Archive for October, 2006
Tuesday, October 17th, 2006
The New York Times online is usually the first news source I check for the day. Mostly because they don't hyperventilate their headlines.
Today I read the headline as, "Walmart Said to be Acquiring China."
Posted in Current Events | 1 Comment »
Monday, October 16th, 2006
It's a rainy gray day here in the hinterlands. There are only two possible solutions to make this day better. Bob Marley or Jack Johnson. I play Jack Johnson because I can't find my copy of Legends.
He's not bad at all. I like his guitar playing and voice. He's laid ...
Posted in Futile | 1 Comment »
Friday, October 13th, 2006
There is a time and place for seeing a stranger's bare ass. You need to be in a certain mindset, like spring break.
So, when I sat in my car at the gas station parking lot, packing my cigarettes before I went to work let's just say I was lessed than ...
Posted in Minnesota | 5 Comments »
Thursday, October 12th, 2006
I'm listening to Steely Dan's Black Cow and Rhen is like, almost asleep. I'm slinging him. I can't believe he's sleepy. First, because it is early in the morning. Secondly, it's Steely Dan. He truly is my child.
Then Coonhound walks over by the table where I surf the internet and ...
Posted in Futile, Pets | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, October 10th, 2006
Rachel sent some of her delicious cake along with us and one more great story before we left Kansas City. As she covered the cake with aluminum foil she presented us with a plain fork and said, "I'm including this shitball fork. Let me explain."
Her dad, Dennis, is forever buying ...
Posted in Futile, Travel | 5 Comments »
Monday, October 9th, 2006
I put in a full day preparing the house for winter. This included vacuuming out the cold air intakes, changing the furnace's air filter and putting on our storm windows. The windows take the longest. After about four hours I told C_ that I loved her as I went out ...
Posted in Family, Travel | 4 Comments »
Wednesday, October 4th, 2006
"We're in the pipe, five by five."
I always wondered what Verros meant by that when she eased the dropship down into the murky atmosphere of the movie Aliens. It didn't matter I guess, because it sounded cool, just like her aviator sunglasses. I still find myself today quietly saying it ...
Posted in Futile | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, October 3rd, 2006
Lately, I wake up in the morning, read my online news sites and carefully reach for my bottle of valium. Who needs coffee anymore?
I don't need to go over the headlines. We're all aware of what's been in the news lately. I think what are these seemingly normal people thinking? ...
Posted in Current Events, Futile, Parenting | 1 Comment »