I am becoming enamored by Jeff Bezos right now as I watched the tracking of my delivery in real time, have it put right in my hand by a capable and efficient deliveryman, and then find it's contents--a book, a CD and a plastic stamp dispenser--all bundled together in perfect condition!  And to think that this business was all started some twenty ( Read more... )

Four hot dogs was a lot to eat, but the rolls needed to be used--and that's basically how my life operates.  In other words, when something needs to get done, it may be done, but only at the last possible minute.

And I can blame that on my upbringing, but laying that out would praise my parents in some perverted way that they feel would glorify ( Read more... )

Another souvenir from my trip to see the eclipse last month came in the mail in the form of an "official toll invoice." This was unexpected but was a result of two different GPSs directing us in a much longer, roundabout way to get home that would encompass two additional states we needn't bother slip through on the way there.  It's possible this ( Read more... )

The KFC fooled me as the marquee read that a 2 piece dark chicken meal costs only $4.99.  Only wanting to get home, I sped across two lanes at the last possible moment to get into that higher-than-road-level parking lot, where there was plenty of spaces available.  Hmm, I wondered why.

After trying to overcharge me at first, the typical, "kids- ( Read more... )

The most affluent branch of the grocery chain I patronize on a severely never-exception basis did not have the lacinato kale I had my heart set on buying the night before.  I have vegan pets.  They're called rabbits, and they're entitled to everything the Earth can grow under the sun short of all that would poison them.  And they really, really ( Read more... )

A shiny penny confronted me on the road today, heads-up and facing me in all its brilliance.  But something most unusual about this particular one has me questioning the laws of the universe that I have thus far come to assume: This penny is fifty-nine years old.  Not so much that old coins still fumble around and can get quite embedded in well- ( Read more... )

40 years ago to the only day I walked down the aisle in my life, I create this account for which I may or may not use to illustrate the many aspects of my societal awareness.  It's just coincidence that I noticed that the "date created" here is still so recognizable to me as my dad's second wedding.  May he rest in peace a good ten years now and ( Read more... )