This Is Drivel

Category: play

  • never the twain

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    While on a road trip last week we stopped in Kansas City and this statue was just a block from our hotel. I would have kicked myself for the rest of my life if I hadn’t taken this photo. Read.

  • sea lion

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    I phoned in an order for breakfast sandwiches and gave my middle name as “Leo” because when I give my first name “Dave” it always gets mangled to “Damien” or “Devon”. They almost always get “Leo” right, although this is the first time they mangled it all the way to “Ci Lion” (which she pronounced Read.

  • Whoa.

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    Welp. Looks like I’m finally going back to the movie theater in June. Read.

  • Nobody

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    I may have lost my taste for movies like “Nobody,” the latest John Wick-like film about a bulletproof assassin who messily kills every baddie in the movie, even when they come at him all at once, guns blazing. The one versus many idea seemed entertaining when it was new but, in this movie at least, Read.

  • Dinner at Morris Ramen

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    A hot bowl of ramen is a dinner I will almost always say yes to, so when My Darling B suggested we drive into town yesterday afternoon for ramen I instantly agreed, and off we went. If you were to ask me for the best place in town to get ramen right now, I would Read.

  • boxing

    The Camping Thing will eventually be a cluster of five boxes with hinged lids and a flat bridge piece that will double as a table, but right now it’s just one box and I’m still trying to figure out how to fit it into the back of the van. It’s forty-eight inches wide, as wide Read.

  • work at home

    Pro tip: No matter how cold it gets in the garage, do not bring your project in to work on it on the dinner table, and particularly not if you’re going to be using power tools. This was a really stupid mistake. Actually, it was a series of stupid mistakes: I was drilling through a Read.

  • loop-de-loo

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    While skimming social media this morning I read one passing reference to the 1975 pop music hit “The Hustle” and GUESS WHAT’S BEEN PLAYING ON A LOOP IN MY HEAD EVER SINCE. Kill me now. (Warning to those who did not grow up in the 1970s: If you Google “The Hustle” DO NOT LISTEN TO Read.

  • tears?

    Smoky Robinson’s hit song “Tears of a Clown” sounds like a guy trying to get away with something. “I’m so bummed that you broke up with me. If you see me smiling that’s just me trying to cover up my feelings, I’m actually really sad. And if you see me having a good time at Read.

  • fridged

    We had some good weather today, so I spent some time outside trying to get The Camping Thing ready for the season. “Do you know how long you were out there?” My Darling B asked me, after I finally came in later in the afternoon. “Long enough for me to finish the last 15% of Read.

photo of the author and the author's best friend