Day: December 23, 2020

#CMMC – COUNTRYSIDE AND FARMS

CMMC – December Pick a Topic from my Photo So I was sitting here trying to pick out Christmas or New Year's cards, wondering if I should send all my "below the equator" friends a summer Christmas card and send something else to the northern hemisphere folks. I got lost. Everything looked great, or almost great, … Continue reading #CMMC – COUNTRYSIDE AND FARMS

FIVE THINGS I DON’T MISS ABOUT COMMUTING

5 Things that you miss about your daily commute. I contemplated leaving this page blank because there is nothing I miss about commuting. I did tens of thousands of miles of long distance commuting. Audiobooks were an outgrowth of the endless commute and they kept me from losing my mind. They originally came as tapes. … Continue reading FIVE THINGS I DON’T MISS ABOUT COMMUTING

SANTA CLAUS AIN’T COMING TO TOWN – A SONG BY RICH PASCHALL

You should not go out You should not come by This year's a washout I'm telling you why Santa Claus ain't coming to town. He's making a list, He's crossing you off, He's heard that you sneeze and heard that you cough Santa Claus ain't coming to town. He sees you when you vomit And … Continue reading SANTA CLAUS AIN’T COMING TO TOWN – A SONG BY RICH PASCHALL

TORCHING THE LENTILS

I followed the directions. I turned the induction cooker all the way down to 1. Before a half an hour had gone by, the cooker was beeping "WARNING WARNING, DRY POT!" Sure enough, it was dry and beginning to burn. I was furious at me, furious at the cooker, just plain furious all the way … Continue reading TORCHING THE LENTILS

A FINAL STRAW FOR ME

Rich was looking for a picture of a building with an orange roof. He entered his request into Google and up popped a few thousand pictures. Most of them were unattributed and contained nothing to indicate their origin. We've all bumped into this over and over again. Google grabs everything. After the image is dumped … Continue reading A FINAL STRAW FOR ME

#FOTD – HOLIDAY FLOWERS

FOTD – December 23 – HOLIDAY FLOWERS Christmas cactus and Poinsettias are the ones I seem to collect annually.