42 Dreams of Arizona Bay

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I don’t have all day

Letter to all the flakes on craigslist,
If you say you are going to pick up something at a certain time, be on time! Don’t waste my time. I spent all day waiting for you to call, and then spent the rest of my day before work waiting for you to pick up the item you’ve [...]

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Death of the album

I think the album might be dead.
Or at least it is for me.
I exclusively use my iPod for listening to music. I almost never listen to the radio; I haven’t reprogrammed the channels since April, when I had a car problem and my battery was unhooked.
And I’ve noticed that I listen to songs in playlists, [...]

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You cannot be a cowboy …

You cannot be a cowboy if you wear a fanny pack.
Even if the rest of you is all cowboy. No, make that CAPITAL COWBOY.
Hat, check. Gaudy design on beige western shirt, check. Leather cowboy boots. Check. Swagger. Yep. Leathery, wrinkled face full of business. Yep.
American flag-patterned hankie flying out of a back pocket. Oh yes.
But [...]

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My undulations

Undulations
Humps
Lumps
Bumps
Table
All names for the same thing. Speed bumps. While in Sacramento this weekend, I saw speed bump signs warning of speed lumps and humps within 50 feet of each other. And then there was the warning about the speed table. That was a new one. And so was undulations ahead.
Why can’t one city settle on [...]

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Maybe

Maybe I need to pick up a side line.
I should design greeting cards with tasteful sentiments or just blank ones. I’ve had this problem before.
Today, we went shopping for a get well card for a coworker. He’s not a guy who appreciates flowers or puppies, and none of the sentiments seemed to fit an unfortunate [...]

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