off brand bands

Your “hipness quotient” always goes up if you like bands that no one’s ever heard of. I was never so hip that I really went off the radar…no punk bands from the South of France…no South African pan steel bands … Continue reading

God doesn’t have call waiting*

Having a power outage gives you time to talk to your spouse. There’s no television, no computer, no cordless telephone…there’s no distractions. So my wife and I had a conversation down in the kitchen about a lot of things.  We … Continue reading

comfort and habit

We had an ice storm today. At 4:30 in the morning, I noticed the lights flickering when I went downstairs to make some coffee…and shortly after that we lost power for the day. The whole day. Good grief…we are creatures … Continue reading

full viking

They say that it’s probably smart to play your hand close to your vest. When it’s a bunch of hair growing out of your face, that’s a hard thing to do. I’m growing my beard out as we speak. I … Continue reading

my big world

Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world.  Arthur  Shopenhauer Arggghhh…driving the mail 6 days a week is too challenging. I don’t mean that it’s a job I can’t do….nothing like … Continue reading

don’t go swimming with the ducks

We feed the ducks at Lake Julian. It’s the lake where this plant is.  It’s the lake with the signs that say something like “No Swimming.  No Wading.” etc. We always wondered just what the heck they produced at that … Continue reading

“they” only talk about the weather

I think mailmen must be like farmers. My life is becoming more and more ruled by the weather. It’s not a case of bad weather ever stopping me from getting out and sliding around on the roads…it’s just a matter … Continue reading

there’ll be knock-offs at the flea market

“Say…have you heard anything about five day delivery?” That’s my new running joke that I ask customers out on the mail route these days.  It’s pretty hilarious. We (Postal workers) are always the last to know.  I have to watch … Continue reading

my Mail Jeep update

(this isn’t a picture of my jeep…it just made me wonder  how big a tire I could put on mine if I chopped some stuff and put a lift kit on it?  I could be a stylin’ mailman, for sure….) … Continue reading

speaking of accidents

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=endscreen&v=dBvotWfR3j4 Coming up with something to write about in the morning before the coffee has finished brewing is harder sometimes than it should be. And then something like a meteorite hits Russia and “boom”….instant topic. It’s strange if something as … Continue reading