When I started making a mess of this cyber-space, my goal was to write something three to four times a week. Not because I felt anyone out there would care about reading it but just as a small bit of discipline in my otherwise flabby disposition. The last couple of mornings the mental taffy stretched [...]
Archive for September, 2009
Something For Nothing
September 30, 2009
On The Line
September 29, 2009
From The Famous Connie of Tonganoxie:
5:38 a.m. Tuesday 9/29/09
“Hey! Thanks for a great day yesterday. Hung out all my bedding and, oh, did it smell good last night. People who use dryers don’t know what they’re missing.”
Every Monday is laundry day for Connie. When it rains, she can’t use her solar powered drying mechanism…also known as [...]
New Duds For A Dud
September 28, 2009
Over the last several years of pecking out this poppycock, I’ve e-whined on more than one occasion about my lack of sartorial splendor. A couple of things before proceeding with this digivel…that’s digital and drivel combined:
1. Yes, it has been “years” since I was reluctantly asked to write something for the station website. The Letter [...]
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September 24, 2009
*Happy National Punctuation Day! Yes, it is legit. This is the day when certain people learn that all those little marks and dashes and dots are for more than just adding panache to emails, instant messages and tweets. I guess they call stuff like :) emoticons. They are a way of expressing emotion or emphasizing [...]
Check, Please!
September 23, 2009
My wonderful wife, Jessica, has put me into rehab. Before you start thinking I’m the morning news version of Amy Winehouse, I’m talking about Dining-Out-Rehab. Speaking of Amy Winehouse, over the summer, as we were driving through stormy weather in the middle of the night on the way home from Wisconsin, we had the radio [...]
