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A Musical Thing

The last few months have seen a lot of music-sharing with Mike from Oregon. We’re of the same age and have a lot of similarities in our continued enjoyment of classic rock from way back when. But there is also plenty of new music we’ve shared these last few months. I’ve turned him on to […]

An Experiment in Glass Blowing

In my search for new creative endeavors, I started thinking a few years ago about glass blowing. I didn’t do much with the idea other than to see if there were any classes in the area. Then, when we were in Oregon last September, we were walking through a coastal town and came across a […]

Don’t Tell Me …

… I don’t have an impact. I have always been a superstitious sports fan. Convinced that, in the comfort of my family room hours and miles away from where a game is being played, I can impact the outcome. If I’m watching a Giants game and they start scoring runs, it’s because of how I’m […]

More on Baseball

I wrote a few days ago about one of the reasons I’m losing interest in sports in general and baseball in particular. A lot of the post focused on what is going on with the Oakland A’s. To follow up on that portion … Today it was announced that the A’s are sending Esteury Ruiz […]

More Of The Same (Sports Edition)

I’ve been writing in places, and having conversations with friends, about my growing disinterest in major league sports in America. I still watch, I still pay attention. Just not as much as I used to, and without the enthusiasm and interest I once had. There are certain things that seem endemic to professional sports that […]

I Almost Fell For This

Years ago, the Queen of the realm and I went to Cabo San Lucas. We stayed at one of the resorts and eventually decided to attend one of their timeshare presentations. Which occurred at a much nicer, larger resort on the Pacific side of Cabo. We didn’t purchase a timeshare. I’ll never do that. At […]

How’s Your Chicken?

Somewhere in the last year or two, when we make chicken, it occasionally turns out rubbery. This was never a problem for the previous 30-40 years of making chicken. These are skinless, boneless chicken breasts. There is no difference in how we prepare the chicken. Grill it. Bake it. Season it. Marinade it. No real […]

Dune, Part Two

I’m writing this because Berthold Gambrel told me that I had to, and ever since I killed Berthold off in a short story, I kind of feel like I owe him. So … here goes nothing. Regular readers know I don’t really do reviews of books or movies as most others do. I just say […]

Four Years Ago …

… today was my last day of full-time work. I “retired,” knowing that I would need to supplement my pension with some type of work for a few more years. I was a bum for 11 months before getting a part-time job, continuing to work as an attorney for a different state agency then the […]

Sports Talk

Living in Northern California means I’m surrounded by Kings fans, while being a Warriors fan first. I’m also surrounded by 49ers fans and am one of the millions of SF Giants fans. For years, the obnoxiousness of 49ers fans, along with their incessant whining, caused me to only want the 49ers to lose, and lose […]