- Sober, filthy, and sunburnt is no way to go through life.
- Rhythm of building things:
- Gather tools, screws, wood.
- Measure twice, cut once.
- Put piece together.
- Try to install. Notice that the piece is three inches too long.
- Take piece apart.
- Measure twice, cut once.
- Reattempt installation. Notice that the piece is now one inch too short.
- Go to lumber yard to get more wood.
- Stare longingly at the liquor store as you drive by.
- Measure four times, cut once
- Assemble piece
- Fit piece into its place.
- Figure out that the piece is two inches too tall.
- Consult with wife. Stress that you really don’t care anymore
- Accept her decision that it looks fine.
- Put tools away and clean up.
- There are few things that will brighten up a young boy’s day more than ending it with toasted marshmallows and a campout in the back yard.
- Crash plays with Moonshine by boxing, kicking, wrestling, and biting. Moonshine plays with Crash by holding him down with one paw and putting the cat’s head in his mouth and growling. I think there’s a bit of a difference in capabilities here.
- At the prices they were asking for hamburger today, I ought to be able to go behind the store, pick out a cow, and watch while it’s slaughtered and ground up, all while a mariachi band plays and a sweet young thing brings me cold beer.
- When the weather looks iffy for grilling out over charcoal, go back to that old standby – cast iron.
- Kroger did not appreciate me referring to their on-sale meat area as the “used meat aisle”.
- Somewhere in Europe is the person who stole the English to Russian half of my Smirnitsky dictionary. When I find the son of a gun, I’m going to beat him to death with the Russian to English half.
- One thing about living in the sort-of-South – Every event can and will be a social occasion.
- The time to cancel your summer day camp program is not five days prior to the end of school.
- Processing sixteen pounds of strawberries will cause your hands to look like those of Lady MacBeth. Hopefully I don’t sleepwalk.
Thoughts on the Weekend
Posted by daddybear71 on June 1, 2014
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/ June 2, 2014My mom has been calling it “used meat” for years. She also frequents the “used baked goods” section.
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