Caws and Effect A crow swooped down and grabbed a bone my dog had left on the front yard. Away the crow flew, weighed down by its hand-me-down, bare-boned kill. No meat. Nada. Nothing to chew on. Perhaps the crow wanted to dress up its nest with a piece of modern art, though nests aren’t… Continue reading
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Executive Brain Chatter from the Office of Frontal Lobe
Image via Wikipedia ONLY GRAY MATTER MATTERS Out of work, mind-jujitsu restrains my thoughts in a brain lock. I struggle to manage my time, my day. I get distracted for hours, lost in an intricate web of tangential thoughts. Staying focused requires a cerebral taskmaster, a boarding school headmaster, a think tank to go. The… Continue reading
Vaudeville Act, Destined for Dump, Saved by Descendant of Jerry Mahoney
Feckless Five Archival Print Saved by Descendant of Jerry Mahoney The demise of Vaudeville began soon after the debut of the Feckless Five, as they appeared in their first performance pose in the below archival print. Sid (top left) Lenny (top right) Willie (center), Miriam (btm left) Felice (btm right) Feckless Five Back Story The… Continue reading
Fructose is a bad influence on Juice who is quite naive
A primer on prune juice will follow with intermittent breaks. Now to the lesson of poor juice selection and how every bottle is not created equal. Take highly sweetened Juice. Please! All bottled up. Complaining about shelf life most of the day, rattling about annoying Milk and Carbonated Water. It can really get noisy. I… Continue reading
When Right-Brain Tweets Left-Brain
Right-Brain (RB) vs. Left-Brain (LB) RB: What a day! The sun is shining. LB: Wear a hat and sunglasses. You could get burned or worse go blind. RB: You’re negative. LB: I’m practical. RB: You’re boring. LB: Just because I plan my day. RB: Plan it? You dissect it like a science experiment. LB: I’m… Continue reading
Scammers and Crows
Shock and Caw Cyber-site-overload short-circuits the electrical impulses in my brain. Too many job sites, too many want ads touting useless propositions like, “Work from home. Make money storing nuclear waste in your basement,” or “Be your own boss and earn enough money to start banking in the Cayman Islands.” There are too many vultures… Continue reading
Why Vacuuming Sucks
Prologue: When a fat cat really is a fat cat Off to the vet. I’m taking my nine-year old cat for an annual check up, which is actually an annual and a half. In that time, my little white and black fur ball has grown into a Sumo fur ball, gaining 2-1/2 pounds. For a… Continue reading
Consider the source
What is the source? The source is the beginning. “What is next?” you ask. “A four-letter word.” “But what is the meaning of next?” “It’s a tap on the shoulder. A step closer to the counter.” A clerk then asks, “What can I get you?” You stare at the seemingly limitless shelves in awe of… Continue reading
Fear
I sit in the darkness of daylight, a shadow on the wall, seeking colors while lingering in grays. No one is here but silent enemies, malice and doom, fear mongers whistling away the day. Outside, green glistens beneath a sky so blue it hurts my eyes. In the old days, a step into sunlight and… Continue reading
Today Friday
A day without work. At home trying to get organized. A problem. Always. Can’t reign in my thoughts to stabilize the content in my head. The executive function in my brain takes too many coffee breaks, gets in late and leaves early. The proverbial cluttered mind with a desk by the window. I look outside… Continue reading