Saturday, August 22, 2026

More Notes From My Corner of the World

 Saturday notes from the weirder regions of my mind and daily experiences ....

  • I share office space with someone who has a "positive cat" bobblehead on her desk. And I have extreme issues with excessive positivity, (especially from cats), so when she's away from her desk, and out of the corner of my eye I can't help but notice that thing is uncontrollably bobbing away, I've been rumored (allegedly) to use my index finger to obstruct and put a temporary stop to all positive bobblehead movement.
  • I approach the treadmill with the thought: "Oh man, I really don't want to do this." But then once I get started, I don't want to stop. I'm like: "Keep going. Just ten more seconds ..... Just another tenth of a mile."
  • It doesn't take much to get me thinking for five minutes that I'm a cool and hip dude. In this case all it took was replacing the battery in my bathroom scale and I'm suddenly feeling like the man who has everything.
  • Walking around the out-of-town art fair and I come across these small clay sculptures. Here's two of the three that went home with me. Maybe I'll position them for a day directly across from the positive cat .....

Wednesday, August 12, 2026

Random Musings

 Notes and assorted random stuff ....

  • I've been navigating the summer temps in long sleeve shirts because I'm embarrassed to show off my pale arms.
  • Finding out each day that turning 70 years old is proving difficult to accept.
  • A case of you snooze you lose. Saw an Archie Shepp record in the bins, went home to check it out, returned a day later having decided to purchase ...  and it was gone!!
  • Is it weird to think that 3am is the best hour of the day? 
  • I have a definite feeling that all these used vinyl records I've been discovering and buying at the bookstore came from the same collection .... and I want to meet the collector.
  • Worked up a mighty sweat this evening doing 1.38 miles on the community treadmill. Feeling real progress being achieved the past few days. Even if my heart stops beating five minutes from now. T-shirt was like a throwback to a summer evening of basketball in a muggy 97-degree gym.