Tag: life

  • pick your nose

    pick your nose

    When I lost my key ring while I was out hiking on Tuesday, unlocking my bicycle from the sign post was not the only problem I had to figure out how to fix. One of the other keys on that key ring was a key that would open the lock that prevented any random person Read.

  • A day of firsts

    A day of firsts

    Today is the first day of my retirement from state service — officially. My last day on the payroll was Tuesday, but I had two days of vacation still so I burned them and didn’t go to work Monday or Tuesday. This morning I was no longer on the payroll. I spent a big chunk Read.

  • Vicious Head Cold from Planet Death

    Vicious Head Cold from Planet Death

    I am just getting over a vicious head cold that came all the way from Planet Death to murder me, but I fought it off with over-the-counter pain killers and my one superpower, naps. I’m pretty sure I caught it from somebody on the ferry coming back from Isle Royale. It’s a three and a Read.

  • bad mechanic

    bad mechanic

    Is there anything worse than a car mechanic who tries to take advantage of you? It’s a rhetorical question. Of course there is. But a mechanic who tries to defraud you is a special kind of creep, is what I’m trying to say. Allow me to tell you a short story: I drove Barb’s car, Read.

  • My First Root Canal

    My First Root Canal

    Do you know what dentists call a tooth that needs a root canal? Until yesterday I didn’t, but now I do. They call it a “hot tooth.” My dentist made time to take a look at my “hot tooth” this morning when I called his office and told the receptionist I had a toothache that’s Read.

  • jumbled

    jumbled

    Things are a bit of a mess here at our little red house. We were scheduled to take delivery of a washer-dryer set today, so I moved a lot of furniture around, took doors off hinges, disconnected the old clothes washer and dryer so they were ready to be hauled away. This left the living Read.

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