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Look at that… in two days, I’ve invented two words… Lawnficiency (Noun): Mowing your lawn and doing yardwork in the most systematic and time-saving way possible Podficiency (Noun): Listening to Podcasts and avoiding all the time-wasting pauses and slow talking If you don’t read… Continue Reading “Podcast Efficiency (aka Podficiency TM)”
I’m obsessed with my lawn. There. I said it. Sometimes the first step to recovery is admitting you have a problem but, the thing is, I don’t think it’s a problem. I call it a hobby. Or maybe a passion-project. Psychiatrists and therapists can… Continue Reading “Lawn Efficiency (Lawnficiency TM)”
Not sure how it is in your house, but for my wife and I …gift giving is a competition. Before and after all gift-giving events (Valentine’s Day, Anniversary, our birthdays, and especially Christmas) we pre-brag and post-brag about “winning Christmas” or “winning our Anniversary.”… Continue Reading “Great at Gifting or Great at Getting?”
Years ago I read David Sedaris’s Holidays On Ice and it had, what I thought was, the funniest short-story in the form of the most over-the-top (and demented) Christmas Card Letter. I thought to myself that might be fun and funny if I took the traditional… Continue Reading “The Annual Christmas Card Letter, Part 5”
I don’t have to tell you that last weekend was the Aeropress World Championship. I couldn’t make it to Australia, this year, but when it comes to the Americas, you can bet your sweet double mocha ass I’ll be there (NOTE: I didn’t go… Continue Reading “My Aeropress Recipe and Links to Hundreds of other Aeropress Recipes”
I’ll say it here. My 20-year-old daughter is cute, blonde, and tiny. I worry sometimes about how the world will treat her. So far, the world has been pretty good. But not so much yesterday. She lived through the most stereotypical chauvinistic treatment from… Continue Reading “Angry Old Man Discount Tire Edition”
If you’re male and you’ve reached the age of 40, half the Emails you get are from Hims or Keeps about thwarting hair loss. Each starts with a survey, asking questions like, “do you want to regrow your hair,” or, “do you want to… Continue Reading “The OTHER Male Pattern Baldness”
My oh my, where does the time go!?!?! My birthday was 47 days ago and I haven’t thanked the many contributors and participants, nor have I updated my Stuff I Want Page. Here’s my Blog entry fixing that. First, the Stuff I Want Page has been… Continue Reading ““I Love Don Week” and “Stuff I Want” Update”
Three things you’re about to learn. I’m a massive hypocrite. The proper way to record a performance at a concert. And my latest Weezer experience. My Weezer Back Story Many reading are probably thinking, “yes, Don, you are a hypocrite and we’ve always known… Continue Reading “Weezer at Pine Knob, June 18th, 2023”
My sleepy, prototypical, boring suburban backyard is suddenly an animal sanctuary. Remember the duck? And how I thought it had abandoned it’s nest? The duck came back. So now I know that momma ducks, when they leave their nests for the day, cover their… Continue Reading “Ducks and Deer”