Month: July 2014
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Seventies Superiority: Thanks To Evel
I read an entertaining blog post over at Insidethelifeofmoi in which Amanda makes a compelling and comprehensive case for the awesomeness of growing up in the 1990’s. It was an eye opener, because I spent most of that decade well off the mainstream culture grid, my free time pretty much absorbed by either hiking and…
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Like A Fish Needs A Bicycle…
Distinguished, notable feminists Gloria Steinem, Irina Dunn, and Flo Kennedy have alternately been credited with popularizing the phrase, “A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle.” While I’m all about feminism, living in a house full of women I have sometimes taken pause to wonder if said fish ought not to be…
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Found Summer Photo: Sandstorm
It’s been a little while since I posted a good summer photo–since it’s cold and gloomy today, overcast with just a high of 70 predicted, the time seems right.
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D.A.H.O.F. Spreadsheet Sex Guy
I suppose by now everyone on the internet has heard about the Spreadsheet Guy, which is the downside of having a weekly feature on a blog–some stuff just isn’t going to be timely. Be that as it may, for those of you still unenlightened, Spreadsheet Guy is the hurt and resentful husband who kept a…
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Fishing Story
Another joke told to me recently–don’t worry, this won’t become a habit. Four friends spend weeks planning the perfect backwoods camping and fishing trip. Two days before the group is to leave Frank’s wife puts her foot down and tells him he isn’t going. Frank’s friends are very upset that he can’t go, but what…
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Chris Hitchens’ New 10 Commandments
This seemed suitable for a cool Sunday morning…of course, I always thought one would do well just following that “do unto others….” business. Or, even more concisely, one could go with “Be nice.” Chris Hitchens’ New 10 Commandments 1.Do not condemn people on the basis of their ethnicity or color. 2.Do not even think about…
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Motorboating!
Here’s a nice image of an attractive young man and woman motorboating. What? Not what you expected?
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I Am Sorry I Am So Lame
My last post read like an editorial in a high school newspaper, and for that I apologize. I mean to do better, but it is late, and I’m tired, and I’ve been concentrating on this damn novel at the expense of the poetry and wit you deserve. (caveat: I’ll get paid for the novel, but…
Old Road Apples 