It’s Thursday, my Friday this week. I’m off work tomorrow. And Monday and Tuesday.
Yesterday I didn’t post. I sat here, ticking away the moments that make up a dull pre-work-blog-post-time. Frittering and wasting the pre-work-blog-post-time in an offhand way. Kicking around on the piece of ground that’s my back porch, waiting for someone or something to show me what to say.
Nothing happened. Then I went to work.
The weather has been great, scooter every day. Today looks good too, but I feel like taking the van.
Last night we went to the seasons first Christmas party. At The Wife’s water exercise class place. Fitness Connection. My first time there. Of course, there was no working out, just lots and lots of food. And booze.
And that’s about it, another candidate for Worlds Most Boring Blog Post.
Yesterday, driving to work, I witnessed a bicycle/car accident. Lucky no one was hurt. I always worry about that early morning driving. The sun is right in your eyes this time of year. Plus the bike riders were going the wrong way around the roundabout. The biker guy got up after the crash, angry, and stormed for the car. I called out “Don’t kill him, you were going the wrong way!” He calmed down instantly. They traded info, and I offered a copy of the video. (The car driver called, and I emailed it to him). Then I asked the bikers if they wanted to put their (brand new) bikes in the back of my van and I’d give them a ride to work. They did. I think I was more shook up than anyone else there!
Yesterday at my beachlunch, I took the following pics of a beautiful ship. They were putting up the sails as they went by,
It was a good lunch hour, and a good day, overall.
We gave Sheba a chew skin dog treat yesterday, she wasn’t sure she liked it. She held it in her mouth for quite a while before not eating it. I thought she was quite cute.
The camera cannot capture the coolness of these water droplets caught in the succulents leaves. In reality, they look like liquid clear siver metal.
It was a perfect weekend, in that I didn’t leave the property from Friday when I got home from work, till this morning, when I took Sheba on our walk. I don’t feel good about it this morning though. I feel like I wish I had gone to the beach this weekend. Also, last night there was a Hanukka candle lighting at the Ritz beach that I wish I’d gone to. Wife has a bad knee this weekend, all swollen and sore. She wanted to stay home, and I lazily agreed.
I was looking through this blog and took screenshots of a couple of my favorite posts. I haven’t done a Flashback Friday in a long time.
I like this post. Sheba’s ears don’t really do that anymore, and she’s getting to be an old puppy!I rememner when David Poyer sent me that picture. My brain.. click click click.. That book is on the ISS… click click click… My name is in that book… click click click.. MY NAME IS ON THE ISS! IN SPACE!!!This post lost its image, but still one of my favorites.
Monday, the weather said rain on Tuesday. Tuesday, he said sunny Tuesday, rainy Wednesday. Wednesday, the weatherman said sunny Wednesday rainy Thursday.
I didn’t believe him yesterday, I believed him all the other days, but yesterday morning “Felt Like Rain”. And, for the first time in a while, I took the van instead of the scooter. And it rained. Today is 100% cloudy too.
Cloudy day selfie.
I didn’t post yesterday, but the Mars Lander landed safely. Tomorrow is Friday.
Yesterday NASA’s InSight Lander landed on Mars. One step closer to putting Humans on Mars. The technology used to land yesterday, I think, is similar to what would be used for human travelers. In the past, the lander was kinda inside a beach ball, and they hoped it didn’t break when it crashed into the surface.
Tuesday here, almost the end of November. 2018 (I almost typed 1998) is going by fast. I’m kinda wanting time to go faster, I’m ready for my vacation time in December. I’m staying here, my favorite place to be!
Saturday I trimmed the hedges, Wife said I took too much off. I told her I rekkon they’ll grow back. I also made a huge harvest of coconuts.
Shotgun Sheba
After that, I made a cigar run, and took Sheba, front seat, seatbelt, Shotgun Sheba.
Saturday night we went to a belated American Thanksgiving dinner, it was quite good. Very good, as a matter-of-fact.
I kinda sensed that Ashy wanted a new nickname too, so I dubbed her “Ashy the Ripper.
Touch the paw, lose the hand. Ashy The Ripper.
Sunday I mowed the yard, sprayed the weeds with weed killer and cleared some bush from the vacant lot next door, which grows tall lanky weed trees that steal our sunshine. Alos I got a pitcher of coconut water out of aforementioned coconuts. When it’s empty (its half way there now) I’ll refill it from more coconuts.
Now it’s Monday. It’s snowing where I used to live, Moberly, Missouri. Yesterday and today I’ve been thinking I’d like to go sledding. In fact, I think I dreamed about it last night. But I won’t, I’m going snorkeling at lunchtime!
Can you find the mans face in this picture? See the answer HERE.
Happy FRIDAY! Yeah! Payday! YEAH! (We only get paid once a month). Plus my Christmas Savings Plan money got deposited! Yeah! Plus a pay raise YEAH!!! Plus pay raise back pay from July! YEAH BABY! I’ll be broke before December, but maybe I’ll get some projects done around here.
Yesterday was American Thanksgiving, normal workday here, but the wife and I had some turkey and fixin’s, from a to-go restaurant. Saturday night we’re going for a turkey dinner at some friends.
Redskins got beat by Dallas yesterday. I guess the season’s over for them. They’re tied for first place in the division, but their injuries mean that they probably won’t do too well the rest of the season.
The other day, I was listening to music in my van. My radio antenna is broken, so all my music in the van comes from a USB drive. Pat Travers came on. Pat Travers has a lot of albums on my USB drive. I tell you, he rocks. Every song is a serious rocker. And he’s been doing it forever! Here’s a list of his albums:
All good, hard rockin’ albums
I saw the Pat Travers Band with a friend of mine, Raymond Victor Smith, (doubt he’ll ever read this) at the Capital Center many years ago. (1977?) Pat Travers was opening for Bob Seger, who was on tour for his famous Silver Bullet album. Ray and I were driving around one night, nothing to do, and we decided to see if we could get tickets. We drove to the concert and got some nosebleed seats, all that was left. Pat Travers blew Bob Seger away! My friend and I were jumping around, jammin’ to the music, while everyone else was pretty much just sitting there, waiting for Bob Seger. I particularly remember “Gettin’ Betta”, incredible! (That’s the song in the video above).
When Bob Seger came on, everyone else was jumping around, and Ray and I were pretty much sitting there. I turned to Ray and said, “If the next song sucks, let’s leave.” The next song was some mellow ballad, and we left. The concourse was totally empty, everyone was inside. The parking lot had not a soul in it. Only concert ever where I got up and walked out before the show was over. (Bob Seger sucks)
Pat Travers is one of the worlds greatest, most underrated, rockers, good times or bad, recording contract or not, he keeps making music. And it’s good, rockin’ music, not like a lot of bands who get famous for one rockin’ song, but the rest of the album sucks. Or bands that are around for a few years and fade out or disappear completely, like, for example, Bob Seger.
So if you’re looking for some new music, of if you think Rock ‘N’ Roll is dead or dying, check out some Pat Travers! You’ll be glad you did! Also, look at his personal website! He is still active all the time, after more than 40 years of nonstop rockin! You can almost always see him in concert somewhere!
Woke up yesterday, saw the score of the MNF Kansas City at LA Rams. 51-54. I thought, “dang, that must have been a very good game.
Since I have NFL Game Pass, I decided to watch it last night. I thought “Dang, that was a very good game.” It was like a good movie that you could watch over and over. In fact, I probably will watch it again.
Of course, it would have been even better if the Chiefs won!
