Leftovers & links & reviews without spoilers

ᐅ No diss intended, because I like and still read Reddit, but I’m having more fun here than I ever had there. … [read more]

Leftovers & links & reviews without spoilers

ᐅ For everyone who’s been jabbed, the pandemic is effectively over. For everyone else — the millions who’ve refused the shots — new coronavirus variants are coming. … [read more]

I’m an easy customer for grocery delivery. Come before the scheduled time? I don’t complain. Come late? No worries, I’m here all day. Bring grapes instead of grape tomatoes? … [read more]

At work, we’re not allowed to alter our email signatures. It’s your name, your job title, and your phone number — no variations.

I became acquainted with this rule on April Fools Day a few years back, after I removed the employee photo that’s attached to all my emails, and replaced it with a cartoon, like the one in the sidebar. … [read more]

I’ve known numerous people who were and are fanatical about Rowan Atkinson and Mr Bean,
but nah. Friends tell me the show is so damn good. … [read more]

New books are pricey. Thrift stores and garage sales offer used books at good prices, but with a very limited selection. The library might have the book you want, but sometimes you want to own a book, not borrow it. … [read more]

Science fiction movies are fun. Who doesn’t enjoy ray guns and space ships and stars shimmying past at warp factor nine? What draws me toward sci-fi, though, is thinking about things I’ll never see, stuck as I am living my limited life circa 2020 on this rock we call Earth. … [read more]

My backstory, which is more of a “butt story,” is that I was a very fat man for many years. Then I lost more weight than skinny people weigh, mostly through medically un-advised means — one meal per day,
usually a huge salad, or something non-salad like weenies or hamburgers or Chinese food, but eaten with (or mixed into) an extra-big salad. … [read more]