Neogy Titwhistle
"I could perhaps like others have astonished you with strange improbable tales; but I rather chose to relate plain matter of fact in the simplest manner and style; because my principle design was to inform you, and not to amuse you."
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A proud moment! in A small but passable life.
Daughter called this morning. She had just passed her licensing exam for her massage therapy training. She is now a Missouri state certified massage therapist. And she has already been hired by w...
And on this day. in A small but passable life.
And on this day nine years ago was the first of five trips out here to check on Mom or to save her from being kidnapped from the hospital and placed in “rehab”. The fifth trip was May 2017 after ...
Three years. in A small but passable life.
Three years ago today I got the call from the stroke center that informed me that Mom had died. She had survived the emergency surgery (the surgeon had called me at 2am to tell me the blockage ha...
Still warm. in A small but passable life.
I finished reading “Seveneves” by Neil Stephenson and “The House at the End of the World” by Dean Koontz. That makes 19 books read so far this year. The temp today was 88 degrees. A couple of da...
Two months since I've scribbled here. in A small but passable life.
I’ve finished reading the stack of re-reads I’d gathered. And now I’m back to current novels. I’ve just finished reading “Holly” by Stephen King. And that makes seventeen books read so far this y...
Done with it. in A small but passable life.
It only took 35 minutes, five transfers, and four people but I cancelled whatever it was I’d signed up for. I’m not going to sign up for anything else. I’ll keep on shredding whatever comes in th...
monsoon struggling in A small but passable life.
There were temperature records set: 31 days over 110 degrees, hottest overnight temperature ever at 97 degrees, hottest average 24 hour day at 104 degrees. right now, at 4:41pm, 110 degrees Thre...
Still sitting here. in A small but passable life.
It’s been two months since I’ve updated here. Just not much more than the usual nothing going on around here. I’ve finished reading “The Curator” by Owen King and “Quicksilver” and “The Big Dark ...
Bi-annual doings . . . in A small but passable life.
I finished reading “The Last Chairlift” by John Irving and “Old Babes in the Wood” by Margaret Atwood. Now I’m reading a new Owen King I found when I returned the other two books. Yes, that King...
Same old, same old. in A small but passable life.
It’s been six weeks since I’ve scribbled in here. What’s new? What isn’t? I found two new books by two favorite authors at the library. John Irving and Margaret Atwood. The last trip to the weed...
Climate chaos? in A small but passable life.
February is over. Normally it would have been warmer. The first ninety degree day of the year usually arrives in February. This year there wasn’t even one eighty degree day during February. And a...
Two more items. in A small but passable life.
For decades I’ve had two items on my “wish list”. I finally pulled the trigger and bought them. I bought the Silva Ranger 2.0 compass from Amazon for $57.77 and a Leatherman Wave+ from REI for $1...
Warming up! in A small but passable life.
December and January temperatures were 5 to 10 degrees on average lower than normal. And now we’re finally returning to normal temps. It is supposed to be up in the mid-seventies through the upco...
ChatGPT, Conversation #2 in A small but passable life.
I think I’m going to need to be stoned to continue along this path. Really fucking high. Check this out: *Are you familiar with the three laws of robotics? * Yes, I am familiar with the three law...
ChatGPT, conversation #1 in A small but passable life.
f(x)=x+2 f(x) is a function that takes an input, x, and returns the value of x+2. For example, if you input 3 into the function, it would return 5 because 3+2 = 5. Is there anything else you woul...
Another trip around the sun. in A small but passable life.
The new year started with an inch and a quarter of rain. A very pleasant all day and evening steady rain. Definitely won’t remedy the megadrought, but can’t hurt. It rained another quarter inch t...
Vitamin D! in A small but passable life.
It finally happened today. Noon to three. Three hours at the pool. Then a shave and hot shower. We should have three more days in the mid-seventies until the clouds and cooler days move back in. ...
Winter may be over? in A small but passable life.
Yeah, the last couple of weeks have been harsh. High’s in the fifties and lows in the thirties. Yesterday warmed up to 68 degrees. It may be 70 or more tomorrow. The water heater I’d taken out o...
Two more weeks gone. in A small but passable life.
Yeah, two weeks since an update. After I’d gotten my last grocery order for 2022 I figured the year end total. It was a grand total of $29.25 per week. Compared to $27.60 per week in 2021. Not to...
Crazy weather! in A small but passable life.
It started raining Saturday just before noon. It rained steadily until Sunday morning. It left an inch-and-a-half in the rain gauge. And then Monday I woke up to fog so thick I could barely see a...
Deliveries. in A small but passable life.
Yesterday was my usual Instacart delivery. And then Amazon delivered my photo album and my fountain pen. The fountain pen turned out to be a Hong Dian 525. I filled it with Waterman Intense Black...
Spending money, again. in A small but passable life.
I had nothing to read yesterday so I made the mistake, the mistake I usually make when I’m bored, of perusing Thriftbooks and Amazon. I ordered four paperbacks from Thriftbooks and a photo album ...
A 7 year read? in A small but passable life.
I finally finished “Masterpieces of World Philosophy in Summary Form” by Harper Collins, 1964. 1163 pages. I bought the tome at the library here for fifty cents either the first trip out here in ...
Only a half dozen. in A small but passable life.
I finished reading “Fall, or, Dodge in Hell” by Neal Stephenson. That is six books read this year. Two of those were re-reads. Now I’m back to the philosophy tome I’ve been reading since 2015. Th...
52 years ago . . . in A small but passable life.
it was written and it’s still relevant. Enjoy!
