Random thoughts, life lessons, hopes and dreams
“Hey guys, we have something new on tap today, Angry Orchard Crisp Apple.” “Thanks Cheryl, I’ll have a Yuengling.” “Yeah, as good as that sounds, I’ll have a glass of…” “Meomi. You guys are changeless. You might want to mix it up now and then.” “We prefer reliable.” “My young friend makes a good point… Continue Reading →
“Cheryl, vacation boy is going to be buying the first round. I’ll have a glass of Meomi and, well, you know his choice.” “Oh, a little snarky, as if I’m boring, even though you drink the same wine all the time?” “I don’t drink the same wine all the time, I just switched to Meomi.”… Continue Reading →
You would take a sip of whatever you’re drinking, look over at me and say “how many friends of a different race did your parents have?” “Whaaa?” “Seriously, that was one of the questions some bonehead in Seattle wanted your barista to ask you while she was messing up your coffee order.” “Fortunately, I avoided… Continue Reading →
The first thing I would tell you, if we were having a beer is the startling discovery I made earlier this week in our office. I don’t use the word “startling” lightly, I really do think this is right up there with “the best way to peel an orange.” Of course, if I tried to… Continue Reading →
I know, that’s supposed to be “if we were having coffee” but I’m still in the work-a-day world where coffee falls into three main categories: Get me up and outta-here Keep me focused on this pile of stuff Lord help me survive this meeting One of my blogging buddies twisted the if-we-were-having-coffee theme the day… Continue Reading →
This visit to the bar is also part of Linda G. Hill’s fun weekly series, Stream of Consciousness Saturday. Yours truly is filling in for Linda today, and our assignment was: Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is: “ooooh, aaaah,”. Use it as a phrase, or break it apart. And since I love… Continue Reading →
It’s time to visit the bar for Stream of Consciousness Saturday. Linda G. Hill is combining SoCS with Just-Jot-January again, so we get double-credit for dealing with this prompt: “Your prompt for #JusJoJan and Stream of Consciousness Saturday is: ‘art.’ Talk about something that’s hanging on your wall. Add a picture, if you’d like. If… Continue Reading →
It’s the Saturday after Thanksgiving in the US, but Linda G. Hill is in Canada, so no leftovers from her. She served up a fresh Stream of Consciousness Saturday prompt that might be hard to swallow: “Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is ‘digest.’ Use it any way you’d like. Have fun!” If… Continue Reading →
While the title could be the one-liner for today, I prefer: “You snooze, you lose.” Or perhaps, “The early bird gets the worm.” Or maybe, “Don’t put off until tomorrow what you can do today.” On the other hand, sometimes, we need a nap. Last week, Linda G. Hill announced the #SoCS Badge contest. I… Continue Reading →
The title is how I wanted to start my reply to this week’s One-liner Wednesday. As you will see in a minute, I was nice. This story begins last Wednesday, on a day that I had been looking forward to for over a month. The company I work for held an employee outing at Dunkin… Continue Reading →
