Category: daily drivel
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what’s that
Tim was helping me clear the jetsam of our lives off the kitchen table where it tends to collect. One of the items was an old-fashioned coffee mill I picked up at a second-hand shop for ten bucks. I used to collect old-timey coffee making stuff until it started taking over a lot of the… Read.
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quality
A jar I opened this morning had the slogan “Sealed for quality and freshness” printed on the lid, and I had to wonder: Is there a demographic out there that doesn’t care about quality but demands freshness in their no-quality garbage product? Read.
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expectations
Is it just me, or do the two top options mean the same thing? Read.
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escaped
A white cat jumped out from behind one of the trash cans when we pulled into the driveway of Our Humble O’Bode this evening. My Darling B said something like, “Hey, that cat looks a lot like Scooter!” The cat ran to the front of the house and jumped through an open window into the… Read.
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a Saturday kayak run
Saturday would’ve been a great day to go for a paddle in the kayak, if I’d left the house earlier, but after I had my morning coffee and read the morning news and we went to the farmer’s market, I didn’t end up leaving the house for a paddle until about half past twelve. By… Read.
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a Sunday bike ride
Yesterday the weather was perfect for a bike ride around the lake. That’s my usual cycling route and sort of a standard: It’s mostly flat, though there are some hills at the beginning and end, and it’s a little over twelve miles, ten miles being about as far as my butt can go and still… Read.
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Ninalee Allen Craig
Ninalee Allen Craig, the woman at the center of an iconic photo by photojournalist Ruth Orkin, “American Girl in Italy,” died last Tuesday in Toronto of complications from lung cancer. The photo was printed in Cosmopolitan magazine as an illustration for the article, “When you travel alone…” and under it, the caption: “Public admiration . . .… Read.
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may the pun be with you
Today is called Star Wars Day because it’s May the Fourth, as in, “May the Fourth Be With You.” It’s a pun that lots of people say out loud all day long and somehow they don’t get punched in the face for it. I still don’t understand how that works. Few people can get away… Read.
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history rhymes
An NPR correspondent quoting Mark Twain said yesterday, “History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes.” I’d never heard that quote before and, looking into it now, it turns out Twain never said it. The first time the phrase was attributed to him was in 1970, the same year that John Robert Columbo’s poem “A… Read.
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in the garten
Dinner last night was a giant pretzel and a glass of beer at the Biergarten in Olbrich Park. It probably wasn’t the healthiest dinner I’ve ever eaten, but it was one of the most enjoyable. I shared the pretzel with My Darling B. They weren’t kidding when they used the word “giant.” I felt stuffed… Read.
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