Tag Archives: Fun
My new pet peeve: really long receipts
I guess this has been going on for a while, but really long receipts drive me nuts. I wonder how many trees take a fall each year to make them. Did someone from the logging community suggest this to companies? … Continue reading
Filed under Adventures in Los Angeles, Consumerism, Fun & Humor
The parenting gods deliver another lesson to moi
I should know better. Fresh off the letter I wrote to my daughter the other day, and thinking about the person she became this year, I decided to surprise her with American Idol tour tickets. We hadn’t planned to go … Continue reading
Filed under Consumerism, Fun & Humor, Parenting
Parody of Mad Libs – Cystic Fibrosis Version
[Remember the rules - ask someone else for the missing words. Be careful, I'm not sure what I was thinking when I wrote this, or which direction the experiment will go.] Having cystic fibrosis requires ________(adjective) treatments and regular visits … Continue reading
Filed under cystic fibrosis, Fun & Humor
The Lost Week
I’m not sure what happened to last week. I lost it. I know I lived it. It existed. It took place. But it was a wisp – gossamer – ethereal. I wasn’t drunk and partying with Harry Nilsson in Los … Continue reading
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An American Work Vacation for Me
I have three weeks off. It’s because I didn’t take much vacation this year and I can’t roll over the days to next year. So, I’m catching up on projects around the house and working, as in “work work.” Yes, the … Continue reading
Filed under Business, Fun & Humor, Human Nature
I experience a perfect day
Saturday night, at 1:30 in the morning, as I wedged myself onto the dog couch with a yellow lab at my feet and a black lab on an adjoining ottoman, I realized I had experienced a perfect day. Yes, with who … Continue reading
Filed under Adventures in Los Angeles, Fun & Humor
The economy + an uncertain future + daughter’s future education costs + corporate cost cutting and waiting for the return of Queen for a Day
My wife and I spent some quality time at the dining room table this weekend pouring over what it would cost to move. Over the years, we’ve resisted moving up like many of our friends have. Thank you, cystic fibrosis, … Continue reading
Filed under Business, cystic fibrosis, Do the right thing, Fun & Humor
Odds and ends and odds
Work I’ve been doing it. A lot lately. My life would be so much better if I didn’t have to work and was rich. Actually, I like working. If I could just trim some of the mundane, mind-numbing tasks from … Continue reading
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Standing in line is agony
I’m not a patient person. It’s one of the reasons I was such a screw-up early in life, though one could argue I haven’t changed. I do feel I’m able to manage my impatience now, as an adult, and understand … Continue reading
Filed under Adventures in Los Angeles, cystic fibrosis, Fun & Humor
How I spent (and didn’t spend) my summer vacation
I didn’t spend summer in the hospital. [Fox applauds, then passes out.] I feel like I won the lottery by not going in, though the pattern for me has long been one without summer hospital stays. With falling leaves, colds … Continue reading
Filed under Adventures in Los Angeles, cystic fibrosis, Dogs, Fun & Humor, Labradors
