42 Dreams of Arizona Bay

I suppose it’s fitting that a turn of weather has made it feel freezing cold, even as my freezer has died.
Yes, I know it’s not really freezing. But when just a few days ago, I was wearing shorts and sandals and sweating profusely at the fair, it’s freezing in comparison.
Saturday, I realized as I tried [...]

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Did you know that you can buy a remote-control mouse for your cats? It will set you back about $15. I suspect that the owner of such a thing will probably derive more satisfaction out of such a device, for all of 15 minutes. That’s $1 a minute. After that, the novelty wears off. I [...]

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Getting your car smog checked and getting it to pass smog certification is a racket.
That’s why the last time I had it done, I went to a smog-check only station, mostly because I also knew that my then-2-year-old car would certainly pass the smog check.
This time around, I wasn’t so sure. My car is 6 [...]

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I have decided to stop responding to verbal or written communication that makes the assumption that I am retarded. Speaking slowly or stating the very obvious and then pausing for a response counts. This may require a lot of silence from me, but I am determined to give it a try.
Carry on.

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I’m bleary eyed.
Yesterday, all I could hear all day was the sound of trees being trimmed.
This morning, I woke up about 7:30 to the sound of chainsaws.
A lovely old tree is being taken down just outside my backyard.
I knew this was going to happen, and I’m sad to see it go, but I don’t really [...]

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I’m a word person. I love words. I sometimes hate them. I’m surrounded by them. I devour them with my eyes.
And I cringe sometimes when they’re bent, distorted, overused.
Today, it was rock star.
I’m sorry. You can’t be a rock star if you are not, in fact, a rock star.
You can’t use this word to describe [...]

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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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