Weekend on-call shifts are always a slight drag. There have been very few that I’d call “busy” or “catastrophic” but it’s just enough responsibility to keep a man a bit down. Mostly it’s these two thoughts: (1) that at any moment I might get a call where I can’t provide immediate relief and (2) that […]
Why is it that I always get my best writing ideas when it’s least convenient? Not looking forward to the next few consecutive nights of on-call action. (ugh) Need to figure out a way to sneak in some writing. Take the dream from the other night and get that flipped some way into a short. […]
30 days later…: (Note the brownish-yellow hues…) Broke out the “hand crafted” Ketel One Vanilla for the family at the annual Waterville Valley meet-up. It went over well. As in it was smoother tasting than expected with a crisp and lively vanilla flavor — w/o being too over the top sweet. Next sampling will probably […]
All this recent comic reading lately caused me to suffer a suddent brainstorm. What if I took one of my novels from the St. Mary’s period and re-tooled it as a web comic? Too bad I’m not much of an artist. It’s a thought though, I guess. Both of the novels I wrote during my […]
For some reason the past two weekends have put the “grown-up” pinch on. Last weekend was meeting with the contractor to all-but-finalize on payment for the bathroom remodelling project (then painting that bad mama-jama) and then yesterday was 2 hours shovelling snow out of the driveway. Sometimes I feel too young for this stuff and […]
OMG! A was totally just telling me about this ice/snow sculpture yesterday: Weird synchronicity… (Via Boing Boing, sort of. Via Dopaminergic, more accurately.) Currently Playing: Death Cab For Cutie “We Laugh Indoors”
WARNING! Stream of consciousness post to follow below: Snow days aren’t just for grade school kids anymore. Or maybe they never were in Vermont. They’re definitely better prepared to deal with inclement weather around here but Ma Nature scoffs at even the most robust efforts. Even a plow through my neighborhood every hour was no […]
My youngest brother called me tonight for a recommendation about whether to save up his cash for an iPod, …mini, or …shuffle. Pursuing consumer reports and reliable anecdotal evidence is such a refreshing trait in such a young lad. Not that 15 is really all that young. Lord knows though that I didn’t do that […]
Winding down here. Week was a series of implode/explode moments. Ended on a good note that allowed me to transition into the weekend heaving a big sigh. In to the final chapter of the bathroom renovation project. Cut the check today after the contractor dropped by to go through the leak with me. A few […]
Amazing what one can get done in a day… Kitchen sink’s P-trap turned out not to be a big deal to fix. And by “turned out” (long story short) I mean those things apparently go on a certain way. As in “the other way, stupid.” Sigh of relief, followed by a sigh of embarrassment. So […]