Just weird stuff I think about.
No, there can be more, swords that is. Fair warning. This one is probably going to be boring for some of you. ‘Nuff said. We recently had some plumbing issues (no it’s not a plumbing story) and while the plumber was here he commented on some swords I had hanging on my walls. I am an amateur sword collector. Amateur being the keyword there as I don’t have any thousand year old swords that have been folded 200 times or…
That’s a good question Paula. Back in the early 90’s I chatted on Bulletin Board Systems (BBS). You had to dial them up directly with a modem and usually only had a hand full of lines. They were also only local. It was still a blast and I met some really good friends that I still have today through them. I also met my second wife on a BBS, whom (did I use that right?) I don’t still have today,…
I’ve seen a recent trend among bloggers to post their SPAM comments. Being ever the follower, I am jumping on this train. I turned over my SPAM filter and shook it. Below is the most recent stuff to get caught in it. After each comment, I’ve offered my response. So sit back and let me pull out my pan as I fry these comments for you. 12m-15m.orgx bevmealmaker@googlemail.com Hi there to every one, the contents existing at this web page…
My Dad is a great guy. He stuck around my whole life. He taught me how to be a responsible adult. He even helped me out a lot this hell year of medical issues. So I’m trying to find a nice way to say what I’m about to say. I can’t think of a nice way, so I’ll just say it. My Dad is a cheapskate. He puts in maximum effort in order to save a minimum amount on something….
Nope, I’m not talking about Thanksgiving meal leftovers. I’ll tell you what I’m talking about in a minute. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday of the year for reasons you’ll find out if you haven’t already been around this small cog for awhile. Definitely better than Christmas. This year, however, it’s just going to be my wife, the dogs, and I. No other family at all. I can’t even remember the last…
This isn’t really a post. It’s more of an update. I’ve been absent from the blogosphere the last few weeks. Both in posting on mine and reading my favorites. Mostly because “real” life has gotten in the way. The J-O-B has been demanding my time. The nerve of them! Don’t they know I’m a blogger and an aspiring writer? Can’t they just keep paying me without expecting results? My son just got out of the Navy and decided to hang out…
I had intended to write a post for Halloween but seeing as how this is the fifth of November, I’m sure you pretty much figured out I didn’t. At first I was going to write something about the ongoing efforts to move Halloween to the last Saturday of October. But when I went to get the latest information I saw this! After I gave up my attempt at a petition, which I started first by the way, and threw my…
My blogging buddy Kristine at Adulting In Progress recently did a post about guilty pleasures. Her’s were reality TV shows. I don’t watch a lot of reality TV shows but it got me thinking about the ones I do watch. The BIG THREE are Survivor, Big Brother, and Amazing Race. I cut my teeth on Survivor when I started watching the second season. I haven’t missed a season since and even bought the DVDs of the first season so I…
What does the year 1920 have to do with this post? That’s when Prohibition started in the United States. My own little prohibition started a bit later. It was a year ago this month that a preliminary test suggested I might have a liver disease. I made the conscious decision to abstain from alcohol until a more thorough diagnosis could be made. If you’ve been following, you know that several months later it was confirmed and I could never drink…
Holy shit snacks! I won a major award! No, it’s not a leg lamp. Nothing as fragelay as that. It’s a Liebster Award! What’s a Liebster? Good question. Sounds close to lobster, which is funny because the person who nominated me for it can’t even eat lobster. It’s not a lobster though. Here, this might help explain. The Liebster Award is an award that exists only on the internet and is given to bloggers by other bloggers. The earliest case…