drain

I washed my “leavings” down the drain this morning and thought about something for the first time. Actually, I think about things all the time….so I misspoke if I say that it was the first time that I thought about … Continue reading

play. PLAY!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUf72dLf22c “Play with me, Daddy.” The other day, after work when I was feeling worn out, Nate came to me and took my hand and said “play”. So we went outside…and we played. I chased him. He chased me. Then…to … Continue reading

smooth

I don’t know if it’s “cool” to like this as much as I do. Maybe if I pretend that I like it from an “ironic” viewpoint…maybe if I pretend that I come at it from a cynical angle…tongue in cheek, … Continue reading

now sitting’s going to kill me 2…..NO. …NO!…Idaho!

I almost sat in this chair this morning and wrote another post about how sitting shortens your lifestyle  lifespan. (Hah….a short PS…I was just rereading that last line and realized that I’d written “lifestyle” instead of “lifespan”. Hah! Maybe that … Continue reading

finger on the trigger

My postmaster told us yesterday that they were giving a 20% pay increase to attract postal drivers to move to North Dakota. In the “Fracking Fields”, that would put us among the lowest paid people in the area. I don’t … Continue reading

soundtrack

OK…this is going to be my first really interactive blog. I’ve had media that I’ve inserted and sent out…but I never tried to “direct” before. I never told anyone what to do or got even a little bit bossy. I … Continue reading

the very most maudlin song ever written

Good grief…I ate this stuff up when I was a younger, more sensitive boy. I couldn’t get enough of this kind of stuff. And they played it on the radio. I think I might have liked “Seasons in the Sun”, … Continue reading

skating rink songs

I was almost 13 when we moved from New Jersey to Georgia. One of the things that we’d do occasionally after the move was go to this old roller skating rink that I think was called the “Dixie”. It seemed … Continue reading

in the bin

picture by Pari Dukovic from Wired magazine 2/17/14 Still—like Fishbone said in a song I just heard on a streaming radio station—problems arise. Sometimes it’s a little too easy to get to a song: think, type, retrieve. What about calling … Continue reading

Taebo

“WAIT!!! WAIT!!!! I THINK THERE’S ONE I NEEEEEEEEEED!!!” We were at the flea market, and the young boy making the request for his mother to just slow down a little, take it easy, while he looked through all the display … Continue reading