Yesterday evening and much of today, I’ve been under the weather. This morning I felt sick to my stomach and decided to hibernate at home all day. I slept on the couch on and off all day. I must have logged six or seven hours… Read More
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Friday night of the two-four weekend…
Wherever everybody has gone, it isn’t to blogland. This place has been deserted today. Tuffy’s out with her old pal C and a bunch of kids to a concert. I adjourned with C’s husband D to the Albatross for schnitzel and pierogi with a couple… Read More
Resting Comfortably
Ellie Mae was spayed today. As a mature dog and a big dog, this is a bigger deal than with a pup. She came through it fine though, and is resting comfortably. Meanwhile, Tuffy P has had a sinus infection and a bad cold for… Read More
My Lucky Day
This just showed up in my gmail box. It’s my lucky day (Dear Rosemary Russell, yes, yes, yes, you’ve found the right email…please send me my money right away…oh, there’s a problem? I see. So I should send you the $20,000 first then. OK. I’ll… Read More
Dental Work today
Fortunately, my dentist is excellent. He’s been keeping my teeth attached to my head since 1986. Today, he replaced an old filling…no big deal.
What Yogi said…
My brother the trout, Salvelinas Fontinalis, commented on my post Spring Out Back, quoting Yogi Berra: “You better cut the pizza in four pieces because I’m not hungry enough to eat six.” Mr. Berra was clearly a wise man. He was after all the guy… Read More
New Goggles
By request, here’s a photo of my swanky new goggles.
Fascination
Sally Hogshead is the author of a book called Fascinate. She is also a speaker, a brand innovation consultant, and all around advertising maven. I had an opportunity to hear her speak today. She talked about 7 “fascination” triggers: mystique; power; lust; prestige; alarm; vice… Read More
Bamboo bikes
Who knew? What an interesting idea. Thanks to East Texas Red for passing this URL along.