Category: random idiocy

• what’s going on

  April 12, 2020

  bicycling, daily drivel, hobby, housekeeping, Our Humble O’Bode, random idiocy

  Got my bike down from the rafters, pumped the tires full of air and took a ride around Lake Monona yesterday morning – an eleven-mile circle, the shortest route I could make – and it just about kicked my butt; the first ride of the summer season usually does. After a couple more rides I’ll… Read.

• time lapse

  April 6, 2020

  random idiocy

  I’ve been up since 5:30 this morning. This gives me plenty of time to shower, make coffee, and just generally come to life, which can take a while. I always wake up early, whether naturally or by an alarm clock, but I’m not fully functional until I’ve been upright & awake for a while. My… Read.

• the end

  April 5, 2020

  current events, random idiocy

  This is how the conclusion of Trump’s prepared remarks for yesterday’s press briefing were scripted: I want to thank the American people most of all for the selfless sacrifices that they are making for our nation, and I want to encourage everyone to keep following our guidelines on slowing the spread. Sustaining this war effort… Read.

• hot ones

  February 23, 2020

  entertainment, food & drink, random idiocy, television

  Tim tipped us off to a show he watches on You Tube called Hot Ones. In it, Sean Evans interviews celebrities while they eat hot wings that get hotter as the show goes on. Some of the celebrities bail out before they get to the hottest wings, earning themselves a place on the Hot Ones… Read.

• bifocals

  February 11, 2020

  falling apart, random idiocy, TMI Tuesday

  I’m wearing my first-ever pair of bifocals now. Well, not right this minute. I’m nearsighted, so I don’t need corrective lenses to see a computer screen that’s right in front of my face. There are times, though, when I have to look at someone else’s computer screen and it gets weird because to get close… Read.

• cat nap

  February 9, 2020

  random idiocy

  He purred me to sleep. Read.

• first blow

  January 21, 2020

  current events, random idiocy, weather, yet another rant

  I fired up the snow blower for the first time last weekend. I’ll say that again: For the first time this winter, I used my snow blower. In mid-January. It finally snowed enough to get the snow blower out of moth balls. It snowed a couple times before last weekend, but just barely. All but… Read.

• hairs cut

  January 11, 2020

  barber, random idiocy

  I kinda had to do this. It was getting to be too much trouble to take care of. I let it grow out in the first place because I was too lazy to get it cut, so it only follows that I’d get it cut because I’m too lazy to take care of it properly.… Read.

• Monday flood

  January 7, 2020

  adventures in plumbing, Our Humble O’Bode, random idiocy

  The house was naked when we got home last night. All the siding had been ripped off it. That was expected. There are no roving gangs of vandals stripping the siding from houses in our neighborhood; we actually hired a contractor to pull all the old siding off, then put new siding on. Nothing to… Read.

• sniffing the air

  December 24, 2019

  fun with electricity, housekeeping, random idiocy

  “Do you smell something burning?” My Darling B asked me the other night as I was watching something on television. I put the program I was watching on pause, because that’s how you smell things better, and sniffed the air. “No,” I answered, “but then I can’t smell much at all right now.” We’re both… Read.