Category Archives: nothing special

This is the best thing I’ve seen in a long time.

A friend of mine linked to a Facebook page called “Fake Outrage,” and an entry where they showed a “self-stirring cup.” She found it funny.  I do, as well. The tag line for the short clip was “We all have … Continue reading →

This will probably be a boring post. It seems that too many of my posts in the past eighteen months are of the “random bits” variety, but I am having serious trouble adapting to the Trump presidency. I will not … Continue reading →

I have started using the WordPress app, which displays comments in a different way, so I have missed many of your comments and failed to respond. I am sorry, and am going back through several months of posts now.

It’s summer. Summer is hard… hard as winter is for some of my friends. The long, long days bear down and the blocks of sunshine crush me. Work and school have carried  me through thus far, but work is ending … Continue reading →

I’ve not been here much, lately. That’s because work and school are keeping me busy. Also, working for an elections office where we are strongly encouraged to keep our politics to ourselves becomes easier when I am not sitting mentally … Continue reading →

Black and white is a good color for a catskin rug, right? I’m asking for an, uh, friend, whose bed got bombed last night.

I just came back from Avengers: Infinity War. I am not happy. Not. Happy. At. ALL.

Eh.

At some point in my life, I became a Marvel superhero geek. Not the comics, but the movies. In the last year I have had extensive discussions (with people other than my children) about the Black Panther, and Dr. Strange, … Continue reading →

Dear AKC: I read your statement “dispelling the myths of ear cropping and tail-docking.” You claim that the procedures are not aesthetic, but are instead functional, allowing dogs to perform their “traditional” functions. Ok, fine. When you show me a … Continue reading →

One unexpected advantage of going to trivia is that I am exposed to new music. Most of it is rap or hip-hip, and I can take it or leave it alone, but last night I was introduced to the Dead South. … Continue reading →

Over the years, I have requested various pieces of cooking equipment that I have been told I need to have. (Watching massive loads of Food Network and the Cooking Channel, with an emphasis on shows with my all-time media crush … Continue reading →

I had a VERY bad night at trivia. I got the lowest score of any team for most of the rounds, and as for the sex round, aside from a couple of questions I found troubling and which I am … Continue reading →

I am not going to talk about the government shutdown, other than to note that it caused me to have a panic attack on Saturday. Normally, i.e. under a rational president and reasonable Congress, I would expect it to be … Continue reading →