Well, my birthday is six days away but I just got the best present ever. (I mean, there’s still time. You could knock my socks off with like, a big bag of Tootsie Rolls or something.) When Disney Plus launched I wrote a blog about it, and mentioned in passing the presence of a few … Continue reading “Muppet Show”? 30 Days Till Curtain “Muppet Show”!
I have quite a few friends who are incredibly adept at pushing my buttons. Last night one of them posted the following video and suggested it’s making a drug reference. I don’t know why, but for some reason people finding untoward things where they do not exist really irritates the hell out of me. So … Continue reading “Street” Rage
I just got off the phone with Pappy Wentworth. Aka “Big Dave.” I had been chatting with my sister Johanna about the likelihood of my not traveling home for Christmas this year. But talking to Dad about it, and hearing him agree that this was not a good year to do it, put a finality … Continue reading Home For The Holiday (Easter Perhaps. Or Memorial Day.)
This little tradition started on MySpace, was transitioned to Facebook, and now rests on the ol’ blog. The first year I did this I was 33 years old, so I wrote 33 things for which I was thankful. I’ve added one new thing each year, and this year’s is at the bottom. A lot changes … Continue reading The Thanks Giving, 2020
It’s Friday night and I am not board-opping a football game! (Hemingford’s season came to an end yesterday so I am out of the button-monkey business until next season, or until some unforeseen technical imbruglio pulls me back to the console.) So tonight I am getting friendly with my new laptop. In 2011 (or possibly … Continue reading New Laptop!
Dear Jason Patrick, Here is the story of how your Uncle Wenty and your Uncle Kalin went to see your Dad and Mom get married. (Kalin and I aren’t really your uncles, and we aren’t really brothers. But I love Kalin like a brother, and we fight like brothers, so it’s close enough.) I have … Continue reading The Wedding of Pat and Courtney, as Told By The Best Man
So sixteen months ago I began writing blog entries called “Tales Of Twitch”. I called them that because I was noticing a little twitch in my eye that started when I arrived back in Alliance after spending holidays with the family. At that time the twitch was really nothing more than a minor irritance. Especially … Continue reading Tales Of Twitch Part 4,219 (The Part That Actually Deals With The Twitch!)
I have asked for (and received) Friday May 22nd as a vacation day. This will be my first vacation day of 2020. (I went to Denver for a medical appointment in January but did not do anything resembling entertainment or recreation. In fact, by going to that appointment I missed the final chance for months … Continue reading Vacation! (Of Sorts)
Are you there, God? It’s me, Wenty. That’s not exactly an original opening. I thought you were a Director Of Creative Services. Cut me some slack, almighty…uh..you. I’m not handling things very well at the moment. I’m hearing a lot of that. Of course you are! And that’s what makes me feel bad even bringing … Continue reading A Conversation With God
Larry King used to write a column for the USA Today newspaper consisting of vapid non-sequiturs such as: “That Charlene Tilton sure is a looker”…”Anybody ever wonder what happens to the airplane peanuts people don’t eat?”…”I’m calling it now: The Yankees will win the penant this year…” And so forth. So here’s a grab bag … Continue reading A Larry King “Dot Dot Dot” Column
