Archives
Search
Categories
Subscribe to Blog via Email
Follow Us On Twitter
Tags
- addiction
- amazon
- animals
- baseball
- billionaire
- breast cancer
- cancer
- cats
- charity
- cooking
- cosmic unconsciousness
- death and dying
- depression
- dieting
- DNE
- food
- gardening
- health
- holiday
- hypothetical questions
- link of the day
- look -- aren't I lame?
- maudlin woolgathering
- mental health
- music
- photo
- photos
- pointless blathering
- Political pontificating
- running
- silliness
- slice of life
- sports
- stupidity
- Stupid Things That Will Probably Amuse Only Me
- tesla
- travel
- uterus
- video
- weather
- weird
- winter
- work
- writing
- yoga
Spam Blocked
Google Analytics Stats
generated by GADWPCarole and Jay Furr
Monthly Archives: January 2018
Hoons At Night
Note 1: Carole, like any adult, has occasional bad dreams that prevent her from getting a good night’s sleep. Note 2: Carole typically has a terrible temper in the morning, made even worse by tossing and turning all night. Note … Continue reading
Advertisements
Heroes of the Shutdown (1995 Edition)
With the 2018 Federal government shutdown careering along, I thought I’d share a treasured old, but true, story. Carole and I were on our first date on Saturday, December 16, 1995 in downtown Washington, DC — during the 1995 Clinton/Dole/Gingrich … Continue reading
Testing the new Echo Spot with Strauss and Elvis
Until today, I had no idea that Elvis had been using “Also Sprach Zarathustra” (a.k.a. the opening theme from “2001: A Space Odyssey”) at his concerts in the 1970s. Nor that asking an Amazon Echo Spot device to play “Also … Continue reading
A Perfect Moment
Once in a while, when you’re not looking, life up and hands you an absolutely perfect moment. It may be brief. It may not be obvious to others. It may defy explanation altogether. But when one happens, you take down … Continue reading
Posted in Jay
Tagged perfect moments, Stupid Things That Will Probably Amuse Only Me
Comments Off on A Perfect Moment
Wish Lists
I’ve got an Amazon.com wish list. Woo-hoo! Okay, so what? So do a lot of people. It’d probably be easier to list the people who don’t. I’ve got a friend who has a pet bunny and the bunny has a wish … Continue reading
Posted in Jay
Tagged holiday, pointless blathering, Stupid Things That Will Probably Amuse Only Me
1 Comment
College Football
I’m a graduate of the University of Georgia (class of ’88) and of Virginia Tech (master’s, ’90). In other words, I matriculated at two of the biggest “football factory” universities in the USA. They’re fine institutions in their own right, … Continue reading
Will Trade Cat Hair for Quora Upvotes
I’ve had a cold for the last few days. It’s been annoying but manageable. Last night and today, a bad cough set in and I’m feeling a lot more puny than I otherwise had been. Carole had the same cold, … Continue reading