in the mood to stay in and watch something in the warmth & comfort of our living room, so I clicked… Read.

  • colonists in spaaaaaace

    I’m currently reading “The Fated Sky” (sequel to “The Calculating Stars”) by Mary Robinette Kowal and I’m really enjoying it. The characters are relateable and I love the story because it’s all about PEOPLE IN SPAAACE! If I had one gripe to make about it, just one teensy-weensy little niggle, it would be with the… Read.

  • Gabrielle Blair on unwanted pregnancies

    A Twitter thread from author Gabrielle Blair, who tweets using the handle @designmom: I’m a mother of six, and a Mormon. I have a good understanding of arguments surrounding abortion, religious and otherwise. I’ve been listening to men grandstand about women’s reproductive rights, and I’m convinced men actually have zero interest in stopping abortion. Here’s… Read.

  • hairy

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    My hair’s quite long now, although when I say “quite long,” I mean it’s grown past the top of my collar in back, covers my ears, and hangs in my eyes if I don’t comb it back. That’s as long as I’ve ever worn it in my life.  I used to wear it about as… Read.

  • dead ant

    I found a cemetery of black ants in the basement this morning.  There must have been about two dozen of them, squashed and mangled, in a pile in the center of the room.  One of the cats must have been the killer, probably Sparky because he spends hours and hours down there doing who knows… Read.

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