Cathy is back to school this week, so we’re both spending evenings in our cozy home office which, thanks to some sweat and cursing this spring, no longer reeks of cat urine. Hurray! Pandora brought up Etta James’ At Last, which led us into a discussion of dancing and measures (she claimed two step,...
Read more →So, the markets are a complete disaster area today — even gold is down, and marginal safe haven commodity silver (SLV) has bombed atrociously just after climbing out of the crater of a crash from two months back. But I had to laugh when I looked at CNN and found them reusing an image...
Read more →Not such a good night’s sleep, alas, but the morning has promise. Was ingesting my usual dose of morning news when I came across this article: Washington (CNN) — It’s mid-June, a perfect time to visit the beach to watch porpoises play in the surf or seagulls strut the sand — or you could...
Read more →Having been convicted of treason, I found myself locked into a detention facility in the downtown area of a bustling modern city. For days I watched the city through the window of my cell. Then, one day, I heard screaming and pounding feet — first in the streets below, and then in the halls...
Read more →I was sitting in the office this morning, minding my own business, when I accidentally eavesdropped on Cathy’s conversation with her daughter LaRae. Specifically, my keen ears picked up Cathy referring to my ongoing landscaping project as “all that crap down the hillside.” I discretely shouted “be silent, you crazy woman!” and was ignored...
Read more →Last night, I dreamed that I was at a ski resort when it was taken over by ski terrorists. I caught an errant bullet in the head — it went in through my temple, a few inches above my left eye, and came out low on the back of my skull. I was aware...
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