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For the first time in 94,000 miles, my car flashed her, “Dude, I’m running on fumes” light. I was only a few blocks from my regular gas station, so I pulled in and filled up. It was twelve gallons. My car has a tank… Continue Reading “My Car is a Great Big Liar”
USA Network. A commercial with Dick Van Dyke and the letters WWF in the corner. I thought, “Why is Dick van Dyke promotin the World Wrestling Federation?” #worldwildlifefederation Internet. The number of “click on this link”s for “incredibly disturbing photos” of the Ohio animals. I… Continue Reading “Ridiculous Things from this Week”
Yesterday, at the doctor’s office, I realized that I didn’t have my phone. I figured that I had left it on my desk at work. This morning, it wasn’t there. I went back outside and searched my car. Nothing. So I called home. My… Continue Reading “How Things Get Done in My House”
Because The Bride wants to hear more about my mother and less about my blankets, I will tell you that I brought her home from the hospital – for the third time – last Tuesday. I don’t think she will mind my telling you… Continue Reading “My Favorite Person Today”
My mother has been in the hospital for the better part of the week. My biggest complaint is that it is near impossible to get anyone’s attention. There is a flat screen in her private room and wi fi. Gibbs has been at doggie… Continue Reading “From the Hospital”
Not long ago, I was informed by Facebook that my friend Melissa started a gourmet pretzel business. She posted that she would be at the Morton Grove Farmers Market on Saturday, so I headed over early. The Farmers Market doesn’t open for… Continue Reading “DiPPED”
I was thinking about this when babbling about my hair, then decided that no one was interested. Particularly people I know in Real Life who have heard the lecture before. However, Miss Sarah was just writing about a fear of the dentist, so it… Continue Reading “More about Being the Client”
I have had a crazy, crazy week. Stuff was happening at work from the second I got in Monday morning. Wednesday was my usual gig at the Rescue and after that, I went to a meet up at Starbucks for Project Linus where they… Continue Reading “Checking In”
I finally went for a new laptop and the crazies convinced me to go with Mac. My brother called me a traitor. I haven’t done much with it yet. I think I need a Dummies book for the operating system. But I managed to… Continue Reading “Mac”
I did not take pictures of the Blizzard of 2011. OK, fine. (walks to the window with a phone.) Here is one. Just to prove I was here. From my bedroom window, you can see the snow drift going almost to the top of… Continue Reading “Recording the Event”
The Next Dark Age 