Dem franchise pants, some editing, trip plans completed, and a varied walk full of podcasts…

This just tickles my funny bone to no end for some unexplainable reason—perhaps because I used to work at Burger King. Today at work, we had a 15-minute “organizational announcement” teleconference meeting from 2:00-2:15 that repeated, virtually word for word, an e-mail that was sent out last week announcing the changes. In the immortal words … Read more

Postcards from the edge, a decomposing carcass, draining issues, and being mostly social…

Two of my favorites from this week’s PostSecret blog: The opening blurb in a Hal Crowther story in the July 4 issue of The Independent: The Bush administration is a cadaver decomposing on America’s doorstep—yet no one will take responsibility for it, no one will give it a decent burial, no one even has the … Read more

Incoherency, a little card and grocery shopping, some coffee shop blogging, and dancing…

Triple Seven From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Triple Seven (or Triple 7, Three Sevens, Three 7s, T7, 777 or 7-7-7) is a common winning line in simple slot machines, as common as 3 gold bars, 3 gold bells or 3 red cherries. Being dealt three 7 cards in Blackjack is almost a sure win, as … Read more

A productive day, some affirmations, compelling radio, some exercise, and being played…

A good one from indexed: I was up early today, and I had an über productive day. I completed several action items for the Center for Excellence in Curricular Engagement, including: Composing and mailing a thank you letter form our office to a program assistant in another office who helped us out in a recent event, Creating a … Read more

One Sentence favorites, new nonsense at work, and converting a voice mail message to a sound file…

Today I noticed that the tags can sometimes act as “meta-information” in these postings. This is particularly true of the first one here. Four of my recent favorites from One Sentence: Dearly Defeated On the other side of that door, just moments ago, I heard my life getting that much more screwed up. tags: sex … Read more

Nation’s birthday, interesting sculpture, lunch w/Joe, a missed connection, and a gay for Patsy…

Interesting sculpture: The victory, Donatas Joukauskas, Lithuania I woke up at 8:30 today and thought, “Go back to sleep. Enjoy the holiday.”  An hour later, after doing nothing but tossing and turning, I got up. I met Joe for lunch at Bear Rock Cafe at Crossroads. I had their: Mojave BBQ Flatbread      $7.49 Grilled chicken breast, … Read more