May 29
daily life anticipation, daily life, FINlos, travel 2 Comments
It’s that feeling you get on x-mas eve. It gives you the giggles when you think about it for too long. It gives you the butterflies as it teases you from the not too distant future. And then you wake up one day after not thinking about it for a while, and the day is there, leaving you befuddled with its sudden arrival. As my wife says, “SURPRISE!” More
May 07
daily life, miscellaneous bible, daily life, lamb, novel 5 Comments
I had to proctor an exam yesterday, and in preparation for 4+ hours of down time I went and bought a couple of books. One of them, Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s childhood Pal by Christopher Moore, was one I had heard about from a good friend a few years back. At the time I looked it up, read the summaries and reviews, knew the general premise and background of the book, and decided I wanted to get it. It’s a good thing I waited a few years, because look at the special gift edition of the book:
May 03
daily life, food barista, coffee, daily life, espresso, FINlos 5 Comments
You read that correctly, it’s spelled/pronounced espresso, not expresso. If there was a list of the greatest food creations ever created for consumption, this simple beverage would be at (or near) the top of the list.
Apr 29
daily life daily life, FINlos, food, obesity, scale 2 Comments
I’m not fat, but I sure feel like it sometimes. There are few early morning ego busters that are quite as efficient as having to lose a notch in your belt or having to change pants because the first pair was too tight. As I currently go through this recurring struggle (it’s not that I can’t lose weight) I find myself avoiding the scale in the bathroom. I don’t need to weigh myself, I can feel it.
Apr 17
film/movie/tv, pop culture cavemen, commercials, daily life, geico, pop culture, tv 3 Comments
Television is a wasteland, cliche but true. It’s bad enough that I lose any of my time watching it, and even worse that the few things I am interested in are so frequently interrupted by people trying to sell me things. In general, I am a cynic when it comes to people selling me things. I am customarily not going to believe what you say. I am going to assume that you are just looking to make a buck. And while this remains true of Geico, they are indeed trying to sell me car insurance, they at least attempt to do it with humor and cleverness. And in my book, a little cleverness goes a long way.
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Apr 16
daily life ache, back, daily life, pain, sarcasm 5 Comments
Is it because I don’t exercise enough? Is it because I have bad posture? Is it because there is some orthopedic issue that I am unaware of? Is it because my spare tire has become too big? Is it because I am hunched over a computer for too long?
Whatever the reason, I have chronic back pain, and it is no fun.
Apr 14
food daily life, food, ice cream, lactose 3 Comments
It was a simple recipe, really. I found it on Allrecipes.com. It’s funny that I looked up a recipe for a milkshake, I mean how much simpler can things get. To quote Vincent Vega from Pulp Fiction, “A shake? Milk and ice cream?” Well, I’ll justify it by saying I was looking for ideas, and also that with all things found on the internet, it never ends up quite the way it started. So here was my recipe:
Apr 13
daily life daily life, prediction, weather 3 Comments
Weather is one of those things (most of “those things” also being related in some form to nature) that can surprise. The wife and I went to a show last night (perhaps the future victim of a review). When we left the house the weather was standard north springtime fare, a humid 80-85 (f) following some morning showers. When we exited the theater the temperature had dropped to a more balmy 68. And then when we woke up this morning it had dropped all the way to 60 (f). This drops us right into the heart of the matter, the inherent paradox of predicting the weather. More
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