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"I could perhaps like others have astonished you with strange improbable tales; but I rather chose to relate plain matter of fact in the simplest manner and style; because my principle design was to inform you, and not to amuse you."
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Just sayin'. in A small but passable life.
I did write an entry every day for nearly a week. I found that it really emphasized how utterly boring . . . no wait, not boring. I’m never bored. Let’s say uneventful and unworthy of being chron...
Cursor fail, still. in A small but passable life.
I finished the novel “The Silent Corner” by Dean Koontz. Apparently this is going to be an ongoing character and story. He’s good at those. Okay, so Photobucket craps out on the freebies and OD i...
Maybe some day? in A small but passable life.
Today was a good day. Coffee, reading the novel, NPR, and a nice nap. I fried some center cut pork chops for dinner. I had to browse my “Media” book to find something to watch last night. So now ...
Solo errands. in A small but passable life.
I had such a peaceful and relaxing morning with my coffee and novel that after I finished my third and final cup of coffee I decided to go run errands, solo. I went and filled the car up. I went ...
A First World wonder! in A small but passable life.
I was up a little after 8am this morning as usual. Mom was already gone, out to breakfast with a friend. As soon as I’d poured my first cup of coffee the phone rang. It was the Lowe’s delivery gu...
Maybe tomorrow? in A small but passable life.
No new frig today. We waited. A phone call in the late afternoon informing that it will be delivered between 11am and 2pm tomorrow. We’ll see. So, today was as all days have been, should be. I’ve...
Reading on. in A small but passable life.
I couldn’t wait until this morning to finish the last third of the novel. I shut down all electronics and read it to the end last night. “Camino Island” by John Grisham. It is so popular it has a...
PB not dead! in A small but passable life.
Twenty-four hours since I last logged on to PB. No bookmarks have updated. I don’t believe that has ever happened before. Today was a good day. Up at 8am. Coffee and another third of the novel re...
Book restocking. in A small but passable life.
Today was a go to the library day. Which meant up and out of bed at 8am, put on a pot of coffee, pour a cup for Mom, pour a cup for myself, go back out and change into street clothes, load up poc...
Another book. in A small but passable life.
I went back ten years in my journal to poke around a bit. $2.58 a gallon for gas and a fill up was $70. If I had $70 now I don’t know what I could possibly buy with it. It was strange reading abo...
Blast from the past! in A small but passable life.
Mom spent the morning on the internet and the telephone looking for her new frig. No luck. She went to play with her friends from 1pm to 3pm and laid down for a short nap after that. Later on she...
"Polite, but stupid." in A small but passable life.
I quoted the saying wrong in yesterday’s entry. The proper quote from the NPR story is- “Be polite, but stupid.” And I haven’t been able to find the story to confirm it but I’ll keep looking. I k...
Interrupted morning coffee. in A small but passable life.
I thought I’d have a day of calm. A day of sitting in my chair reading Huxley. Listening to NPR. No such luck. Mom wanted to go. Somewhere. Went to Bed, Bath & Beyond. Spent $41. We to Lowe’...
Nothing much. in A small but passable life.
Email from the library telling me two novels on my list had arrived. I went and checked them out. I’m halfway through a non-fiction heavy on economics. I thought I deserved a break. I read the fi...
One failed delivery. in A small but passable life.
I will bear with the madness of the jumping erratic cursor and scribble a short entry. The new frig was almost delivered on the 27th of July. Home Depot uses a third party delivery company who w...
Monsoon. in A small but passable life.
I’ve finished reading the nearly 900 page novel “4321” by Paul Auster. It had taken me nearly a month. I’d taken a two-day break in the middle of it to read Noam Chomsky’s “Requiem for the Americ...
Out and about at 108 degrees. in A small but passable life.
I told Mom when I came in that I was heading out at 9am this morning. She said the Price Is Right comes on at nine. I said you can stay home and watch it. Not quite an hour later when I went back...
Is this news? in A small but passable life.
http://www.rawstory.com/2017/07/new-poll-reveals-the-first-word-that-comes-to-mind-when-americans-think-of-trump/
Restoring serenity. in A small but passable life.
At 3pm today the temperature was 116 breaking an all time high for the day set back in 1905. I believe that is the 5th or 6th daily record broken since I’ve arrived, stupidly, for the summer. Now...
Please! in A small but passable life.
Okay, here’s the deal. With Mom’s permission we killed her Verizon contract and bricked her Samsung Galaxy 4 smartphone over a year ago. She was pissed that the bill kept going up and it was even...
Try it again? in A small but passable life.
“He is undoubtedly an idiot, but do not underestimate how good he is at that.” -Naomi Klein The sad thing is that I don’t have to say who that quote references. It’s been nearly a month since I...
Onlineus Interruptus. in A small but passable life.
They are called Arizona rooms. When Mom and Dad first bought this lot in the RV park there was nothing but a concrete slab here on the lot. They parked their motorhome next to the slab. Dad neede...
Adding green. in A small but passable life.
The republicans made fun of Obama bowing down to the aristocracy/dictator/assholes of Saudi Arabia forgetting how baby Bush knelt and kissed the hand of said asshole. And so of course, Trump did ...
Been busy. in A small but passable life.
Trump is just something nasty that America has vomited up. Just saying. The list of projects I had planned on doing here while I was away for 360 days is slowly being whittled down. Yesterday Mo...
Two firsts! in A small but passable life.
Last week, I think it was Friday, the temperature was a record breaking 108 degrees. The last few days were unusually cool, including a sixty-something degree day. We’ll be back to nearly normal ...
