Category: daily drivel

• loop-de-loo

  March 16, 2023

  music, random idiocy

  While skimming social media this morning I read one passing reference to the 1975 pop music hit “The Hustle” and GUESS WHAT’S BEEN PLAYING ON A LOOP IN MY HEAD EVER SINCE. Kill me now. (Warning to those who did not grow up in the 1970s: If you Google “The Hustle” DO NOT LISTEN TO… Read.

• a dash of snow

  March 12, 2023

  weather

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• Jam Package Overkill

  March 6, 2023

  food & drink, random idiocy

  All this packaging to send six jars of jam through the mail. Seems excessive. Read.

• “I am your density.”

  March 4, 2023

  daily drivel, Life & Death, random idiocy

  Writing prompt: Do you believe in fate/destiny? No. But also, maybe. Depends. Read.

• baling hay

  February 28, 2023

  story time

  A random memory of helping a buddy bring in some hay from the fields. Read.

• mom voice

  February 22, 2023

  Life & Death, My Darling B, random idiocy, story time

  I was doing something stupid until I was stopped by THE MOM VOICE Read.

• suddenly

  February 21, 2023

  entertainment, music, yet another rant

  The lyrics to “One Summer” by the Motels put me in a snarky mood. Read.

• dog mom

  February 20, 2023

  dreams

  The ability to dream is so amazingly wonderful and yet at the same time so soul-crushingly cruel. Read.

• bass beat

  February 19, 2023

  My Darling B, story time, travel

  Ah, the sweet peace and restful quiet of staying in a B&B … NEXT TO THE DANCE CLUB WITH A FIFTY MEGATON STEREO SYSTEM Read.

• improbable

  February 3, 2023

  entertainment, Mom, movies, random idiocy, television

  We were watching the first episode of “The Last of Us” when my mom texted me. She was housebound because she’d been hit by the same deep freeze that was keeping all us inside, but for her it was worse: she lives in Arkansas where the road maintenance crews don’t go out to salt or… Read.