Category: daily drivel
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belt
This is not drivel. Or maybe it is, I don’t know. I’m just marking the date here. This is the date the U.S. government will vote on the tax reform bill, not that it needs a vote. The Republicans control every branch of the government, so they’ll do what they want, and they want this… Read.
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monster
Somebody on Twitter asked, “Are you a sock-shoe-sock-shoe person, or a sock-sock-shoe-shoe person?” Another somebody answered, “What kind of MONSTER does sock-shoe-sock-shoe?” Well, I am that monster. At least I am in winter, when the thick calluses on my feet dry out if I don’t slather them in some kind of moisturizer. Usually one of… Read.
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Stage hand
Some … person – oh, god, it’s really hard not to say nutburger, or loonie toon, or crackpot with doots for brains, or batshit crazy foamer, or just plain old clueless idiot, but that would be an unfair ad hominem attack, which I know I am not supposed to do, but this particular person claims… Read.
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chilled
B yanked the blankets clean off me in my sleep this morning. I thought that only happened in black and white movies about old married couples, or cheesy sitcoms from the 70s. I guess I’m living in one now. I tried to yank them back, but she was laying on them or something. I got… Read.
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passive aggressive
Mister Passive-Aggressive got me out of bed this morning. Now I’m keeping him out of his. On a weekend, every hour I get to sleep past five o’clock, the hour my alarm clock normally wakes me during the work week, is precious. Yesterday, I got to sleep in until eight o’clock, very late for me.… Read.
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snookered
I got suckered by the oldest trick in the book. I have an IBM Selectric typewriter that I bought at a Goodwill store for three bucks. The Selectric was the Cadillac of typewriters back in the day; every office with the money to pay for quality typewriters had Selectrics. When I found mine at Goodwill,… Read.
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broken
The doorbell rang at three-thirty this morning. Coincidentally, I was lying half-awake in bed trying to motivate myself to get out of bed and clean up the cat yak that I was pretty sure I just heard Boo leave on the floor right next to me. Half of me wanted to leave it until morning;… Read.
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Pervert
The president says it would be better if Alabama elected a pervert to the Senate. I don’t know why I try to remain sober any more. Read.
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Croaked
Charles Manson croaked it today and National Public radio, my go-to source for what is usually pretty good journalism, spent what seemed like forever explaining the significance of his passing. Come on, NPR. Is there anyone anywhere in America who doesn’t know why Charles Manson has been in prison since the dawn of time? And… Read.
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fences
I like my neighborhood quite a lot. It’s quiet, the people are nice, and there were no privacy fences around any of the yards when I moved in. That’s been changing, though, as the old, original owners of the houses have moved out and younger families with kids have been moving in. I’m not sure… Read.
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