I’ve been following my most favorite blogger/writer for a couple of years now. She’s such a hoot with her writing. You may have read some of her posts that I’ve shared with you during these past couple of years. I’ve learned that Susan Hipkins DeBow has been in the hospital for the last couple of days. It sounds heart related (“afib”). If my FB friends could keep her in mind, it would be greatly … [Read more...]
Airplane pilots joke
November 3, 2018 By
From two years ago.... Eddie Glaude Jr., chairman of Princeton’s African-American Studies Department, said the following on MSNBC: "I was in the airport coming from LSU—I gave a talk down in Baton Rouge, and . . . some guy stops. He’s talking to me about politics. And he says, you know, if there’s a crook who is going to go into the cockpit, who knows how to fly the plane, and then there’s an … [Read more...]
Not able to sleep
November 2, 2018 By
Insomnia, insomnia, go away, come back, another day. [woke up, probably around 3:30 - 4am, probably will get tired/sleepy again right before the time when I need to start getting ready for work] 🧟♂️🧟♀️🧟♂️⚰️ … [Read more...]
Video of Little Girl painting her pumpkin – need video here
October 28, 2018 By
Further 3-4 min video of the little girl painting her pumpkin. … [Read more...]
Random thought prior to the Little Girl’s visit
October 28, 2018 By
Friday night: nothing. Saturday morning, Saturday afternoon, Saturday night: nothing, sitting round the house. Sunday morning: tidying & cleaning the place because “company” is coming over, “highly” motivated, super-excited. Sunday Afternoon: three and a quarter very special hours with Lailah. Priceless! Sunday evening: still riding the wave from this afternoon. ==== And, poof, and just … [Read more...]
Laugh of the day – Lailah’s and the pumpkin
October 28, 2018 By
True story. Laugh of the day. To set this up, you have to be made aware that my short driveway is on a very slight incline. I go pick up Lailah from her parents house earlier this afternoon, we then went to the local grocery store, and bought two medium to large size pumpkins, and also some of the pumpkin decorating tools, and gizmos, a Halloween cookie baking mix, etc. I pull into the … [Read more...]
Movie – “The Post”
October 28, 2018 By
I don’t go to the movie theater as often as I used to. When I was in my twenties, I would go probably twice a month. In my thirties and forties, it became once a month. Now, in my fifties, I only go once in a blue moon (3-4 times a year). This could be due to a vast number of reasons, so we won’t go there, since that in, of itself, would detract from this post. However, exactly because I don’t … [Read more...]
Getting up early for work
October 25, 2018 By
It is “dark zero thirty” here on the bus, at 6:45 am. Senior management has scheduled a day long Demo session (by the vendor), starting at 8am, of the new application(s) we’ll be using in the near future. I do not like getting up at 6am, that is a perfectly good waste of precious REM sleep for me. We’ll see if I will fall asleep by mid afternoon, in the video conference room, with my fellow … [Read more...]
Bedroom lamps
October 24, 2018 By
Ok, in order to tell you tonight’s story, I have to fess up to something. Yesterday was the second “day one” of the 21 day new habit challenge (for me to kick the FB habit). I made it thru all (ok, most) of yesterday without getting onto FB. I believe I used it on the bus in the morning, but I did not get on the blasted thing last night, not one iota. Thereby freeing up dozens, if not hundreds, … [Read more...]
Facebook challenge – 21 days for a new habit to “take”
October 22, 2018 By
A former Unisys colleague of mine, posted something either last night or this morning, about it taking 21 days for a new habit to take hold. Sometime on the way home on the bus, I think, I was thinking to myself, self, let’s give this 21 day habit thing a try. “Let’s stay off FB for the next 21 days”, I said. I’m not going to tell you how many minutes I’ve spent scrolling tonight since I’ve … [Read more...]
President Trump’s so-called accomplishments/goals
October 21, 2018 By
President Trump’s “goals” and/or “accomplishments”: Withdraw from the climate change treaty/pact - done. Withdraw from NATO - deferred for now. Scrap NAFTA - done. Withdraw from TPP agreement (Trans-Pacific Partnership) - done. Repeal ACA (“Obamacare”) - done. Withdraw from JCPOA (“Iran nuclear deal”) - done. Withdraw from one of the nuclear missile limitation treaty’s with Russia - … [Read more...]
Laugh of the day – Spookytown
October 20, 2018 By
Brian to his best friend: "Hey, I collect a lot of Lemax SpookyTown stuff, but it could be worse. I could be addicted to heroin instead.” Best friend: "At least you could get help with the heroin.” ==== [I stole this, this is not my joke.] … [Read more...]
stuff to do, and motivation
October 20, 2018 By
Lots of stuff to do today (just the normal stuff people do on the weekends). Lots of energy and motivation when I first got up. Two hours later: Kitchen cleaned - check Laundry done (17 loads - lol) - check Bathrooms cleaned - check Rooms vacuumed... Uh... I now hear a (tiny, whiny) voice, coming from the ether: “Isn’t it time for a nap?” [Don’t do it, Brian - “it’s a trap!”] MLIA (My life … [Read more...]
Fargo – Season 1
October 19, 2018 By
Ok, I’ll make a confession: I’ve never seen “Fargo” the movie. Sure, I’ve seen a few scenes from it, a trailer or two, but never got around to watching it. I’ve seen a few movies by the Coen Brothers (Barton Fink, “Burn after reading”, “Oh brother, where art thou”) which have always left me scratching my head. On the other hand, while looking up their film making history just now, I’m quite … [Read more...]
Bus, make-up, etc.
October 17, 2018 By
Person next to me on the bus is putting on their makeup. [I have to admit, this is probably only the second time in about a year, so it’s not that bad.] But, I mean, if I’m able to put on my eyeliner, eye shadow and lipstick at home in the morning, they should be able to complete their makeup routine too, BEFORE getting on the stupid bus! Lol. No one was hurt during this PSA (but I did … [Read more...]
Model railroading kit building and ‘stash’ backlog
October 13, 2018 By
Post number two this morning due to insomnia/tinnitus. ==== Here’s a crafter’s dilemma, as a crafter gets older, toward retirement age. I’m going to make this a bit easier to understand by reducing the actual quantities. Let’s say, you have enough crafting “projects” (yarn, quilting material/projects, wood in workshop, or whatever) to last you for the next three to four years (or longer), at … [Read more...]
Hobbies, Model Railroading – what happens to your stuff when its time to go?
October 13, 2018 By
Post number two this morning due to insomnia/tinnitus. ==== Here’s a crafter’s dilemma, as a crafter gets older, toward retirement age. I’m going to make this a bit easier to understand by reducing the actual quantities. Let’s say, you have enough crafting “projects” (yarn, quilting material/projects, wood in workshop, or whatever) to last you for the next three to four years (or longer), at … [Read more...]
Random thoughts, waking early, 5am
October 13, 2018 By
Not entirely sure if I went to bed “early” last night. I know it was a little earlier than my usual midnight, one AM turning off the light. For some reason earlier in the evening, I had a hankering to watch IronMan (the first one). So, I search the various content providers and found it, started to watch it. Since I’ve seen it a dozen times, around the scene when Obadiah Stane is over at Tony’s … [Read more...]
bus ride home, new clothes
October 9, 2018 By
Six thirty, on the bus home, passing over the MN River (just South of MOA, just before the Eagan Outlet Mall), it’s darker than all heck out there, and it’s raining. Another 15 mins until the bus station. All is good. Except. I’d bought myself a few new dress shirts a couple weeks ago, wore one of them today. Definitely the wrong size. Glad I didn’t open the others, I can at least take those … [Read more...]
Facebook anniversary
October 8, 2018 By
Good lord! In a few weeks, I’ll have been on FaceBook for ten years. ENOUGH ALREADY! What the heck did we do before this stupid thing came into our lives? … [Read more...]
