I felt a real kinship with Andy Dick when he moved into the Celebrity Rehab Sober House. It dates back to when I was in college. I didn’t drink so I didn’t enjoy hitting the frat parties or using my fake ID at a bar. I did like sitting around the dorms and hanging outContinue reading “Aren’t you going out tonight?”
Category Archives: socially awkward
Behold Toy Time
Isis has started some new training. I’ve described before various incidents that were amusing, or embarrassing, or perhaps frightening to the person on the other end. And I’ve watched The Dog Whisperer and thought all I had to do is walk, walk, walk this dog until she stops scaring people. It used to be thatContinue reading “Behold Toy Time”
Nemesis
At the risk of offending someone I don’t know, but who shares the pronunciation of my name (I’m guessing), I want to share the discovery of “The Kari Safari,” not to be confused with Rhymes with Safari. Interestingly, her blog appears to be mostly movie reviews. Interesting, because of course, I am trained in theContinue reading “Nemesis”
Can you imagine if I Twittered?
I don’t know what to say. Which is precisely the problem. All the random thoughts I want to share with the Internet have become Facebook status updates instead of blogs, and that’s where I’ve been posting photos too. Partly, because I’ve tried to remain anonymous here, I have virtually no audience, and the things IContinue reading “Can you imagine if I Twittered?”
I am calm. And assertive. Calm. And assertive.
As the weather is turning, the dog park has become less fun. Also, I got the cold shoulder a few weeks ago from a couple with a boxer, with whom Isis had played before, but on this day they didn’t seem to care for Isis’ aggressive play tactics (unusually so, for her) and left. AndContinue reading “I am calm. And assertive. Calm. And assertive.”
Contemplating the unfairness of life
My recovery is slow, slow, slow. Since the brief respite of my last post, the headache has been pretty bad. Yesterday and today were the first days in recent weeks when I’ve had any pain-free moments at all. Sadly, I celebrate this by sitting at my computer for hours with my head jutted forward, andContinue reading “Contemplating the unfairness of life”
You can bring your dog
Last summer we took Isis on a couple of road trips. She does great in the car, but her nighttime barking was a major stressor. Even though we stayed places that allowed dogs (except for one sleazy place we sneaked her into. Sneaked. A German shepherd.), every time she barked, Rob said, “She’s going toContinue reading “You can bring your dog”
I don’t want to do my laundry
I literally have been losing sleep (people use that expression figuratively, don’t they?) over a couple of issues regarding my house. One involves the permitting for a large accessory building to accommodate the garageful of martial arts equipment currently preventing me from parking my car in the garage. In an unexpected development, I was theContinue reading “I don’t want to do my laundry”
Bombay cab
So, we’ve stopped being so generous with cab drivers. Mostly because we are confused. Our hotel had an airport car service that would have cost 900 rs, but our tour guide had told us it should cost 400-500. Upon arrival in Mumbai (Bombay, whatever), we walked to the cab stand where the dude in chargeContinue reading “Bombay cab”
Unconstitutional
I feel compelled to tell you, Internet, that the strategy of defending a speeding ticket by questioning the testing of the radar, calibration of the tuning forks, etc., isn’t foolproof. The first chink in your armor will come when the officer actually shows up. It doesn’t help if the judge then calls your case first,Continue reading “Unconstitutional”
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