Our four-year knows how to work a computer. Of course, he doesn’t know how to spell or type yet…so when he needs to look up something, he yells for me to type it in. I guess I’m the monkey’s stick. … Continue reading
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The USPS is in the process of closing down our mail processing facility in Asheville. It’s a cost saving measure. Even after a big money renovation of the facility in Asheville, it is more effective to have our mail … Continue reading
My kids enjoy playing a game called Harvest Moon. It’s a game, from the little I’ve seen of it, where you set up a … Continue reading
I went to the tire store yesterday and bought some new tires for the mail jeep. I buy 50,000 mile tires and get about 10,000 miles out of them. Driving the mail is hard on everything involved. While I was … Continue reading
I used to get this catalog “back in the day” that came from a company called Johnson Smith. It was a company that specialized at the time in the weird and the novel items that were all pretty darn appealing … Continue reading
Here’s another short video about the “tiny house movement”. The tiny house movement seems to be a nice and more socially acceptable bridge between living in a van down by the river and a typical large house…just takes a little … Continue reading
I was listening to one of my audio books yesterday and I realized that I am what is called a “hungry ghost“. In the Wikipedia link, it’s a pretty repulsive thing to be a hungry ghost….so maybe I should clarify … Continue reading
I’m almost down to the last of the bag of coffee beans I usually buy. I have a new bag…a fresh bag…waiting in the cupboard for me so it’s not even some weird minor “emergency” that I’ve almost finished with … Continue reading
This kind of stuff used to look appealing. I used to think that communal living would be pretty great. I was born in 1960…so even if I was just a kid, somehow I identified with all the hippies and that … Continue reading
There was a great old skit on SNL that featured Chris Farley as a motivational speaker. In the skit, he mentions “living in a VAN…down by the RIVER”. And here’s this guy…this angry guy…living in a van somewhere. Holy Smokes! … Continue reading