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More than a quarter of a century writing on the internet. I've shared a lot. I've learned a lot. Let's go for a half century!
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They called yesterday and told me that the walk through would be scheduled for the last week of August. That’s nice. We are nearing completion. When, I asked, would be the completion? Hum, haw...
Arthur Abbot in Book Two
There is something that people say. I think it is true. “You don’t want a cottage. You want a friend with a cottage.” Or “You don’t want a boat. You want a friend with a boat.” Yesterday I bum...
The act alone is its own reward, writing here everyday, making YouTube videos, posting shots to instagram. I’m not looking for financial gain or fame or likes or comments, though those are nice ...
Tie-dye t-shirt in Book Two
It is always nice to get a note. And it is also nice to get a notification that one of your favourite people here has written something. It is equally nice to get a comment on a video you upload...
You ever watch bingo on TV? in Book Two
Sometimes I fantasize how great it would be to be able to go back in time and relive my life, knowing then what I know now. Not only would I not make most of the mistakes that I made, but I woul...
Cat underfoot in Book Two
The truth is that I like to sit around, barbecue, drink beer and float in the pool. It is no wonder I cannot seem to get anything done. My needs as a retired man are like those of a baby. Sleep ...
YouTube launched on February 14, 2005. Google purchased it on November 13, 2006. I became a YouTuber somewhere in between those two dates. Twenty years ago. A long time to be using iMovie. I ...
My ‘to do’ list is getting longer and longer. I have no excuse except for procrastination and laziness. So I went to Amazon and ordered a couple of sealers for the truck cap and rear door. The...
Not circling the drain or the airport, but in a holding pattern; I feel like I am waiting, in limbo. I am at the gate, pre-boarding but I don’t have a destination. It’s not bad. Drifting. It’s...
Business as usual in Book Two
It has been regular going around here. I’ve been out on my bike, doing the northern loop up to the expressway on Tuesday and yesterday doing the southern loop down around the golf course. The no...
Peace not trucks, cars and heavy equipment in Book Two
It is just another average morning except the guy on the corner is having a tree taken down and it is garbage day and I am out on the front porch at the busiest time of the morning - coming up t...
Hot yesterday. Summer came in like a lion. Hot again today and I suppose tomorrow. So says the forecast. Heatwave. Yea! We turned on the air conditioner for the first time last night. Funny how...
Destination unknown in Book Two
Summer is here and I have no plans. I am waiting for the Kelowna condo to close so I can plan out everything that comes after that. It is the only upcoming appointment that I have, but I don’t k...
You're a handbag in Book Two
My father used to call my sisters and me luggage. He never explained it and being kids we never understood that it was a metaphor. He was carrying us through life. We were his burden. We used ...
I am stuck. The problem is that we have a big house in a great part of town with room enough for a mother in law and an adult child. (I suppose that’s two problems.) I’m retired now for more tha...
Not so big in Japan in Book Two
Start with this: You can lead a horse to water but you cannot make him drink. All things end badly, (otherwise they wouldn’t end.) Those thoughts are related. We live in worlds of our own c...
Joe in Norway in Book Two
Joe is in Norway and Allen is in Taiwan. I get texts, and emails with photos from Joe and instagram messages and YouTube notes from Allen. Allen has made 3 YouTube videos already, though he just...
Drinking a beer at the car wash talking on the phone in Book Two
Now that I am retired, I prefer weekdays to weekends. I like it that everyone is going about their business, going to work, going to school and I am free to do what I do, which is a whole lot of...
How much you give me? in Book Two
It’s funny how times change. We went and looked at used vans yesterday. A regional dealer. It is all he does - vans. Big ones, little ones, tall ones, short ones, high milage ones, low milage on...
Boring. So simple. in Book Two
I was thinking just now how busy I used to be twenty years ago, when the kids were young and I had an office job that I had to get to. I don’t know how I did it. I could never do it now. Today...
communicating with yourself in Book Two
For me, this is where it starts everyday. Just a quick mind dump, not the stuff on top, the stuff I did yesterday, the trails and tribulations of being a human on planet earth. I try to not to b...
I hate it when people tell me stuff I already know. I know everything So don’t tell me stuff It seems to be an Asian thing, obeying the rules, being pedantic, reminding others of things th...
set the mood in Book Two
So I have a good friend that I have never met. Allen. It’s one of the joys of having a Youtube channel, lots of online friends. One guy that I met said that having a YouTube channel was an exc...
What else is there? in Book Two
If I don’t want to talk about the neighbours and the neighbourhood and I don’t want to talk about Youtube or van building, and I don’t want to talk about the routine things I do like read books,...
always change in Book Two
It started with ‘would Friday morning or afternoon work better for you?’ That’s a sales line. The either/or close. So I was highly alert for more. And there were more - the takeaway close. ‘The...
