• Went back to work this morning, and was completely wiped out by 1 PM.
• I’m trying to decide if it hurts more with or without the sling for my shoulder.  I’m leaning toward it hurting more with it.
• I seem to have consumed all of the aspirin in the bottle that I carry around in my laptop bag.  I must correct this, for the sake of the children.
• Boo enjoyed his first day of Kindergarten.
  • I hope this continues.  He’s in the two year program, so if he hates it, it’s going to be a struggle.
• Girlie Bear has three classes with her best friend.  Nothing good can come from this.
• Apparently Girlie Bear’s German instructor is a DLI Chinese graduate.
  • If she was there from 1989 to 1990 and was in the Air Force, this might be an uncomfortable parent-teacher conference.
  • I’m not admitting anything, but it is quite possible to hang by your fingertips from the windowsill on the second floor of the Air Force barracks in Monterey and then survive the fall to the grass below in good enough shape to run through the woods after gathering up your clothing.
• Sometimes you’re damned if you do, and you’re damned if you don’t.  Problem is that ‘sometimes’ seems to be ‘always’ lately.

• Boo met his teacher today after church.  She now knows that he is much more civilized than she might have been led to believe.
• For the third time this week, Irish Woman and I were able to get caught up on both dishes and laundry.  Around here that’s some kind of record.
• No matter how often I put them back in Boo’s room, his toys always seem to find a way back into the living room, including when he’s asleep.
• Bad – Getting hit in the driver’s side door when someone crosses the double yellow line and you swerve to avoid a head on collision.
• Worse – You’re driving your wife’s car.
• Even worse – We’ve only had the car for 5 months.
• Good – You had your seatbelt on and only the side impact airbags fired.
• Bad idea – Yelling out “Oh Sxxx! I’ve got warrants!” and running away from the scene of an accident you caused when you suspect that the witness who was open carrying was a policeman.
• Not so good idea – Before fleeing said accident scene, you grab all of the documentation from the glove compartment and console of your vehicle.
• Bad idea – dropping your cell phone on the floor of your vehicle and not retrieving it when you were fleeing the scene of said accident.
• A lot of people helped Irish Woman and me out tonight, and I’d like to take this opportunity to thank them.
• Good automobile insurance is worth every penny.
• I’m OK.  My shoulder is sore and bruised, I have a few cuts and scrapes, and I’ll probably feel pretty rough tomorrow morning.  But x-ray’s show no fractures to the neck and back, so I’ve got that going for me.
• The ER nurse looked at me oddly when I declined a narcotic pain-killer and opted instead for ibuprofen.
• The muscle relaxant they gave me is really kicking in, so I’ll bid y’all good night.

• Irish Woman came back from the farmer’s market with a bottle each of blackberry and elderberry wine, a couple of fresh peaches, sweet corn, and a seedless watermelon.
  • I must say that blackberry wine is an excellent way to end the day.
• Apparently some of my neighbors don’t understand that when someone else owns a piece of land, they can either do what they want in a way that fits in with the rest of the community, or they can say screw it and just put in whatever strikes their fancy, and complaining vociferously about what they want to tastefully do is counterproductive.
• It’s never a good sign when walking on a bare floor feels like you’re walking on Lego’s, and no amount of NSAID stops that.
• Dinner tonight was pork ribs marinated in either tequila or bourbon, corn and green beans cooked with bacon and onions, and fresh corn on the cob.
  • It’s nice to make a good summer dinner every so often.
• Girlie Bear asked me if she could read “1984” today.  I couldn’t find my copy, so I gave her “Brave New World” instead.
  • Now, that’s going to be an interesting literary conversation.
• I’m so proud of Boo.  He liked a Marx Brothers movie as much as I did.
  • I haven’t heard that many belly laughs from him in a long time.
• Irish Woman spent almost 7 hours working in the yard this afternoon and evening.
  • I can express my entire opinion on cutting grass and weeding – xeriscaping.
  • A few gallons of weed killer, a few hundred yards of black tarp, and a few tons of pea gravel, and I only have to do yard work a couple of times a year.
  • Apparently Kentuckians would rather sweat in the dirt, heat, and humidity.

On this week’s Squirrel Report, Alan and Breda asked listeners and callers what it was about them that surprised people when they learned about it.  Since I can never listen to the Report on Thursday nights, I couldn’t call in, but this should work:

People always seem surprised when they find out that I love to cook and bake.  I guess I don’t look the part, but I love good food, and up until I met Irish Woman, that meant I had to cook my own food or make a whole lot more money so that I could afford better than drive-thru burgers.

So, that’s my thought on the subject, but I have one or two for you all:

1. What have I revealed about myself on this blog that came as a surprise to you all?
2. For those of you who have met me in real life, was there anything that surprised you about the meatspace me?

Please leave answers in comments.  I’m curious what people think.

BTW, mistyping sqrpt.com to sprpt.com takes you to a Chinese industrial painting company.  Could this be the source of all those Chinese downloads of the show?

Pay attention to the details.  They might be important.