Regular Life

It occurs to me that I often write about things I do, but rarely about passive entertainment. This time, I’ll cover two movies I recently watched.
Both are westerns set on the Texas-Mexico border, and both are set in the present. Unlike most westerns I have seen, these are packed with emotion. The [...]

I have heard it said that one should avoid relying on a single source for news.
You mean, like, even if that source is Jon Stewart? No. Way.
As a matter of fact, way.
In 2004 The Associated Press reported that, “21 percent of people aged 18 to 29 cited ‘The Daily Show’ and ‘Saturday Night Live’ [...]

Sidewalk paint goes Pollock.
This blog post serves to pose a question to you. An encounter on Wednesday prompted it.
While waiting for my paint to shake, I asked the woman behind the paint counter my standard question in that situation. “So, how long have you worked for (insert store name)?”
From that simple query and [...]

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It’s been that kind of month at work — lots of storm clouds with hope beginning to shine back through. Nothing in particular was going on; it just was busy and my schedule was unpredictable.
Conventionally translated to “storm and stress,” the German phrase “Sturm und Drang” more literally means, “storm and urge, [...]

(Note: This is the fourth in a series of posts about the first meeting of three online friends.)
At age 37, I finally found a beer I like. More on that later.
The appetizing aroma of Moonshot’s Irish stew in the Crockpot welcomed us back from the Adrenaline Zone. Conversation wandered from our blogs to [...]

I like to think the two guys I met last weekend are more than glorified pen pals. I admit, though, that the scenario sounds eerily similar: get to know a far-flung person through the written word, eventually meet, then return to respective homes and pick right back up with the writing.
Repeat last three [...]

(Note: Yesterday’s post was my 700th published. About 60 days short of three years doing this, I figure that’s one post every 1.4 days.)
Before the thievery on Saturday, there was a windfall of epic proportions.
Sometimes, you just get lucky.
You’ll recall that we were at a place featuring games that spit out tickets rewarding [...]

Shannon was a victim of a theft and a theft attempt on Saturday. Both by the same person and in the same place.
After finally finishing up a customer call that made me all but miss a five-year-old’s birthday party, I showed up about an hour late to a six-year-old’s party hoping I could just [...]

My comment spam filter recently placed in the moderation queue a comment that was relevant to the post. It had nothing to do with prescription drugs or “enhancement” or how to become independently wealthy (whatever in the world that really means).
The product was so intriguing that I was inspired not only to approve the [...]

(Note: I finished up my Project Yellow contribution on Sunday afternoon)
Alcohol. It’s been a popular drink pretty much since man first laid lips on it. Shortly after, with a devil dancing on his shoulder he handed the drink to a woman, and said, “No, it won’t affect your judgment.” Then, he perfected [...]