Let me just say that if that groundhog saw his shadow I am going to throttle then drop kick him. It was supposed to be warm here in the Big Breezy but again it is cold. Like 40 something degree cold, which is simply unacceptable for us down here in the Gulf South. We live here because our bodies cannot and will never adjust to cold. We don’t like snow, which we refer to as…
I called the building inspector to ask him if he had gotten my final permit ready. He said it was nuts there yesterday but he will do it this morning and then fax it to me. I told him I didn’t have a fax and could he put it in the mail. He said I can do better, I’ll drop it by your house because I have to get my wife’s windshield wipers changed right…
I ruefully dreamed last night of Sam smiling and running around me – I was walking out a front door and he was following close beside me. He was my buddy for 14 years, my first Corgi, a Pembroke while Arlene is a Cardigan. He had the best smile and he was cracker jack smart with the best understanding of the English language I have ever witnessed in a non-human – able to make distinctions…
It’s a mitzvah to do something for someone and expect nothing in return. It’s an act of human kindness. So today I performed two mitzahs as my karma has been somewhat tainted and needs a little touching up. I also went over to the LaLa and put the shelves in the pantry and ran the heater in both buildings to test the warmth. I like my nest. I’m looking forward to feathering it very soon.
You know how it is when you find out something about the organization you are involved with – like there are no cojones to be found – as another friend is wont to say “the krewe of broke dick” rules the roost – and god forbid if you are someone who speaks the truth because if it happens to be a discouraging word you will be instantly branded an infidel cause god bless the child…
The J-man put on his super fast tennis shoes and was off to school in the blink of an eye, meanwhile, Abby was on my knee looking pleased with the world. When M got back, L said that they were eyeing a nunnery for Abby when she grows up and I said, nah, I want Abby to be a freak. While I bounced Abby up and down on my knee, L and M squabbled over…
I was born in the year of the pig, it is more euphemistically known as the boar, which to me sounds almost as bad, but people born in the year of the pig are considered lucky. Not only that but there is some element thing going on this year – supposedly my element is earth but apparently a lot of elements are in play and so this is the Golden Year of The Pig –…
I missed the Gourds, but couldn’t have made the late show. L, man of mystery, said they didn’t start till 10:40 and they had really gotten going after midnight. Now I was at Terranova’s picking up milk and saw a sign that Lynn Drury was playing at Liuzza By the Track last Thursday – damn it. I hate missing these bands. But right now I am so overextended I can’t even do all the things…
Don’t try to solve serious matters in the middle of the night. – Philip K. Dick Last night I woke up at 2 in the morning with house terrors – because Pieri has to redo the slab, the plumber can’t finish the sinks and so he didn’t finish putting in the gas range, which is now sitting out from the cabinet, but the slab people need it in for them to measure the back piece,…
I was reading Carolyn Hax and she was talking about getting all the areas of your life in order – career, home, love, etc. I don’t even know what etc is but I do know that it is hard to get everything on the same level and keep it there for a sustained period of time – something is always going to fall back and cause change, which causes stress, which causes life.