Bakery Blues

It had only been two weeks since my last visit to the sugar free bakery in Salem, NH. In that space of time, however, they seemed to stop selling all of the things I usually buy from them. What a friggin’ bummer, eh? Maybe next time will be better.

283/365

Also, the weather today just plain blows.

Taglines? Nope

Daily writing prompt
If humans had taglines, what would yours be?
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I would not have a tagline or a catch phrase or anything like that. Nope, not me.

The best I could do would be to steal something from a movie, a book, or a song. I’m not interesting or important enough for anything more than that.

  • “There can be only one” from Highlander
  • “Lookin’ real good” from Better off Dead
  • “I have a bad feeling about this” from Star Wars
  • “No kitty, that’s a bad kitty!” from South Park
  • Literally every line from Spaceballs
  • Literally every line from Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
  • “Spinning, whirling, still descending
    Like a spiral sea, unending!
    Sound and fury drowns my heart
    Every nerve is torn apart!” from a little ditty by Rush

You know, something like that. Something subtle, right?

Cat Views

We went to visit Jen’s mother and step father today. When we came home, this was waiting for us:

I think we can take the xmas lights down now, don’t you?

Fast forward a few hours to just a few minutes ago. Jen is asleep and I’m sitting up in bed watching youtube videos about guitars and film photography and doctor who and this is what is sitting below the foot of the bed:

Cat views, or views of cats. Either way, we can’t get enough.

After Two Periods…

The Stanley Cup Final has finally started. They only had 469249624 days off since the Conference Finals ended.

After two periods, the Oilers trail the Panthers 2-0.

Oh come on now. Let’s score some goals, Edmonton. I want this series to be an Edmonton sweep. You are not allowed to lose a game, Oilers. You are not allowed to win a game, Panthers. Screw you, Panthers!

I have a bad feeling about this.

Spoiler Free Review of Last Night’s Doctor Who

A new episode of Doctor Who, entitled Rogue, was released last night on Disney+ (for those of us in the ol’ U.S.of.A.) and as soon as I finished watching it I posted something on Threads about it. Something like a very short spoiler free review. Allow me to share an excerpt:

…that popping sound you’re hearing? That’s the sound of homophobic brains exploding, all over the world.

heh heh heh

Sorry. I just find bigotry to be so ridiculous that I have to make fun of it when I can.

Also, Doctor Who may suffer from the most toxic fan base in the entire entertainment industry. I used to think Star Trek fans were bad, then Star Wars came back and the toxicity made Star Trek look like cute cuddly kitties. Then I started watching Doctor Who and the level of toxicity spewing from the show’s “fans” made Star Wars look like a picnic in the park on a sunny summer’s day.

I am not going to say that I am looking forward to the hate vomit that this week’s episode is sure to produce, but I am looking forward to being able to use the response to the episode to block a whole ton of scumbags on social media. That’s what I call a bright side!

Basic Needs Plus

Daily writing prompt
What are the most important things needed to live a good life?
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Which branch of science was it that defined the three basic needs of life as food/water, shelter, and clothing? Was it psychology or sociology or philosophy? That’s the real answer to this question, right? Take away one of those three things and the good life gets pretty shitty, pretty fast.

What can we add on top of that to make life aces? Let me list a few things and then one final thing that outstrips them all.

  • A job with an income. You know… so that you can get the things that you need to get through your daily stuff… and stuff.
  • Transportation to get you to where you need to be to get/do the stuff you need to do.
  • Music. Speaking for myself, which should be obvious gievn that I’m the red head who is writing this idiotic crap, life would be pretty much garbage without music. I’m including listening to and playing music in this statement as both are mega important to me.
  • People to share life and experiences with. Friends, family, strangers. This is hinting at the one thing I will write about when I sum up this whole post, but really it’s about in good times and bad times I’ll be on your side forever more. That’s what friends are for. Right?

Which leads me to my summation. The one thing that supersedes everything else. For me, personally, in order to live a good life I need four things. Four basic needs, not just three. Food/water, shelter, clothing, and Jen and the kids. Take away all of the other stuff and leave me with those four things? I’ll be pretty good with that. That works for me.