Archive for January, 2008
Thursday, January 31st, 2008
Tales from the Domestic Jungle
If there’s one thing I’ve learned in the three years Andy and Mike have shared my home it’s that when they say they see something, they see something.
Last night when I was trying to get Mike rounded up to take his daily medicinal goop, I found the Little Men sitting at one end of the [...]
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Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
And So, Her Fame Grows
The controversy over the landscape lighting bulbs has continued unabated this week as I corresponded with a gentleman at a place in Michigan that sells the individual bulbs. His price is lower than our lighting company ($18 per bulb as opposed to $25) and the shipping on three is only $9. (Shipping for our place [...]
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Tuesday, January 29th, 2008
Sand That Sifts Through the Hand of Man
Too many days now when I look at the regional paper that covers the area around the Little Town it brings news of a passing. Today it was a 75-year-old man I remember for his sense of humor and ability to do the most gorgeous rock work. C.S. is to be buried today, I assume [...]
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Monday, January 28th, 2008
Energy Flow, Er Trickle . . . Well, Okay, Drip
Ah, would that getting a decent energy flow were as simple as turning the handle on pretty Danze faucets. This was morning six of the new schedule and I had to pry my lazy butt out of bed. Once I manage to get on the bike, I’m fine. I warm up and wake up. It’s [...]
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Sunday, January 27th, 2008
This Week’s Poll
Obviously the goal of last week’s poll was alarm system monitoring — alarm clocks rather. In an effort to bolster my own new efforts at really early rising, I was curious to see what other folk in these parts were doing. Here’s how it stacked up:
- 25 percent get up between 5:30 and 6
- 22 [...]
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Friday, January 25th, 2008
Skinny and . . . Not So Skinny
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Friday, January 25th, 2008
A Tacky Old Robe and Smelly Hair Oil
Okay, I don’t get up like a TV lift cabinet. You know, at the press of a button the set magically and smoothly rises up out of the piece of furniture? With me there’s creaks and groans, jerky stretches, muttered profanity, and the potential for sinking back into the bed when the motivation mechanism fails.
This [...]
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Thursday, January 24th, 2008
They’re a Tribe
This is the second day of my experiment at arising at 4:30 in the morning. Yesterday was a good starting point because I had to be at the car dealership at 7:15 to get the car inspected. There are a couple of reasons that I go to all the trouble of making an appointment [...]
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Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008
House Call for the Humans
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Dr. Susan wanted to make sure I took this photo from this angle to show off Dorey’s . . . thick fur.
Her visit this afternoon did a world of good for R.’s mood and she kindly clipped Dorey’s nails for me since he snapped at me and hissed earlier in the [...]
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Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008
Approach with Caution
If anyone had to actually handle my mood as a tangible, physical substance right now they’d need disposable gloves. I am sleep-deprived, annoyed at my housemate, and hacked off at myself.
First, my housemate had one of her “fits” at bedtime last night. Like any two people living together we each do things that grates on [...]
