Along with brother on the brain, I’ve had a severe case of The Sound of Music songs stuck in my head. Pretty sure those two aren’t related. Since I’ll be gone for a few days, I thought I’d try to inflict the same problem on you as a parting gift. Here goes: So long, farewell,…
Category: Misc.
What’s in Your Bag?
There are people on Flickr who post pictures of what’s in their bag. It’s kind of fun to have permission to peek at what someone else carries around all day, so sometimes I indulge in minimal online snooping. Here’s what JJ (a.k.a. random stranger) posted in her photostream: As I wander through these pictures, I wonder…
Real Life
I took the long way home from downtown Suffolk yesterday, and it was worth every extra minute. Before getting to the highway, I filled my daily quota of trees, open fields, and everything small-town. Right before the final return-to-civilization moment, I did run into one little snag in the bliss–a cemetery. I actually like cemeteries,…
To Do
I recently painted an unused door with chalkboard paint and have been using it primarily as a list spot. I’m starting to regret that particular use of the space. Here are a few of the things posted on it for my day off tomorrow: buy work pants that actually fit buy lawn mower and edger…
Fat Dog
In case the title left you in any doubt, this is one fat dog (not my photo… check out the actual photographer’s Flickr photostream): On my way to play kickball yesterday, I got trapped behind a teeny tiny dog. It had roughly the same body fat percentage as the fellow above. I’m certainly a fan…
Shaving Snafu
Yesterday morning was pretty typical. Woke up at 7:32, not in any hurry to get started with the business of the day, perfectly aware that I had to be out of the house no later than 8:09 to make it to my morning meeting. I did make it out of the house precisely at 8:09,…
Small, but valuable. 