Monthly Archives: May 2014

That settles it. I’m not voting for Hillary. Clinton, who argued it was possible to hold her position and still support the right to gun ownership, warned that unfettered access to guns could have dangerous consequences. She called the country’s … Continue reading →

But it certainly works. Thanks for the link!

Okay, I give up. Technology must come to my rescue. Long-time readers know I”ve had issues with my vision for quite some time. I got really excited after the eye surgery, followed by new glasses, because my long-range vision is … Continue reading →

Over the weekend I got a birthday present from a generous reader: $60, totally unexpected and not already alloted to anything. Oh, yeah. Virtually every dollar of money I know is coming in is already spent before I see it. … Continue reading →

It’s not something I normally even think about. I don’t even care. Really. It’s just… It’s the Frickin’ Office of the Frickin’ President of the Frickin’ United States! What the hell is Justin Bieber Tommy Vietor doing there in any … Continue reading →

Computer works just fine, but I have noticed from time to time I’ll boot up and not be able to find my DVD drive or any of the USB slots. Generally goes away if I reboot. This time it’s not … Continue reading →

Ghost is an independent soul. Always has been. When he was young he was part of a larger pack, and it wasn’t my pack so he rarely paid any attention to me even though I lived right there. And even … Continue reading →

…and I have mine. The desert is a very dusty place. The Secret Lair is in the desert. And I’m not exactly Martha Stewart, which means in a syllogistic sort of way that the Secret Lair is, for the most … Continue reading →

Because under these circumstances, why would it want to continue? A library patron asked the library’s materials review committee to pull “Hop on Pop,” a children’s classic written in 1963, because of the book’s violent themes. “The complaint was that … Continue reading →

Spent the morning schlepping concrete with D. We’ve got the last of the pier foundations poured, and I think he miscalculated how much mud it would take because we emptied one of the two pallets and the piers themselves will … Continue reading →

Right here.

Yes, we sit around talking about one another’s dogs. Because dogs are important. I was over at D&L’s yesterday helping pour the first concrete pads for their new column piers when L came home. She and my other neighbor H … Continue reading →

Trust the Internet to have replaced it…

…”Joel got new glasses” is big news. Reactions are of two types: “You look like you again! I missed the glasses,” and “They look so ordinary. They’re not super-thick or anything.” The world has taken on a wonderment of new … Continue reading →

1: Celebrity trivia Q. Did you know Ronan Farrow’s blue eyes are fake? A. Who the *&^% is Ronan Farrow?

Got the new glasses, and this puts an official end to the whole cataract episode at long last. Only took about a year and a half. 🙂 Still need to keep up with the glaucoma meds, of course, that won’t … Continue reading →

Right here. It’s by Vanderboegh, who is of course the hero of the tale so take that with a grain of salt if you wish. Unlike a lot of the threeper hyperventilating from a few days ago, though, most of … Continue reading →