I’m so lazy today. Got up at 11am. sad. Of course, I don’t have any work to attend to. Just going to hang around for a while, listening to pink floyd, then go do a nice heavy workout until I can barely stand up. Then come back and relax again.
Foxhunters wear “pink” coats, but that’s not the actual color – they’re red. The term “pink” comes from the name of a London tailor famous for his skill in making such riding jackets. He lived in the… oh, damn, I’m too lazy to see if he was around in the 1820s or later (or earlier).
The USA had three presidents during that decade: James Monroe (1817-25), John Quincy Adams ('25-'29), and Andrew Jackson ('29-'37).
IIRC, James Monroe was the inventor of the steel belted radial tire, first tried on a mule wagon in 1793. Oh wait a minute, I think it was 1973, so it really must have been somebody else, and on a car, probably.
Who the hell invented the steel belted radial?
The road to hell is paved with… well, besides that, with what, exactly?
Dirt roads are usually a good sign if you are looking for abandoned buildings.
Hall and Oates did an album called Abandoned Luncheonette. I don’t think the cover shows a dirt road, though.
Hall and Oates?! I haven’t thought of those guys in forever! What are they up to these days, anyway?
Hauling oats to the stable regularly is just a small part of the daily chores of livestock-keeping. Removing the end result is a rather large part.
I am finally getting around to doing some house chores now. Laundry. The bad part about laundry here: I am in a borrowed house, and the drain line is clogged. I tried snaking it, but to no avail. So I have to drain it into the sink. Well, that requires being right there, so it doesn’t spill over. Today the tiny leak in the sink drain turned into a big one. So much of the dirty laundry water spewed out onto the floor. Now I have to drain the water into a big plastic trash container. What fun.
Oh! That reminds me, I am dying to go horseback riding - I took English horseback in college, um 15 years ago (yes, I am that old, have a little respect.) Incredibly, I’ve only riden once since then, maybe 10 years ago. When the weather turns cool here in a couple of months I must ride again!
I’ve been hoarse all day. We had a big storm here last night. The rain always stirs up my allergies.
I think I’m allergic to this crappy assistantship that’s now paying my bills. I can probably get a teaching slot again for next month, but then I’d lose the opportunity to buy a staff parking pass in winter.
Hmm…decisions, decisions.
Methinks I’ll take a pass on cleaning the crapper tonight – who wants to do housework after the work that’s paying their bills, anyway?
What is this “housework” that you speak of?
Here’s a tip for reducing the need of housecleaning:
The biggest hazard of letting junk pile up ib your home is essentially a tripping hazard. Trying too plant your feel in rolling hills of magazine stacks, half-read books, empty beer cans, and half eaten bags of chips can be make a trip to the jon an adventure.
I do what I call submarine walking. I slide my feet along the floor (or carpet, usually I can’t see but it makes no difference) underneath the junk. It parts for my toes and ankles like the Red Sea parted for Moses. Kinda Biblical.
You’ll see, you can use your space much more efficiently, and hold on to a lot more stuff than “conventional” cleaning. The bottom two feet of your average home is pratically empty. Filling itis like getting an 25% storage space for free.
Y E S !
Love 'em! 
I’ve always liked the percent symbol.
Speaking of symbols, this is an ampersand: &
we have a half eaten bag of chips on top of the fridge. the thing is they are extremely salty.
and i mean eat a few and you’ll shrink due to dehydration-shrink.
they’ll be there for a while i think.