Instead

Instead of blogging this morning, I watched kittens on Animal Planet’s Too Cute. Then, in an attempt at not-really reverse psychology I decided to do my morning chores first, and then I could blog with the remaining time. Well, now there is no remaining time. It’s 9 a.m. and I’ve already forgotten the first thing […]

The Shape of Things

Perhaps (perhaps not) you recall me lamenting the other day that my Suave Kids shampoo had switched pictures from a fun elephant to a rather ugly octopus. Well, octopi (which the internet just now tells me is the wrong plural, because it’s not Latin, it’s Greek, so it should be octopodes — or octopuses […]

Pinball

I believe this is Day 60 for me as a blogger, and my thoughts are as disorganized as the rest of me this morning. I am realizing I would do better — and possibly be more coherent — if I could manage my blogging later in the day. I am not one of these people […]

Travels With TL: The House That Won the West

As a kid, I indulged in comic books. Not any of the Marvel or other superheroes so prominent today; I focused mostly on Richie Rich, with some Archies and Casper, the Friendly Ghost. I don’t recall a single one of these comics now, but inside some of them were page-long stories, and those I remember […]

In Sure Rant

I’m feeling more Andy Rooney than Mickey Rooney these days. It could be my cold. It could be January. It could just be me. Anyway, here’s what’s on my mind this morning: insurance. No, not health insurance — well, that’s always on my mind, the entire health industry is, but that’s not getting solved this […]

Measuring Down

The ancient Egyptians had an odd way of marking time: their years reset when a new pharaoh ascended the throne, and ended when he (except for a couple of inadvertent shes) died. So, if Britain tracked years that way, it would be in the 400th regnal year of Elizabeth II, but prior to that it […]

In Tune

Day 5 of the New Year, and I am not feeling any improved over T Minus One (Dec. 31). I made an appointment with a naturopath for Monday morning, although I’m wondering if I’m going to be serious about following any recommendation she might make. Many years ago, she told someone I know to wear […]

Yin and Yang

Yesterday should have been exciting, and some of it was. Driving toward Riverwalk and seeing a forest of 2 x 4s marking the frame of our house — that was exciting. I wanted this post to start “Admiral, there be walls here!” which would be immediately recognizable to those of you who know Star Trek […]

Word of warning: insomnia-fueled rant to follow. Or maybe it’s just a prolonged whine. I slept through my prime blogging time again, after being awake from somewhere around 11:30 p.m. past 4 a.m. Maybe I should have tried blogging then, but I was trying to sleep. And I was feeling my cold seep down into […]

The Color of Cartoons

We’ve covered my attraction to SpongeBob SquarePants. But what you may not know — although I doubt it will surprise you — is that I also have a thing for Minions, the little talking pill capsules from the Despicable Me movies. They are also yellow, which may or may not be a coincidence. I hadn’t […]