• Boo saw a picture of a lady with an intricate tribal tattoo on her upper arm today,  pronounced that she was a Frankenstein, and insisted that it was true because he could see the stitching on her arm.
  • I can’t wait until he’s old enough to read some of my books.  He’s going to get a lot out of them.
• Girlie Bear watched one of those shows where they try to show the best restaurants in the United States for a given type of food.  This one was for barbecue.  It occurred to me that a lot of time and trouble is expended trying to perfect Festhahnchen* and shashlik.
  • And for that, my tummy is eternally grateful.
• It is nigh unto impossible to quickly wash a white truck to the point that it is not off-white streaked with gray.
  • I knocked off the big chunks and the salt, and that’s as good as it’s going to get until spring.
• It shouldn’t be difficult to find a new pair of sneakers for a five year old boy, should it?
  • It took an hour.  We tried on four pair before we found a pair that fit properly.
  • Apparently children’s shoes have gone the way of women’s shoes.  A 2 in one brand was the size of a 3 in another.
  • The shoe store didn’t help by having a basketball goal for the kids.  Every time we’d turn our back, Boo would be off trying to improve his free throw percentage.
  • How good is my 1911 holster from Michael’s Custom Holsters?  Good enough that I was able to securely and discreetly carry while contorting my body up, down, and around to find a size 2 1/2 wide tennis shoe, wrestling several pairs onto Boo for fitting, and repeatedly getting up off the floor at an odd angle.
• For once, the shoe store had a pair of shoes that fit me, looked OK, and were reasonably priced.
  • Usually, if I don’t order my shoes on-line, I either leave the store discouraged or end up with something that would fit in at Ringling Brothers or a bowling league.
  • Size 15 isn’t that big, I tell you!  Why don’t shoe stores stock a better selection for those of us with slightly larger feet?
• I learned today that Moonshine will put himself into his kennel with little to no fuss if offered a slice of cheese.   Apparently bribery works.
• Irish Woman and I spent an hour tonight discussing the project list for the spring and early summer.
  • Apparently I’m going to learn how to stain and seal concrete, plant cherry trees in planters, and possibly even apply stain to a fence using a power sprayer.
  • If my time estimate is right, I may be done with everything in time for the Kentucky Derby in May, assuming beautiful weather for every weekend until then.

*I know, I know, needs umlauts.