Category Archives: Generic Thoughts

Our entree for dinner tonight is the same as the first meal I cooked for the better-half. It’s funny that we remember that meal so well. The only thing that’s vague is the starch side dish, but the entree, vegetable … Continue reading →

We celebrated the holiday on Saturday instead of Friday like everyone else. I took this picture before folks arrived:

When the trumpet sounds, it will be Diana Ross singing us home. No. lie. I only have a blurry picture but that’s really Diana.

I’m on a 3 day weekend. Yay! It started with the hula woman: She hula’d for at least 2 hours straight. Then there was the very long coal train that partially interrupted Neko Case: The weekend is just getting started.

The other day I mentioned to the better-half that we needed to try some new dinners. We’ve been in a lazy rut. Cooking, but not trying too hard. Tonight we made planked salmon and haruki turnips and Israeli couscous salad. … Continue reading →

Today I saw a colleague’s inbox. She has 527 unread messages. Let me say that again because it is so important–527 UNREAD messages. Pro-tip: do not do this.

I’ve complained about how there is a lack of flowering plants in our yard. The peonies came up and were a brilliant display of white and pink. I didn’t know peonies were ever white. Apparently, I’ve been under a rock. … Continue reading →

We did the Komen walk on Saturday with some family members. For the purposes of anonymity, we’ll go with this: one of the people in our group is currently kicking breast cancer’s ass. A trolley slowed down on one of … Continue reading →

We have owned our outdoor table set for years. This is the first time it has ever had an umbrella. I’m looking forward to being able to sit at the table without frying like heat-lamp chicken. Next up is comfy … Continue reading →

I got home today and told the better-half that I like working so much that I think I’ll only take one day off this week. ‘Tis true. I’ll be taking Saturday off and then leaving the fair city bright and … Continue reading →