Fat in Indiana

I’m still here, trying to navigate the new Blogger dashboard. Chalk it up to old dog, new tricks syndrome.  I could rip off a paragraph or t...

Thunderstorms rolled through yesterday afternoon and evening leaving the grass wet and the air fresh and clean this morning. I need to mow, ...

Keep yer fingers crossed. I had a promising initial interview with a big widget manufacturer this morning. Well, with the recruiter. Since t...

Had a great day yesterday. We hung out with some friends, enjoying their pool. Mucho Garcias. A good time was had by all. There is comfort i...

I was all jazzed up to watch the Cubs on Opening Day last evening. I turned on the TV and got the “no signal” message. Checked the company w...

The world is crazy. A NY Times music critic has argued that blind auditions for orchestras are unfair because not enough blacks and Latinos ...

A mother-in-law arrives home from the shops to find her son-in-law Pete in a steaming rage and hurriedly packing his suitcase. “What h...

I worked all day at the big box, a full eight on my feet. Twenty-seven plus miles logged since Friday, the doctor will be pleased. I came ho...

In the days of the Wild West, there was a young cowboy who wanted more than anything to be the greatest gunfighter in the world. He pra...

I woke early this morning. I wish otherwise, but so it goes. It’s been an interesting week. I say that as in weird, strange, different. We...

An old man lived alone in Tasmania. He wanted to dig his potato garden, but it was very hard work. His only son, Jase, who used to...

In those days the high school marked the eastern edge of town. That was before they built the new football field or the Applebee’s or the Wa...

Nada. I have declared this “Write Your Own Post Day”. You can publish it in the comments, on your blog, in a diary, write it longhand on...

Ah, Monday. Another week starts off in the same old way. I’m alone in the manse today, the wife went to the grandgirls’ house to babysit. ...

It appears I neglected to blog yesterday. I hope you are OK. Were the withdrawal DTs bearable? I spent the day hard at work around the hou...

It is Friday. That means nothing to me these days. It is but another day. We won’t crack 90 today, according to the weather babe, the first ...

I’ve got the early shift at the Big Box this morning. That is no excuse for why I was awake at 4:30. That is on me. And no, I’m not happy ab...

It will be another hot one today. It is summer, the heat seems to arrive around this time every year. The heat and humidity might combine to...