This Is Drivel

Category: daily drivel

  • improbable

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    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.

  • shreddable

    We have a cross-cut paper shredder and nearly everything we get in the mail goes straight from the mailbox to the shredder because it’s practically all junk mail. I don’t even open it unless I absolutely have to. Case in point: The junk mail I get from Triple A. Those guys know how to make… Read.

  • tired, poor

    I was today years old when I learned (or, probably, re-learned) that the statue of liberty was conceived and built as a monument to the end of slavery. I may have learned that before, but if I did it was an idea that was drummed out of my head by hearing for years and years… Read.

  • this cold

    I went for a walk this afternoon. It was THIS COLD outside. Read.

  • build a fire

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    I suffered an especially painful case of dry-eye last night and when I told My Darling B about it, she said, “Maybe you need a humidifier in the bedroom.” What I heard her say was, “Maybe you need to make a fire in the bedroom.” When she says something that doesn’t make any sense at… Read.

  • flat

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    I just saw a car drive past our house on a flat tire. The front right tire was flat flat flat. I’m pretty sure you’re not supposed to do that. I can’t imagine why anyone would do that. I wouldn’t do that unless I was being pursued by ravenous beasts. Even in this weather (the… Read.

  • lyric

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    aw, shit. It’s “come on, eileen tah loo rye yay,” not “come on, eileen tah roo lah ray.” I’ve been singing it wrong all these years. So embarrassing. Read.

  • eyes

    I woke up this morning from a dream in which a doctor was telling me, “We’ll have to remove your eyeballs. Can you come in this afternoon?” And I was like, “Uhh, can I have just a moment to absorb this please?” Then I woke up and, because it was five o’clock in the morning… Read.

  • failing

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    All on January 22nd, 2023: Monterey, CA: 1 man killed 10 people & wounded 10 more Baton Rouge, LA: 1 man wounded 12 people Shreveport, LA: 1 man wounded 5 adults and 8 children; 2 are in critical condition. Read.

  • insleep

    I finally got to sleep in this morning! “Sleep in” being a relative term, of course. At my age, apparently “sleep in” means anything after 6:30 AM. As long as I go to bed any time before midnight, six and a half hours of sleep feels rested now. It’s weird, but that’s where I’m at.… Read.

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