Serendipity – Marked Up

Earworm of the Day

I have robins in my garden beds. This is not surprising because I also have driplines in my garden beds, which create soft soil for worms. They – the robins, not the worms, I don’t think – hop along the beds. Every time I see it happen, I think to myself, I think, “poor littleContinue reading “Earworm of the Day”

HFY – Follow up

I’ve “watched” a bunch of these, now. They have even inspired a speech, which I may or may not actually present. I’m not sure Toastmasters is ready for it, which makes it both tempting and intimidating at the same time. I have two things to comment upon: Presentation and Content. Digression: I donated $50 toContinue reading “HFY – Follow up”

Humans – Fuck Yeah!

I discovered a new genre. It’s fan-fucking-tastic. As far as I know – I just discovered this last week – it’s a YouTube thing. The quality varies from “remind me, why does the internet exist?” to “Fuck Yeah!”. I’m not entirely sure why these are on YouTube; there’s no video. They’re audio books. I loveContinue reading “Humans – Fuck Yeah!”

Cheddar

I’ve pretty much given up on every other sort of cheese – unless it needs to be melted; cheddar doesn’t melt well – and settled on cheddar as the type to have on hand. When I write “cheddar” on the grocery list, I mean a block of not-expensive cheddar that I can slice for sandwiches,Continue reading “Cheddar”

Tourist Singing

I’ve been wondering how to find this. How convenient that it showed up on Behind the Black‘s Evening Pause.

Adventurous Coworker

I’m the (maybe “a”) boring one. My co-worker, Sergey, went on a trip through the Caucus mountains. Yes, “Caucasian” is a thing and it doesn’t mean what you think it means. Here are two sets of photos. My Russian is not good enough to read that and I haven’t run it through auto-translate. I justContinue reading “Adventurous Coworker”

Whither Lilac?

Sunday we heard plaintive meowing coming from the lilac hedge. We ignored it for a while, but that tone is “designed” to be unignorable, so we investigated. There was a more-than-kitten, less-than-cat hiding in the hedge. It did not want to be approached. We put some food and water in the hedge for it. WhileContinue reading “Whither Lilac?”

Hooey Beer

Если ты думаешь, ты думаешь.

Fun Concert

But I still don’t like concerts. The Laird and I went to see Disturbed at the Full Throttle Saloon. He was surprised that I wanted to go, but I like Disturbed, it’s Sturgis Rally week (which is, I’m sure, why they bothered with South Dakota), and I’ve never been there or done any rally stuff.Continue reading “Fun Concert”

Why I don’t like Art

I started What These 4 Trends in Painting Reveal About Our Image-Saturated Age with a sense of hope. As is usual with things related to art, I was disappointed. When your gallery display looks like Costco’s discount rug aisle, you’re doing something wrong. I will admit it does have a certain “capturing the Zeitgeist” vibe,Continue reading “Why I don’t like Art”