They’re everywhere http://www.flickr.com/photos/mmmazzoni/ / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 . . . on roofs, in gutters, on driveways, on lawns hiding dog poop. In the fall, a poop-finding expedition can be quite hazardous to your shoes, as well as your olfactory hardware. In a shoe-to-poop situation, having deciduous leaf wipes within reach can save your sole…. Continue reading
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Slouching Towards Absurdity
Okay, so I can’t pat my head and rub my stomach at the same time . . . That doesn’t mean I’m a ditz, just ambidextrously challenged. I may be a dreamer, but I’m a pragmatist, too, as I only dream in black and white. That would explain why my life is like a Fellini… Continue reading
The engine’s runnin’ but ain’t nobody driving
Image by Terry Freedman via Flickr Somethings are better left unsaid Texas man found asleep with corpse inside closet – Yahoo! News “There were two guys in the closet. They appeared to be sleeping, one was snoring and the other was deceased,” said Assistant Chief Deputy Mark Herman. “It appeared that they were doing some… Continue reading
Tag – I’m It!
The Tag: Guilty or Innocent? I’ve been tagged by Kasa, a wonderful soul, who blogs at Life sure is a snoozefest!!! Kasa’s blog is more like a living room where friends come to gather to listen to Kasa’s funny, wistful, and heartfelt stories about life. Every chair in the room is occupied, as her living… Continue reading
Food Prompt Du Jour: Shrimp – The Prince Scampi APB
You don’t have to be small to be a shrimp Everything went along swimmingly for Prince Scampi, heir to the Jumbo Shrimp Empire, until the day he was caught in a dragnet by the Fish Interpol of the Caribbean Sea. It all began with an APB on a criminal crustacean named Crab Legs Louie. A… Continue reading
The Bombastic Mr. Hoss: Escape from Glum Street
A Story About a Club Soda, a Light Bulb, and a Psychotic Bartender It was Mr. Hoss’ bad luck to stop by the Glum Street Bar on his way home from the light bulb store, after getting a tan at the Salon Du Jour. If only he didn’t have a hang over from the night… Continue reading
Debt is good if you can finally sell that bridge you bought
Are you a debitante? “Nothing says give me a break like a slap of a credit card in hand.” The sales lady said. “Yes,” the others echo while standing in line across the room, sinking into the soles of their bottomless shoes. They wait their turn to choose between heaven and hell, staring at the… Continue reading
If Only There Was a Lost and Found for Brains
Searching For My Brain I once had a brain but it went MIA above the yondering blue where the space ships cruise in weightlessness. That’s where my brain is—somewhere in space—the final frontier—floating in a vacuum of nothingness. In space, there is no air or reason to put on airs. Everyone looks the same hermetically… Continue reading
Dry Humor Minus the Perrier
How nomads got their name Who would have thought that a nomad wandering the desert would have such a wonderful dry sense of humor?Historians were just as surprised. According to an ancient scroll recently discovered in the Sinai Peninsula, as soon as the sun finished baking a nomad’s brain rendering him delusional, the funny bone,… Continue reading
Stay tuned for this thoughtful thought – Zen of FreeCell Revisited
For every action, there is a reaction Whenever I’m stressed and need to refocus, I start a game of FreeCell. The repetitive play and focus on strategizing the next card placement calms my brain and muffles the extraneous mind chatter. I continue to play game-after-game, replaying the same game if I lose, until I reach… Continue reading