Some of the saddest noises I heard last week. A reasonably modern (>10 years) Acura RDX with a valves pinging and rattling like a 1980 Ford Fairmont with a 100K on the clock. No Toyota I've ever owned has made that noise. An F-150 with 45 day, new car tags, puttering past with the sad … Continue reading Sad Sounds in the Wild.
Author: Himself
Odds & Ends
Busy week this week. We also had a bit of a thunderstorm. Which meant Aria was trying to crawl as deep under my desk as she could. She gave up and settled for next to my chair. The rain, while nice, isn't going to save my gardens. I've pretty much started stripping them of the … Continue reading Odds & Ends
She’s so different
Now that all there is here is Aria, I've been spending more time with her alone, obviously. Her personality is so different than Jethro's. She's not anywhere near as protective as he was, unless you invade our space when we're walking. A friend came over, and she started barking. I told her to knock it … Continue reading She’s so different
A good day, tater
Good day today. Got a lot done. It was nice in that it was only 85 or so, and mostly cloudy. Best part was stepping on the scale. My empty weight [nekkid] clocked in at 229. I busted the barrier and lost 9 pounds since stopping alcohol. That's 46 pounds since last November. It also … Continue reading A good day, tater
A Word to the Fearful
Vox Day had a great piece about divorce the other day. Lot of good stuff there. You can only control your own behavior. No one else’s. If your wife is unhappy about the choice she made, if her children and friends and family and fun are her priorities and she wants out, then by all … Continue reading A Word to the Fearful
MPAI
*(Most People Are Idiots) Since the Titan sub's untimely demise, there's been more than a few articles and blogs around about the lack of competence these days. Zman had one here today. This is true, of course. Nearly any interaction you have in nearly any store you'll see it. But what I see in my … Continue reading MPAI
Yummy
Behold: This is my brand new spa filter, after one day of filtering a new refill on a clean spa. Only thing in the water was Chlorine shock. Get a filter for your drinking water. At least here in Texas.
Can’t have anything nice around here.
The summer blast furnace has fired up, and it's getting seriously hot around here. So gardening is challenging. I think I screwed up my cucumbers. Since I've been distracted by misery lately, I haven't been picking cucumbers. I grew a snack variety, which you're supposed to pick while they are small. By the time I … Continue reading Can’t have anything nice around here.
I miss him
It's nearly two weeks since I lost the dude. I've come to grips with it. But there's still a hole in our hearts around here.
The Great Playground Project
When my daughter and her husband bought a new house, it came with a swingset/playset/treefort whatever you call them these days. That was the good thing. Bad thing is the dry climate and intense sun had beat it to death and made it rickety. You have to treat any wood outdoors around here. Especially soft … Continue reading The Great Playground Project
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