I can’t sleep
Tuesday, May 25th, 2010 Posted in Bits and Pieces, Impromptu Drinking Club | 4 Comments »So, here we are.
What are words for?
Thursday, November 19th, 2009 Posted in Bits and Pieces, Domestica, Hangover Hangout | No Comments »It's drab here in Smalltown, USA, lately. Gray, damp, not terribly cold but just at that level of chilly that seems to work its way into your bones, as if out of spite because we're not complaining about the ...
The sound of one hand typing… ew, gross!
Saturday, March 28th, 2009 Posted in Bits and Pieces, Domestica, Geekonomics, Impromptu Drinking Club | 3 Comments »It's me, Rip! Did you miss me? I missed you. Kee-rist!!!, what a couple of weeks! Here's the skinny: Remember how I was pissing and moaning about computer problems? That was only the start of it. I had to buy a ...
Among the Living
Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009 Posted in Bits and Pieces | 2 Comments »I'm still here. Mother Ripley hasn't improved much and we don't expect that she will. She swings back and forth between fairly cogent, if a little weak, and less functional episodes where she can barely put words together. There are evidently ...
It’s a big building with lots of patients
Sunday, January 18th, 2009 Posted in Bits and Pieces | 9 Comments »Mother Ripley's in the hospital for a few days. She was exhibiting the same cognitive symptoms and confusion that precipitated her stroke in October, so we've admitted her for observation and some hemo-therapy (or whatever it might be called.) Chances are ...
