Showing posts with label interstitial. Show all posts
Showing posts with label interstitial. Show all posts

Sunday, February 11, 2024

The vicissitudes of feline dentistry


This week, one of our eldest cat’s teeth broke and/or fell out.  So it’s been a crazy weekend, and I didn’t have time to do even a partial post.  Still, there’s always next week.  Hopefully.









Sunday, December 31, 2023

Sunday, November 12, 2023

Another trip around the sun ...

I really thought I was going to be able to do a full blog post this time, despite it being my birthday weekend.  But, apparently, I’ve relaxed too hard, and the time has just slipped away.  I would love to tell you I’m sorry, but ... I too relaxed to feel all that sorry about it.  Sorry for not being sorry.  Sort of.

Next week: the thing you should have gotten this week.  See how it all works out?









Sunday, October 1, 2023

In a house with unlocked doors

As I sit here rewatching The Meg, which really isn’t as bad as it’s cracked up to be, in preparation for watching The Meg 2, which probably will be as bad as it’s cracked up to be (but it’ll be entertaining enough, I expect) ... as I sit here, pondering old Jason Statham will be before they stop casting him in action movies, I appreciate the fact that I took this blog to a biweekly schedule.  See ya next week.









Sunday, September 17, 2023

The soul of wit

No time for even a short post this week, sadly.  The Mother is coming down with something so I haven’t had the time today to do much other than help out with errands.  Still, there’s always next week.  Let’s see what happens then.









Sunday, August 27, 2023

See what's become of me ... while I looked around ...

I had a couple of ideas for a post this week, but I’m preparing to head off to Cachuma Lake for a vacation with The Mother and my youngest.  So I’ve been spending a good deal of my weekend getting ready for that.  I just haven’t had time to put together a proper post, and, next week, I’ll just be getting back from this vacation, so you’re not likely to see a full post then either.  Sorry about that.  But sometimes you jsut gotta put family first.

You know?









Sunday, August 6, 2023

The story of this week

This week, I actually made a passable start on catching up on a few things.  Plus, it continues to be hot as hell here in Southern Cali, and The Mother and my youngest attend a “bunny faire.” Next week, a proper post.









Sunday, July 9, 2023

I know they don't sound the way I planned them to be ... but if you wait around a while ...

Well, the computer setup is going fairly well ... but not well enough that I have a longer post for you this week.  Still, despite the work dragging on, I can safely say that things are better than they were before I started ... before the machines started being flaky, even.  So I’m well enough satisfied with the progress, even if I feel a little bad for slipping on the posting schedule.  But that’s the way it goes sometimes.

Next week will be better, I can just feel it.









Sunday, April 23, 2023

Apparently, time flies whether you're having fun or not

Whew!  It’s been a crazy week.  Family stuff, work stuff ... hopefully it’s all settling down soon.  But luckily this was a short post week anyway, so it all works out.  Let’s see how next week comes out.









Sunday, March 19, 2023

The tide is high, but I'm holdin' on

I don’t think I’ve ever gone this long without posting a proper, long post.  But everyone in my house has been sick for nearly two weeks, and it’s finally come for me.  So this is about as much as I can manage in between cough drops and shots of Cēpacol.  At this point it seems foolish to try and promise anything, but please believe that I will do everything in my power to end this dry streak next week.









Sunday, March 5, 2023

Frenetic tumultuous chaotic confused ... it's been a bit hectic, is what I'm sayin'

This should have been a long post this week, but, due to some family matters and other things going on, I simply ran out of time.  I should be able to get back on schedule next week though.









Sunday, February 26, 2023

I wanted to be with you alone ...

This week, we got both hail and snow in Southern California.  I’ve written about this whole climate change thing before ... about six years ago, now that I look back on it.  For my first ten years in California, it rained about twice a year—granted, it rained for a week solid every time, but still: pretty much twice in a given year, every year.  And, as near as I could tell, everyone else in SoCal considered this perfectly normal.  Then, about six years ago, the rain began coming more often and lasting longer.  And now suddenly L.A. county has gotten its first blizzard warning in 34 years.  Only for the mountains, true, but ... I mean, multiple co-workers posted pictures on our Slack this week of hail.  Hail!  When was the last time it hailed in L.A.?  Hell, I can’t even remember the last time I saw hail when I lived on the East Coast.

Typically, I use these types of opportunities to make fun of the climate change deniers.  But, honestly, I’m not even sure who’s still on that train: with more massive wildfires burning in increasingly unlikely places, so many hurricanes in a season that the National Weather Service now routinely has to start over at the beginning of the alphabet, so much flooding that it’s carrying away cars ... is there anyone who claims climate change is a hoax for anything other than performative reasons?  While I was marveling at the reports of snow and hail, one of my old friends from the East Coast was telling me that the temperature hit 80° for them: a new record for February.  I’m pretty sure everyone knows that it’s real at this point, primarily from personal experience.

The only question is, much like with the pandemic: are all these changes permanent? is this just the new normal now?  I don’t know ... I’d like to say I don’t believe it, or at the very least that I hope it’s not so.  But hope is a precious resource these days.  So I suppose we’ll just have to wait and see.









Sunday, February 12, 2023

King Missile is cool ...

I have a friend in from out of town at the moment, so no blog post for you this week.  Still, all is not lost ... no, all is not lost: not yet.

By which I mean you’ll get another shot at it next week.  See ya then.









Sunday, February 5, 2023

Blah blah blah

You know, at this point, even I’m bored of hearing me complain about my computer woes.  So let’s just say that today was a bit of a lost cause and leave it at that.

Next week, I sincerely hope that there will be something more exciting here.  I can hardly wait to find out!









Sunday, December 18, 2022

Impending Merriment

Beginning that long slide into the holiday season, so somewhat consumed with family matters this week.  And next week it’ll be Christmas Day, so you might not get anything substantial then either.  But we’ll just have to wait and see.









Sunday, December 4, 2022

Progeny Rebound

This weekend, my eldest child has come back home to live with us again, along with their partner.  As you can imagine, it’s been a hectic week with all the preparations.  So there’s not much to say here.  Hopefully more interestingness next week.









Sunday, November 20, 2022

Dearth of a Blog Post

Still trying to get caught up on everything while dealing with The Mother’s broken foot, so I’m going to skip one more week.  Hopefully next week gets us back to a more normal schedule.









Sunday, November 6, 2022

Date of birth, 56th of its name

Well, it’s my birthday weekend this weekend, and I gave you rather a long “short” post last week.  So I think I’ll just leave you here and see you next week.  Till then.









Sunday, September 18, 2022

Down with the Sickness II: The Resickening

Well, I did actually start on a full-size blog post, but some sort of sickness has reared up and slapped me down.  (But not COVID, if my government-supplied test can be trusted.)  Still, I’ve essentially had to count this weekend as sick days, and I’ve done way more sleeping than accomplishing.  So, you’ll just have to wait till next week to get a real post.  Sorry ‘bout that.









Sunday, September 11, 2022

Short week

Well, this week saw the last of our “Summer Fridays”, and of course it was Labor Day as well, so I had a very truncated week at $work.  And, due to that, I didn’t get quite as much accomplished as I wanted to, but I feel good about next week.  Really.  I think.

Anyhow, not a lot going on in this post, obviously, so you may want to check back next week and see if it gets any more exciting.  You never know.