-
Oh, What a Tangled Web…
After pulling into the parking lot at work today, on the way to the front door I inadvertently walked through a spider web that was hanging between a bush and the front door. This led to a completely natural and understandable response. Full-on panic. I started waving my arms around in the air, nearly spilling…
-
Where’s the 13th Floor?
I was in an elevator a few weeks ago, and noticed there was no 13th floor. I know that some building owners are superstitious and consider 13 an unlucky number, but just because there wasn’t a 13th floor listed does not mean the 13th floor didn’t exist. In this case (a hotel with 15 floors),…
-
Bacon: It Does a Body Good
Did you hear the wonderful news?! German researchers have found in a new study that eating bacon leads to a longer life! Seriously. I’m not making this up. Click on the link if you don’t believe me. Bacon, you see, is high in niacin. This study showed that roundworms who were fed niacin lived 10%…
-
Denial is the Best Medicine
When we went grocery shopping last week, we spent $12 on mushrooms. These weren’t even the fancy enoki or morel mushrooms. There were a handful of shiitakes, but other than that, they were plain, white button mushrooms. Do you have any idea how many mushrooms it takes to add up to $12? A lot. 3.5…
-
Home is Where the House Is
For the past seven years, I’ve called a townhouse in the Orchards neighborhood of Vancouver, WA home. The first time my realtor drove me through the complex in the summer of 2006, I was not crazy about the place. It had a very “apartmenty” feel to it, with lots of buildings, all two or three…
-
In-Laws Shouldn’t Be Outlawed
Friday evening, I stopped at the bank after work, and the teller asked me if I had any weekend plans. “My mother-in-law is coming for a visit!” I replied. “Oh,” she said, and fixed me with a pitying stare. “I’m sorry. Unless that’s a good thing?” In that moment, I realized that mothers-in-law get a…
TAG! YOU’RE IT.
Black Hills blogging camping cats Christmas cold cooking COVID-19 Facebook Food Fort Atkinson gardening Halloween Hiking holidays house Madison Midwest moving music NaNoWriMo Nevada No Time for Kings novel Oregon Oregon coast Pacific Northwest Portland Rapid City road trip Snow social media South Dakota television Thanksgiving thunderstorms Travel unemployment United States Washington Weather winter Wisconsin Work Writing
Subscribe
Tired of constantly refreshing your screen to see if there’s a new blog post? Enter your email to have updates sent directly to your inbox. No spam, I promise. Unless you’re looking for the delicious canned meat, in which case, here’s a handy link!
Mark My Words 