There is nothing like busting it all week at work just to catch a ‘bug’ on your days off – ugh! So this weekend I toughed it out through bowling, dinner out (see ‘Haddicked’ in ‘Words That Should Be In The Dictionary‘), then boxing this morning only to spend most
Poetry
I’m Terrible With Names
I’m terriblewith namescuz they are labelsfrom someone elsewhile facesare homegrownwith youas you travel. Names define usin other peoples termsbefore we were wevenerating Uncle ‘Bud’or maybe a movie starmama watched on TVwhile she ironedor cooked dinner. Faces are storiestold in linesand smilesperhaps with mascaraor a smudge of mustardfrom a hot dogat
Geekstuff
1st Looks – Linux OS For Older Laptops
From time to time I like to try out new distros of Linux on my old laptops, just to see if I can get them to run. I still keep my primary machine on Linux Mint (22.2), mostly from habit and cuz it is the closest metaphor to Winblows I
Geekstuff
Feeling Crafty
A few years ago I wrote my wife an on-line webapp to calculate the amount of yarn you would need for a weaving (she being an avid weaver). The webapp seemed popular at the time, but probably in need of an update. This time around I decided to work on
Poetry
Lost Friends & Two Dollar Boxes
it hits you funny,sometimes, death,like a sledgehammermade out of puttywielded by a midgetwith spasticityas a surgeonwould wield a knife I was at an auctionrural typelots of weldersand big implementsfor fixing combinesor tractorsmixed inwith delicate china I love the smellsof old leatherand musty booksfrench fries and donutswith coffeefrom the canteen in
Poetry
While Cicadas Sang
Thirteen yearsburied ‘neath the loamin my backyardsilent diggingfar from watchful eyeswaitingfor a tender morselof fresh larvae. Thirteen years agoI was writinga special soliloquoyfor a special nightjust ‘An Ordinary Man‘in an ordinary townchanneling Leacockor at least trying. Tonight I satdeep in shadowsfrom the porchlighta quiet momentwith a gentle dogleaning against my