Insignificant daily events

[shrugs]

A post office worker made me change several packages to read United Kingdom instead of UK. I asked if this was something new and was told that it was not. I then said that I had easily sent over 100 packages marked UK and had never been told to make the correction. No comment from him so I suggested that he inform the rest of his Post Office workers around the country to get onboard with the program. No comment but the very long line found it funny and he was red as a beet.

[Squaredancecalling Steve]

If he goes postal, we'll know who triggered it!

[stonemonkts]

Every Saturday morning when I make my rounds I stop at a local Polish bakery to pick up fresh bread and my favorite snack to have with coffee: cinnamon honey sticks (the aroma alone knocks me out).

They were all out of them today.

stone

[Squaredancecalling Steve]

In the fourteen years that we've lived here, there has never been an overturned tractor-trailer-semi accident on our cul-de-sac, and so far today it is looking good to keep that streak going.

But it is not unusual to find golf balls in the street, and there are two out there today. The Healdsburg Municipal Golf Course is directly across the main road above the end of the street, and approach shots to the third hole that are hit too hard and sliced wind up here.

[Brian Olewnick]

I'm taking a short break from mulching our flower beds.

[bostontricky]

Waiting for the mail.

[Cem]

Good poop du jour this morning!

...sorry, you wanted insignificant...

Not having my blankets at my new temporary digs, last night I slept with only a shawl & a coat over me and didn't freeze. New neighbours upstairs like to hump really loudly, which is actually kinda comforting.

[steve(thelil)]

I just used some new record cleaner for the first time. It sprayed nicely. You can't get Discwasher fluid (I've tried) because they were bought out by some electronics firm (I forget which, but I think it starts with an R) and the company folded. This new stuff sprays nicely.

I think I mentioned the spray nicely thing already (but used a different tense).

I listened to the same few Squeeze songs several times at the gym today.

My wife is cooking a ham with a nice pineapple-jalepeno glaze.

I'm going to the garage to look for a record to play.

[frankiepop]

Good poop du jour this morning!

south of the border we say, good thelil du jour this morning!

[BFrank]

The dullest blog in the world

[Jazzzoline]

Every year, around this time of the year, we need to replace summer tires on every cars by winter tires. Every year, one car doesn't have the change done by the time snow fills the roads. It won't be my car this year. Had the winter tires on today. I still need to store my motorcycle though.

Do you guys have to "wear" winter tires?

[Jazzzoline]

Originally Posted by BFrank

The dullest blog in the world

LOL
This person needs a life, IMO.
All all those persons who comment..
This is hilarious.

[bluenoter]

I'm out of milk and bread again. I'm going to walk down to a small neighborhood grocery store and buy some more. If a fire truck is backing into the fire station's garage, I'll have to stand there and wait until it's finished.

[Chaney]

Weather is getting colder. I set the thermostat to 68 but found that to be uncomfortable. I raised it to 69.

Is it hot in here or is it just me?

[Pete C]

The dullest blog is delightfully Beckettian.

There were service changes on the F train today. I had to take the G train to connect with the F at Hoyt-Schermehorn. The conductor kept announcing that you could change for the F at Hoyt-Schermerhorn. His speaking voice had an uncanny resemblance to that of Wynton Marsalis.

[Pete C]

Originally Posted by bluenoter

I'm out of milk and bread again. I'm going to walk down to a small neighborhood grocery store and buy some more. If a fire truck is backing into the fire station's garage, I'll have to stand there and wait until it's finished.

I have a store nearby where I only buy 4 items: milk, beer, toilet paper and tic-tacs.

[BFrank]

Originally Posted by Pete C

The dullest blog is delightfully Beckettian.

That's a good description of it!

[BFrank]

October 23, 2004
DEPARTMENT OF RANDOM WHINING....I have a few observations I'd like to bring to everyone's attention:

• If you're chattering with a friend in a hotel corridor at 2 am, the people inside the rooms can hear you. Honest.
• When you step through a door (or exit an escalator or get off an airplane), you will block traffic if you immediately stop to ponder your next move. You should take a few steps first.
• Always use your turn signal. Oddly enough, it's for people ahead of you and off to your side, not just for people behind you.

That is all. You may continue to go about your business.

—Kevin Drum 8:27 PM

[Noj]

I drew this tonight. Meet Joe, Randy, and Jim of Organissimo.

[Ron Thorne]

Cool, Noj. Nice line drawings. Thanks for sharing this with us.

Yes, I still remember that you asked to see some of my artwork months (years?) ago. Sorry, man.

I'll try to get some digital shots and share them one of these days. Oy.

[Gary Sisco]

There's a great French baker here who makes the finest sourdough loaves, ever, and only 300 a day, distributed to certain stores only, our local grocery being one, thankfully. Last spring he had a heart attack, so I've been forced to live without bread til the past few weeks, when he began baking again, but only on weekends.

[stonemonkts]

Noj - That drawing is both significant AND impressive. Wow! Nice.

On topic. . .I need to get that last mow in but darn it to all hell it is about to shower here. I like to mow in the afternoons when the dew has been dried off. Looks like it'll have to wait till Tuesday, or so.

[Gary Sisco]

I love to mow. Shrugs and I mowed my "lawn" once, early June. I did it again later in the summer.

[Brian Olewnick]

I had two sets of English muffins with butter and strawberry jam for breakfast this morning. The butter was almost gone so, on the second set, I tried to apportion it evenly. Still, the smaller half of the English muffin received more butter than the first, so I took some from that one and put it on the larger piece. Oddly enough, when I spooned on the jam, despite the jar being nearly full, I also initially placed more jam on the smaller piece than the larger one. As with the butter, I took a bit of jam from the smaller piece and put it on the larger one.

[Chaney]

Originally Posted by Brian Olewnick

I had two sets of English muffins with butter and strawberry jam for breakfast this morning. The butter was almost gone so, on the second set, I tried to apportion it evenly. Still, the smaller half of the English muffin received more butter than the first, so I took some from that one and put it on the largely piece. Oddly enough, when I spooned on the jam, despite the jar being nearly fully, I also initially placed more jam on the smaller piece than the larger one. As with the butter, I took a bit of jam from the smaller piece and put it on the larger one.

Totally awesome story, Brian. It's as if I were there. Thanks for sharing.

[bluenoter]

I'm going to take a shower, then go over to the building next door and look at a desk/bookcase that some woman is selling. I really should wash my hair, but I'm counting on her not noticing its condition.

[stonemonkts]

When I feel like that I simply tie my hair up in a bun, and wear a hat.

I'm about to take a walk up and down the hills in the back of my house.

Report to follow.

[Gary Sisco]

I just gave Bronwyn a cup of coffee. Now I'm going to listen to music.

[bluenoter]

I'm going to spend much of the day juggling the following two thoughts:

1. I should go down to a Democratic phone bank and see whether they need more people.

2. I still haven't replaced my lost or stolen ID, so they probably wouldn't let me into the building.

[Mike Schwartz]

I'll stop by a farmers market in my neighborhood that they do once a week.
Everything there, from the products to the atmosphere in that parking lot are so much more pleasant than ANY supermarket.