Posted by honey & quinine 1 year ago.
“Some day, the man I used to be
Will come along and call on me
And then, because I’m just a man
You’ll find my feet are made of sand” — Rod McKuen
NOTE TO PAIRNTS (as #43 might say) with children: save this picture. Show it...
Posted by honey & quinine 1 year ago.
If you care about the environment in our city and you believe that before you ask Washington DCeit to behave responsibly in dealing with the world scene you should lift your finger (I won’t suggest which one.) locally, you should get to know Sustain...
Posted by honey & quinine 1 year ago.
Barry Tempest’s trivia du jour: “Dreamt” is the only English language word that ends in “mt.” (Thank you Mr. T.)
About 10:30 after staying off the internet because the electrical fan repair guy was going to call, I discovered...
Posted by honey & quinine 1 year ago.
Politicos in the KNOW will pickup the September 10 Newsweek and turn to page 19. There you will find in the UPPER LEFT (no pun intended) corner an editorial cartoon I first saw a few days ago in the State Journal-Register. It was drawn by the SJ-R̵...
Posted by honey & quinine 1 year ago.
CHEESES and SOY CURD, I MADE IT!
Thank you truly to you who did for you know what!
Today will not be the traumatic rant I thought it would be at this time yesterday. Y Because upstairs renter arrived home later than expected last night, and our earlier p...
Posted by honey & quinine 1 year ago.
“36 more pats per pound
and 12 less calories . . . . per pat”
<><>— from a Kraft Parkay margerine TV commercial. The company whipped the product, adding air to it; hence greater volume per pound and FEWER calories per pat...
Posted by honey & quinine 1 year ago.
First, a fact du jour, courtesy of Barry Tempest: “‘Stewardess’ is the longest word knowledgeable typists can type with only their left hands.” If thinking is not a reprehensible betrayal of the American way to you (as it is to man...
Posted by honey & quinine 1 year ago.
If you know The Beatless albums well, the phrase is familiar. If you don’t know The Beatles albums well, you should. As Mason Williams once wrote about how to enjoy crackers, “You will derive maxiumum enjoyment from them.” You should als...
Posted by honey & quinine 1 year ago.
If you know The Beatless albums well, the phrase is familiar. If you don’t know The Beatles albums well, you should. As Mason Williams once wrote about how to enjoy crackers, “You will derive maxiumum enjoyment from them.” You should als...
Posted by honey & quinine 1 year ago.
11:15 am
The e-mail problem is solved. and the notes are coming through, thanks to Dan at Spingnet 1. I still feel like I’m walking around the crash scene with a bruised shoulder, trying to shake off the disorientation, but I MUST get back to work o...
Posted by honey & quinine 1 year ago.
12:17 am FRIDAY.
After monitoring the third attempt to receive the e-mails I first tried to receive Thursday at 9:05, I”m calling it quits with the computer. I now have 90 e-mails in que, but the computer won’t ramain connected longer than 5: ...
Posted by honey & quinine 1 year ago.
7:25 pm
The second attempt at downloading the e-mails begun at a little after 2p concluded about 7:04 when the internet connection disengaged. I called SpringNet 1 tech support 30 seconds later and was told on their voice mail that tech support closes at ...
Posted by honey & quinine 1 year ago.
When I resolved to finish this month with at least 31 entries, I had no idea I’d write about e-mail.
I am writing about e-mail.
No “buts” about it!
When I posted the warlier entry today it was 10:40, and four of 30 e’s had come in....
Posted by honey & quinine 1 year ago.
If I were a betting man, I would bet my renter upsstarir is gointg to give me her 30 day notice to vacate Saturday.
Posted by honey & quinine 1 year ago.
I’ve Got Nothing to Say
– a poem song
I’ve got nothing to say.
People don’t listen anyway.
Let the loud and lame
Play their slam-jam game,
But I’ve got nothing to say.
Princes, queens and buffoons,
Preen in cozy cocoons.
Ve...
Posted by honey & quinine 1 year ago.
No, I”m not talking about my writing career, though with that title, I could be. I’m talking about the growing irrelevance of the US presence in Iraq.
Some readers know the experience of being a non-entity, an irrelevance, at a party. You get ...
Posted by honey & quinine 1 year ago.
My friend received a parking ticket today. He says he is so up to here with Springfield politics he could scream! Who does he think he is, #43
I would weep for a poor schlemeil who considers being subpoenaed to tell the truth to Congress “jizz poli...
Posted by honey & quinine 1 year ago.
What did I do this afternoon that I’ve not done since early June NAAAW. Haven’t done that in years, too many dang years.
I ate lunch. Though most folks would figure the noon meal as number two du jour, my regimen of Ramen noodles with a squi...
Posted by honey & quinine 1 year ago.
Pictured above Ken Sibley (flannel) talks with a new friend at the Springfield Art Association reception for Our Town: A visiual Journey. The exhibit continues through October 27. To view more pictures from the happy confluence, visit www.civag.com/vv.ht...
Posted by honey & quinine 1 year ago.
First. . . . . .
Recently I sent a note to Karl Scroggin. I told him about my pet sheep. I call her Elizabeth because she’s so Wooly (RIM shot!) Whenever I work in the back yard, I have WUIS on. And since I began doing this, Elizabeth has learned ho...
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