When Fall comes, I like to move my laptop to the patio table and work from outside.Of course, I need a second monitor. And a power cable for the equipment.Maybe a large fan, when the breeze isn't blowing.Then there's the wireless keyboard and trackpad.

So many people on their timelines encourage others to vote.Sometimes for one candidate. Or the other.Or against one of the candidates, implying that you should vote for the other one.And then there's the general calls to vote, without any particular ca

Even though there's dog waste bag dispensers and disposal kiosks, people still walk their dogs and rarely pick up after them.It stinks, it's unhealthy, the shit's all over the sidewalk, and my laundry cart ends up rolling over the turds.So, I go from do

The chicken processing plant is a factory.Chickens, hung by their legs along a track.Their heads pulled off, their guts reamed out.Their feet chopped off for soup.Slashed and broken by workers with chain mesh gloves and the sharpest blades.Breasts, t

Of all the antiquated terms people use, I find "hanging up" the phone to be the most amusing.We used to hang the receiver on the phone to terminate the connection.Now, it's a button on a cell phone.Although pushing a button to cut off a call, depending

I've been going to Ryan's Bar for years, and it's a tradition that the oldest guy drinking at the bar gets the television remote.Whatever he chooses, everybody watches.If you want to watch something else, buy him a drink.Maybe he'll change his mind.Th

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You never know which home run is the last home run you hit.Or give up as a pitcher.The last touchdown you catch. Or throw. Or run.Or get called back because of your holding penalty.Maybe it's your call from the booth. Television. Radio.The last dunk.

Teddy Baskets leads the league in scoring.Triple Double Teddy.But he also leads the league in shots. And shots missed.And fouls and turnovers and minutes.If you average things out, you'll see why Teddy's team is in last.Nobody else gets any shots bec

It was fourth grade recess league softball, and I managed to avoid my name sticking to any roster.The teachers didn't know what to do, so they asked if I'd be an umpire."No," I said.But they made me do it anyway."Strike!" I shouted after every pitch,