Category: Rambling

Please take note of the following change from previous years’ version of the 1040 form. If the past, taxpayers have been asked if they wish to contribute $3 to the Presidential Election Fund. This is no longer an option. Instead, taxpayers will be asked if they wish to donate to a different, though equally important […]

This review was beamed directly into my sleeping mind from the year 2505.  Apparently, they have yet to build a transmitter strong enough to reach my conscious mind, as most scientific research conducted in the future is dedicated to hair restoration and erectile longevity.  When they briefly succeeded in constructing a transmitter of sufficient power, […]

The following was originally written for my work, which had a contest for anecdotes concerning working from home… I have always been a nature lover.  I think it is especially best appreciated when viewed from behind large, plate-glass windows. Working from home has afforded me the opportunity to appreciate the nature in my backyard even […]

As I keep saying, I own way too many movies on physical media.  Most of these are films I haven’t seen before.  Some titles are ones I have always been curious about.  Some just have interesting reviews.  In general, I check the external reviews on IMDB and, through that, I notice I tend to visit […]

A group of potatoes were watching a cricket test match from the stands.  This was quite an international cast of characters.  Seated together were a May Queen from Japan, an Irish Mizen, a Russian Blue, a French Vitelotte, a Swiss Blaue St. Galler and a Chilean Cabritas.  Rounding out this otherwise sophisticated group was a […]

There was a husband and wife who shared an enthusiasm for a particular aberration. For his birthday, she bought him a wall-mounted clock. It was in the style of traditional European clock-making. It had one unusual feature: each hour, on the hour, a small male and a small female mannequin would exit through a door […]