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- It wasn’t me. I have an alibi. November 8, 2025
- A quick and random thought about Josh Allen November 7, 2025
- Something for Thursday November 6, 2025
- Thoughts on Taylor Swift (a vlog!) November 5, 2025
- Tuesday Tones November 4, 2025
- A random fact I learned minutes ago November 3, 2025
- “I saw a UFO once….” November 2, 2025
- Dispatches from Planet Monti! November 2, 2025
- “People get ready, there’s a train a-comin’….” November 1, 2025
- MASS HYSTERIA!!! October 31, 2025
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Suck it, LouisCK!
So, last week The Wife and I took a chunk of the money we received for Christmas and got smartphones. So now I can look as smug as anybody else who’s got a smartphone. In fact, I’m gonna look smug … Continue reading
Your cat may be a dumbass if….
…he does this to the toilet paper. Funny thing is, he used to do this when we first acquired him, way back in late 2005 or early 2006. Then he stopped, because we started closing the bathroom door at night. … Continue reading
The wheel turns
There’s a thing going around Facebook right now where a person will give a certain number of random facts about themselves, and if you “Like” the post, they get to give you a number, and you do the same thing. I … Continue reading
Snapshots from Ithaca
This weekend The Wife and I made our annual getaway to the Ithaca Apple Harvest Festival, and we had a great time as always…although the festival itself wasn’t quite like it usually is, owing to the fact that Ithaca is … Continue reading
The Law of Dietary Miracles
In any comments thread on a social media site pertaining to some new diet that someone is trying out, a commenter will report that a relative of theirs tried that same diet and hasn’t had a migraine since.
“One thing led to another, and I forgot to kill myself that day.”
I like this a lot. Mr. Ferguson rambles a bit, as comics are wont to do, but I think I see what he’s getting at, and it speaks to my general attitude regarding snark these days.
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Hurgle flurp.
This is the kind of week it’s been: Not awful, and nothing serious going awry…just daily grind, bring more grinding than usual; just…frustratingly annoying, and a lot less productive than I would like. Gotta do better! And I will…once I’ve … Continue reading
For my friend Nicole
This weekend sees the departure of my church’s youth director, a truly amazing and wonderful woman named Nicole, who has been there for ten years…spanning just about the entirety, thus far, of my family’s association with that church. The Wife … Continue reading



