Eating Lunch All By Myself

This happened today.    At a Starbucks drive thru, the cashier asked me if I would like to purchase the order for the person behind me as a random act of kindness.   I said "What?" and quickly added "No," which I'm sure was much more emphatic than the cashier expected.  What I wanted to say is "A random act of kindness is not random if someone asks you to do it!"   It kind of needs to be my idea and my want.  Not a suggestion of someone else. This isn't the first time a drive thru has asked me to purchase someone else's food.  The first time I was caught so off guard that I bought $18 worth of food for the person behind me even though my own order was a $1 iced tea.    It was then I realized the only person winning is McDonalds.  They get their money no matter who buys it.   Not random or kind. I'm not criticizing those that participate in random acts of kindness.  I've been on the receiving end and it's...

So the husband came home giddy with excitement. "I think we're having Pi Day this Friday!" he gushed and giggled.  Nothing excites this man like a piece of pie.  And several pieces of pie is even better. Of course, I had to ruin his excitement with questions.  What time?  What kind?  Where at?  For how many? He didn't know the answer to any of these questions and I could see his excitement slowly seeping out of him.   By the end of the conversation, he looked positively downtrodden.   He responded with tears in his eyes.  "I just want you to bake a pie." And so I shall.  Do you celebrate Pi Day at home or at work?    What kind would you make?  Visit me at  Facebook

A few weeks ago I got pretty cocky and said I would not use a hand soap with Clorox as a main ingredient.   I was wrong.  Touching bad.  Hugging bad.   Clorox good.  As a matter of fact, I might want to bathe in Clorox.  Seldom right and wrong again..... "Like a fella once said....ain't that a kick in the head." For no other reason and to forget about a possible health crisis - enjoy Dean Martin.  You're welcome. Dean Martin Ain't That a Kick in the Head

                                                            Exactly 30 days ago I was drinking a beer and watching YouTube videos.  I was enthralled by this guy named  WheezyWaiter that does 30 day challenges.   No Internet for 30 days.  Intermittent fasting for 30 days.   No sugar for 30 days.  No porn for 30 days(I might have made that up.) Walking 10,000 steps for 30 days.   I thought to myself, I should do that. Thinking is one thing - and doing is another.   My first mistake, and I blame this totally on the Ultra I was drinking, was telling the hubs I was going to walk 10,000 steps for 30 consecutive days.  He was all about it and was ready to create flow charts, maps, weather forecasts, shoe catalogs...and shit...What the hell have I done? With Der Kommissar at ...

  Seldom wrong and right again.  I was correct.  Reading a newpaper online is not for me.   I will be returning to my Luddite ways in the near future.  Reading a newspaper should not require a password. Do you like to read newspapers online?    Find me on  Facebook

A sentence I never  thought I'd write.....Kamala Harris and I have something in common.                                                  Apparently during the summer, Kamala Harris was asked if she ever smoked pot in college or law school - and what music she listened to while inhaling.   Harris answered    “Oh yeah, definitely Snoop. Tupac for sure.”    Apparently, that timeline is a little bit shaky because Harris graduated years before Snoop or Tupac released their debut albums. Harris graduated from Howard University in 1986 and law school in 1989.     I am not faulting Kamala at all.  We suffer from the same affliction - putting the wrong music in a memory.                                     ...

For five decades I have received a delivered newspaper to my home. Since relocating to Ohio, we subscribe with home delivery to the Columbus Dispatch.   It was never a question not to subscribe to the paper as we both grew up reading the the paper and and have continued with home delivery wherever we have lived.   Online just didn't seen very cozy.  And I'm a self proclaimed Luddite. A four week subscription to the Dispatch is now $70.   I'm no mathematician - but that is more than double our current subscription price.   As a courtesy, since I was a long term customer, they did offer me a price of $65.  Thanks?   Time to make a decision. To me, this is a lot of money, especially when many of the articles refer you to an online article - but frankly, we both enjoyed sitting at the table every morning, enjoying a cup of coffee while reading the paper. This is hard.   I love reading the paper.   ...