I had a different post planned for today, but then fate intervened. I try to keep some fresh parsley in a jar of water on my counter so it’ll be readily available, and this morning I noticed that the parsley had turned quite yellow and could no longer be regarded as fresh. So I chucked … Continue reading Emergency!
Gallimaufry
Afghans
My mother used to be pretty good with her needles. I’m not sure if she knitted or crocheted these afghans for me. Every couple of years she’d give me another one. I know she made they them for practically everyone in the extended family because in the days when we’d still get together once in … Continue reading Afghans
Screw Off Caps
With advancing age comes a slew of medical conditions. Take me, for example. As I enter late youth, I find myself beset by a touch of arthritis in my hands. Sometimes significantly more than a touch. It manifests itself in particular when I try to manipulate the little caps that seem to be on the … Continue reading Screw Off Caps
A Year or So Later
You may or may not recall that I was plagued by mice a year or so ago. Several folks had suggested stopping up the hole under the sink where the water pipe comes up with steel wool, and when I did that, it seemed to prevent the little critters from gaining entrance via that route. … Continue reading A Year or So Later
Drug Stores
I get two or more marketing emails from Walgreens every day. I never signed up for them. I think I gave them my email address many years ago for some sort of special offer, and in the last few weeks they’ve been bombarding me with marketing spam about twice a day. I’ve tried to unsubscribe … Continue reading Drug Stores
Cleaning the Coffee Maker
I like vinegar well enough, but I’d rather not have the whole downstairs smell of it. That’s what happened every time I cleaned the coffee maker according to the manufacturer’s suggested directions. Until I discovered a better way. It’s a product called Dezcal. Not only doesn’t my home smell of vinegar whenever I clean the … Continue reading Cleaning the Coffee Maker
How to Improve Traffic Lights
I haven’t driven a car in over a decade, but I remember how frustrating waiting at traffic lights can be. Currently many traffic lights require hand counting cars to re-time them, so the re-timing is only done every five years. But there is a better way. And a bonus video.
Another Missing Sock
It was laundry day and it had been a couple months since there had been a missing sock, so it was due. By now, having gone through the missing sock routine any number of times, I knew it would turn up, so I just went about searching the usual places. Patting down the t-shirts, for … Continue reading Another Missing Sock
Edgar and Steve
I just got a new coffee mug and a new T-shirt.
State Taxes
Earlier this year when I filed my state income tax, I ended up owing Pennsylvania some money. The problem was that I sold some of my Apple stock last year because I thought it was done going up for the time being. Hah! The joke was on me. Just a month or so ago it … Continue reading State Taxes