Category Archives: rambling

journalism

I amuse myself when I go, “OMG that’s hot! Oh, journalist for teleSUR.”

Yeah, I’ll follow it.

I should have gone into journalism, but I never felt I had the fortitude for it.

the dogs will seed

Freshly washed bath mat, AKA pee pad, just put down in the bathroom. The one in the other picture will be in shortly to “seed” it.

80’s friendship memory

Thinking about Chrysler/Dodge (something I wrote elsewhere), decades ago the woman who worked the door at the big gay nightclub on Arnold Street (Wham/Encore!) asked me if she could take me out to lunch the next day in her new car. She wanted me to see it.

She was real sweet, and we liked each other, but I assumed I was just another one of the thousands of faces she saw at the door. Why me?

Even though I didn’t understand the invitation, I readily accepted. She showed up the next day at my place in her new Dodge Diplomat.

It was nice, and I paid many compliments to her for the kind invitation and her car purchase.

All the while I was asking myself who TF would buy a 1980’s Dodge Diplomat, especially a new one. I thought it was weird. Not my car, not my purchase, so if that’s what she wanted, I was pleased for her.

We had a nice lunch out. Fun! Wonderful woman who seemed to care a lot about people. I think she was straight but did tons to see the crowd through the 80’s AIDS horrors.

https://en.wikipedia.org//wiki/Dodge_Diplomat

we are programmed to receive

pink champagne (sparkling wine) on ice
we are all just prisoners here
of our own device

mastodon / twitter

I just want to connect with people.

With the controversies happening over Twitter (IDGAF, really), a lot of people are trying Mastodon, which can kinda/sorta resemble it.

I’ve been on Mastodon for awhile. I can be great. It can be tedious. It takes some work and getting used to. I access through a very nice “instance” (server) that I found after several that didn’t work out.

I use a web browser on desktop and the Tusky app on mobile.

Holler if you want to find me on Mastodon.

Simpler information:

https://joinmastodon.org

More detailed information:

https://mastodon.help/en

claxton fruit cake

Sitting here nibbling on a Claxton fruit cake.

It says to serve chilled. Helps to take the bite out of it.

Good or bad, they are certainly available.

fitness walk to liquor store

The supermarket salad, plus walking to get all of it, makes this a real health and fitness maneuver. Those bottles are heavy.

It brought out my rippling biceps to carry all that. 🏋️🍸

(image: bottle of triple sec, bottle of amaretto, box of salad)

unconventional halloween treat

Good Halloween. 🚬

As a young teenager, Id’a been taking one.

melanie again

I was enjoying some dear Melanie this morning. When I was a young’un, the school bus driver used to bring a radio, which was prohibited, but happened anyway. Lay Down (Candles in the Rain) was getting good airplay and would come on many mornings as we children were riding to school. Sometimes the entire bus would sing along. It was a great feeling when facing what was sometimes an unpleasant school day.

Melanie Safka is still living, age 75, and is sometimes on social media.

Song lyrics and poetry regularly pop into my head as I go about my days.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candles_in_the_Rain

café americano and some melanie

Starting Sunday with a delicious giant café americano (espresso shots diluted a little with hot water) and a string of songs by Melanie.

Very nice.