Bart "J.B." Hopkins's Blog, page 7
July 16, 2022
Creep
I was messing around in our living room. The muffled sound of my son playing his keyboard drifted downstairs. He’s really talented and the song he was playing was easy to recognize and despite the age difference of nearly 30 years, we have similar tastes in music, which is a pretty neat thing, and one …
July 14, 2022
Spam
Today at work we received a Spam Fax. What the…? Who knew that was even a thing? The fact that we’re hanging onto a fax machine in 2022 is baffling enough, but to think that scammers would target people through their fax machines is beyond comprehension. For my young readers, you can learn more about …
July 13, 2022
Weight A Minute
I just wanted to remind everyone that if I post pictures of myself online, the camera adds twenty, thirty, sometimes even forty pounds.
July 11, 2022
Heat
Here in the beautiful land of Texas, the temperature is somewhere in the ballpark of 106F. That’s all I have today. My brains are too scrambled to come up with more.
July 9, 2022
Quicksilver
My random thought for today isn’t my own, but instead it is appreciation for this quote from Dean Koontz’s Quicksilver: “It’s a package deal,” she said. “Free will and freedom itself require the problem of evil. People who are truly grown up, not just in years but also in their minds and hearts, understand that …
July 8, 2022
Tombstone
“Listen here, Mr. Kansas Law Dog … law don’t go around here!” Been a while since I watched Tombstone. Figured today was as good as any to rekindle that fire.
July 7, 2022
#352 – The Outbox
My two cents today is regarding the Microsoft Outlook “Outbox.” Just what the heck is the point? To silently and passive-aggressively deny my emails the right to flow through to their destination? You would think that after all of these years and hundreds of software engineers working on the Office suite that they would come …
I skipped 355
Random thoughts today. The years are starting to take a toll on my body. I need more recuperation time, but I am getting less. I need to magic up some time to exercise. Sitting on the curb isn’t as easy or fun as it used to be. It’s harder to get up. Are they making …
July 6, 2022
Ice cream
No matter how hard i try, some edge of my hand(s) becomes a little sticky when i scoop out ice cream. Am i alone in this? Smh…
July 4, 2022
#354? I can’t remember
Random thought today includes 1) fireworks do nothing for me and 2) bacon is delicious. Deep, I know. Enjoy your day!
