Today this noble knob turns 4. In his 4th year, Murphy learned compassion. If one of us is sick or blue, Murphy is RIGHT THERE. Lying on top of our chests when we're burning with fever. Licking our faces as we sit on the bathroom floor in the middle of the night. Snorfling close if we're sad. Murphy loves: Ollie, us, fresh tomatoes, tiny animals, chicken nuggets, my mother, cold coffee, clean laundry, and the TV program Vikings. Murphy hates: His own farts, strangers, noises, not being ...
Friday Five: Fireday Five
I know. It's Saturday. But it's a different kind of Saturday as I'm currently on an airplane heading to Spring Business Trip 2014 - which happens to be in Las Vegas! And I'm on the internet. This life, it's so cool. I'm in Vegas until late Tuesday night/Wednesday morning, when I take a red-eye flight home. I'll land on Wednesday afternoon, drive home, and pass out with my pile of pets. I don't have many definitive plans. I'm connecting with an old friend from college. He invited me to his ...
Friday Five: Shadows
Listening to: Tiki Bar playlist on Songza Holy crap what a week. Last week, one of our debit card numbers/PINs was skimmed to the tune of almost $600. The money's back in the account and the debit cards have been reissued. But our new PINs will arrive via mail, and we can't use them until we activate them at the credit union's ATM. Since we still (mostly) run our household without credit cards, many of our bills are tied to those old numbers for auto-pay. Combine that with other things, and I ...
