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REDNECK CALIMARI
Read more: REDNECK CALIMARII’m a ridiculously picky eater. Coffee has to be fresh & strong. Meat has to be trimmed. Can’t stand chicken (yard bird). Don’t like green veggies – ‘cept asparagus. Bananas have to be a little green. Won’t try tofu. No microwaveable or frozen anything. No packaged out of the box dump it boiling water stuff.…
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DIRT: AN AMERICAN CAMPAIGN
Read more: DIRT: AN AMERICAN CAMPAIGNOne thing about blogging – you get to “meet” some pretty cool people, &, in my case some pretty good writers as well. Mark LaFlamme is an author that falls into the met via the blog category. He has a new book out called DIRT: AN AMERICAN CAMPAIGN. I decided to read it. It was…
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Where To Retire – You Have Options!!!
Read more: Where To Retire – You Have Options!!!You can live in Phoenix , Arizona where… 1. You are willing to park 3 blocks away because you found shade. 2. You’ve experienced condensation on your butt from the hot water in the toilet bowl. 3. You can drive for 4 hours in one direction and never leave town. 4. You have over 100…
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Good Education, Good Price, Cool Digs
Read more: Good Education, Good Price, Cool DigsOne of the best educational deals around is located in downtown St Augustine. It’s called Flagler College – a 4 year liberal arts school of about 3000 students. Aside from being surrounded by history, great amenities & perfect beaches & parks – it comes with a reasonable price tag – $19 grand a year including…
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My Therapy
Read more: My TherapyMy daytime career is fun, demanding, self-satisfying, stressful, hilarious, aggravating, plenty of freedom, tightly scheduled, big bucks, tough budgets, way up, way down, spectacular, frustrating. It’s a roller-coaster & I’ve been on that ride for 30 years as of this month – 41 if you count the days when I worked for my dad (a…
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Chubby Hubby
Read more: Chubby HubbyLast week I was pulling some weeds in one of the beds & heard myself huffin’ & puffin’ – I’d only been working at it for 15 minutes. I stood & muttered aloud that “I feel like I’m in the worst shape of my whole life.” Later I started complaining that my shirts felt tighter.…
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A Coupla Things Guys Should Never Do
Read more: A Coupla Things Guys Should Never Do#1 – Guys should never pick out small appliances for home. Today we decided it was time for a new coffee maker. What I wanted was the kind that could grind & brew. We had one & it was really great, but I broke it about a year ago. (Lesson 1(a) – Stay out of…
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Creative Insults
Read more: Creative InsultsThought I would post these – since I’m in a bit of a grumpy, soggy kind of mood during these rainy & windy days. These insults are from an era when cleverness with words was still valued, before a great portion of the English language got boiled down to 4-letter words. From David Spiselman The…
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I Like ‘Seeing’ Progress
Read more: I Like ‘Seeing’ ProgressI’m the kind of person that likes to see the results of my efforts – on a daily basis. Working in the crazy bidness of Construction gives me the chance to appreciate what was accomplished in the short as well as the long term. It’s cool to step back & look at the final product.…
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Another St Augustine Surprise
Read more: Another St Augustine SurpriseFirst of all – I don’t think this picture was taken by me or Deb. It may be from a website, so my apologies to the photographer. This happens to be a shot of The St Augustine Hilton taken from the harbor. Really – it’s a hotel! It was designed and constructed to carry the…