uncharacterized – my jaundiced eye

what ales you?

The OB&C and MJE ventured out to dine this week. We drove to a nearby town and pulled into “Ye Olde Ale house.” If you think that we were transported to a cozy public house in jolly olde england you would be severely disappointed. We entered a cavernous room with a bar along the farContinue reading “what ales you?”

golden corral

The OB&C and MJE, like human glaciers are inexorably crumbling toward our “past due” dates. As my readers may remember, we have a home in Ancient Oaks, a community for overactive seniors. It’s located in the “low country” of the usa, which means most of it is below sea level and will be under waterContinue reading “golden corral”

Bottoms up

So a few weeks into 2023 and the world hasn’t imploded yet, well except for poor ukraine, which jumped the gun, so to speak, with an assist from rootin’ tootin’ putin, the world’s worst person, next to elon muskellunge. While here on the home front, we might as well throw in kevin mcarthy who inContinue reading “Bottoms up”

camp wa-me-o-lawd-wa-me session 2

Just to update everyone about ongoing first session covid camp projects: The plexiglas is still in pieces. The closet light still doesn’t work. But this is a new session and lots of activities are on the schedule. Many of them are more aspirational than practical, but campers gotta dream, right? Lots of hikes, obviously. ToContinue reading “camp wa-me-o-lawd-wa-me session 2”

camp wa-me-o-lawd-wa-me

Greetings from camp covid here in north carolina! We only have one camper, our grandson jesus. He usually goes to regular camp for about 5 weeks but that is kaput so we are it. Basically, we do it because he desperately needs to be away from his mother, daughter albatross, and exposed to some vagueContinue reading “camp wa-me-o-lawd-wa-me”

we-solation

MJE is sick of being trapped in paradise. Trust me I love seclusion, but with the OB&C right here, right now it’s not really isolation, it’s we-solation. BIG difference. I keep telling him to go somewhere, anywhere. Take a walk, go fishing, go canoeing, chop down something, clean the gutters, power wash the house, organizeContinue reading “we-solation”

family tree

Politics, gun violence, russia and porn stars have worn me out so I will turn to another soul deadening topic, family. MJE tends to roam alone with the OB&C as an occasional traveling companion. Perfection. However, once a year I am burdened with one of the fragments of flotsam floating in my familial gene poolContinue reading “family tree”

all in the family

In the interest of cutting back governmental spending and streamlining bureaucracy, the conald has opted to appoint his son-in-law, jarred to replace the entire cabinet, joint chiefs and white house landscaping crew. Although he has no governmental, diplomatic, military or horticultural experience, jarred, in the conald’s words, “brings a really, really great combination of ignorance,Continue reading “all in the family”

MJE’s persian carpet

So another year come and gone without much to show for it. Fortunately, I have such very low expectations for myself that merely being awake for a time, then being asleep for a time and repeating that every 24 hours or so is enough. It’s great, I am never disappointed. Although I did just readContinue reading “MJE’s persian carpet”

all in the family

Okay so MJE was going to give p.e.t. a pass this week on his cabinet choices, but how can I pass up ben carson’s touting his having once lived in public housing as a child as qualifying him to head up the department of housing and urban development. Well with that low bar of skill sets asContinue reading “all in the family”