Category: daily drivel
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A night to remember
[The management begs me to advise you that this drivel was originally part of a longer post I wrote on October 6, 2007, after I had the overwhelming pleasure of hearing Susanne Vega performing live at the Barrymore Theater.] Richard Julian was the opening act for the Suzanne Vega concert. I’ve never heard of him,… Read.
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stuff myself
Today the local library was selling used books to raise money, and right across the street a local children’s theatrical group was raising money by selling pies, so guess what I’ve been doing today? If you guessed a) stuffing myself with pie, and b) buying armloads of books, YOU’RE RIGHT! I thought pecan pie was… Read.
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plagiarizingT
Shortly after Trump won the election, somebody who calls himself “Presidential Trump” on Twitter began retweeting Trump’s tweets and rephrasing them in a way you would hope a more grown-up version of Trump would talk. For example: In a surreal twist this morning, Trump himself plagiarized “Presidential Trump” like so: Every time I think he… Read.
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a memory hole
[The management wishes to inform you that this drivel was originally posted on September 28, 2008. We beg your indulgence to repost it mostly so B can rub my face in it.] We went to the Black Horse auction north of DeForest and planned to spend pretty much all day there. Haven’t done that for… Read.
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sleepy time
We used to let our cats sleep with us, but after we brought Scooter home from the Dane County Humane Society two Christmases ago, we had to lock them out because Scooter wanted to sleep on our heads. I don’t like a cat sleeping on my pillow. Anywhere else but my pillow is okay, but… Read.
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privilege
Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson visited New Berlin West high school last week, where one of the students asked him, “Senator Johnson, I understand there’s a big movement right now to try to repeal and replaced the Affordable Care Act. Do you personally consider health care as more of a privilege or a right?” Johnson answered,… Read.
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a tempest in a teapot
I honestly think Trump was just talking out his ass when he made the “calm before the storm” remark. Trump’s a guy who’s been the boss of his own business for so long, and the star of a reality show about being the boss on top of that, that he thinks everything that comes out… Read.
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teeny-tiny
I stayed in a “microtel” this week, which I guess is a marketer’s idea of making a hotel with small rooms and no amenities sound good, and as an idea it really isn’t all that bad but in practice there are so many things wrong with it that I just have to hit the keyboard… Read.
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on the road
Am feeling much better today, thank you. The only remaining symptom of my week-long sickness, whatever it was, is that my sinuses still continue to decongest, a process which takes the form of me soaking one Kleenex after another by filling my lungs with as much air as they can hold, then blowing for as… Read.
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sicko
Hi. I’m sick. I’m not sure what kind of sick it is. The kind that makes me cough up chunks of my lungs. Not literally, mind you, but it sure feels that way. I’m going to go out on a limb and blame this sickness on the coworker who came to work sick. I feel… Read.
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