My neighbor has started taking my grandmother to McDonald’s, if not on a daily basis then at least four or five times a week. To be frank I’m a little surprised that my grandmother goes. McDonald’s… well, it’s never been her kind of restaurant. My grandmother’s McDonald’s is an interesting place. This is typical–“I hadContinue reading “On McDonald's and My Grandmother”
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On Trade Shows and Booth Babes
My sister came to town. She had a trade show downtown to attend, and she asked me to tag along which was, in the final analysis, very probably a good thing as my sister’s sense of direction is not that good. So I went to a trade show this morning for framers and such. JustContinue reading “On Trade Shows and Booth Babes”
On the Illuminati
The recent discovery that one of the top fifty search terms to reach this website in the past two weeks is “illuminati spelled backward,” combined with the death earlier this year of Robert Anton Wilson, co-author of The Illuminatus! Trilogy, reminded me today of a strange anecdote in my life. Several years ago, I postedContinue reading “On the Illuminati”
On New Things!
So I’m sitting at the desk, working on some writing, and a Yahoo! Messenger window opens. Curious, I begin a conversation. Could this be a fan? Could this be some random bloke? Conversation, conversation, conversation. Then! Nigerian spam! Sigh. Most exciting thing all day, and it’s Nigerian spam. :/ Bleh.
On a Fortunate Find
I spent part of the afternoon at the storage shed. I wasn’t searching for anything in particular–I hoped to find a book on the history of astronomy I knew I owned and couldn’t find. If I didn’t find it, though, no great loss. I went through box after box. A book on the historical Arthur.Continue reading “On a Fortunate Find”
On the Silence
I’ve been out of town for a week, out of touch. An impromptu road trip. Got back home yesterday morning. Spring has truly arrived. It’s nice outside. I got some writing done, the story mentioned earlier. It’s about one-quarter done. I’m anticipating getting it to half done by the end of the weekend, then havingContinue reading “On the Silence”
On Strange Weather
Yesterday the temperature in Charm City broke eighty. But there was something odd in the five-day forecast. Snow. This morning when I left for work it was quite warm, low 60s. At lunch time I wanted to see what the weather was like and walk the neighborhood a little, so I walked down O’Donnell StreetContinue reading “On Strange Weather”
On 3am Musings
It’s 3 in the morning. I have indigestion. It’s dinner, I can tell. The world’s very quiet at three. Despite what my grandmother may say — there are no monster tractor trailers coming down the road to be weighed. There’s no place to weigh them. Snow fell yesterday. Not much, not the two to fourContinue reading “On 3am Musings”
On a Question for the Audience
Is there anyone reading this, anyone at all, that doesn’t know that I’m a guy? Anyone? Please, raise your hand. Raise it high. You won’t be mocked, I just want to know. Y’see, I really don’t want to have more brain-scrubbing moments. I’m not blaming anyone. I’m just saying. So, yes, I am a guy.Continue reading “On a Question for the Audience”
On Idiots
Cthulhu help me, a Brooklyn idiot tells me he visits Baltimore frequently. If anyone gives this idiot my phone number or address, there will be retribution. The last thing I want is this dumbass showing up on my doorstep trying to be friendly. Just getting that out there and letting it be known.