What costs as much as an iPhone but didn’t need to? — Oh, my. Two former Apple employees raised almost a quarter of a billion greenbacks to start Humane and build a quasi-smart-phone that you wear on your lapel. It costs a hundred dollars less than a brand new iPhone 15 and does a whole lot less. But Sam Altman of ChatGPT…

Hold on, let me ask my calendar — This silly little thing is my most used IOS Shortcut. It’s about as simple as it can get, yet it is extremely helpful. All it does is find upcoming Calendar Entries. When I run it. it prints out something like this on my screen.

Too much, too many, not enough, too little — I started to take the trash barrel out to the curb today. Our trash pickup is Friday, but today is not. My poor wife broke her right wrist for the second time a week ago, so had an appointment today for an x-ray to check how well it is healing…

The world didn’t end October 11th — The Little Green Men are neither little nor green, but they do refer to themselves that way. …

Nope, it was probably just a car alarm — Following an exhaustive national survey, paranormal experts have designated this spot, behind a Dollar Tree discount store in Grand Island, Nebraska, as the third least haunted spot in North America. Edgar Wingate, Chief Investigator of the American Preternatural Society, said, “This was a bit of a shocker. Since this dumpster…

Gawd the Almighty Mufwic does not want his disciples ascending to the Pearly Gates too easily — A recent Most Supreme Judicial and Most Potent Court of All Realms ruling in the class action suit brought against Gawd last millennium has not pleased any of the parties to the suit. The charges, well known to most Heavenly Brethren, were Deceptive Conduct. To wit: In his infinite wisdom…

They asked her to use paint to mark the trees she wanted to remove, and a date was set for them to return to do the work. — When we bought our first home, the back yard was filled with trees. …

I’d like to know — I write at a site called Middling. I’m not sure why they took that name, but it’s a bit ironic in some ways. While Middling is a great place to write and is full of wonderful people, they do some things rather poorly. For one example, while they have a…

I have responsibilities — We have all read so-called humor pieces where a man pokes fun at his skills with tools and other manly tasks. I do not find those amusing; I think they insult Manhood itself. All men — ALL men — are blessed with certain innate gifts. Among those gifts are the…

This is uncivilized! — I have been misled, possibly scammed. I applied to be a writer at The Pub — not “A pub”, not any old Pub, but The Pub. I rightfully expected that I’d be offered a libation and perhaps a light supper. But no! …

Mostly because you won’t make any money — I have publications. There, I said it out loud. You may begin laughing. Yes, I know my pubs are pitiful. The number of followers is dismal and there are no stories there other than my own. …

But maybe I shouldn’t have said that? — My wife is very creative with food. Recently, she went a bit over the top. She started with a Doctor Praeger Mushroom Risotto fake-burger. This concoction already has brown rice, mushrooms, oat bran, peas, carrots, onions, and spinach in it, but she wanted more. If I remember correctly, she started…

In which the Booster Vigilantes sort of succeed — “We don’t break anything unless we have to.” I fixed my eyes on Bill to make sure he was listening. Old Bill gets excited too easily. “We find the Booster, we put the Doc’s story in, and then we’re out. No exploring!” I glared again at Bill. Honestly, sometimes heading…

You want people to like you, I assume — You don’t have to wave at everyone who drives by while you walk the hills of our retirement community. This is totally up to you. But if you choose not to, don’t be surprised when someone you only slightly know stops you at our postal center. “I saw you on…

It’s only money — Don’t electric shades sound cool? Push a button, and up go the shades. Push another, close ’em down. So fricking cool! Twenty-first century, baby! Yeah. Unless you buy the Electric Shades From Hell. Which we did not buy. Not at first, anyway. First we bought seven manual pleated cellular shades…

We didn’t get much done, but it sure was exciting — Steve, our contractor, turned his truck into the driveway about 10:15. He was late, which is the norm, although he has been early at least once. Like most contractors, his philosophy of time is fluid. He calls just before he comes, though. My hope was to dispose of several small…

The answer is quite logical, I think — Even the most bizarre behaviors can have logical reasons behind them. It was 5 AM this morning, and you would have found me trudging from my office through the kitchen and dining room, proceeding past the living room couch, and turning around at the front door to return to the…

Omigod! Really? I had no clue — I thought I knew what constipation was. I foolishly shrugged aside other people who complained about it, privately thinking them weak or overly sensitive. I must apologize to all because I had no frigging idea. I previously thought constipation was a momentary hesitation, a reluctance, a “just a sec, boss”…

How to rock bladder surgery — While being wheeled into the operating room, I started to ask my doctor a question. “So, if this is cancer..?” He cut in sharply. “It is cancer.” I thought such a diagnosis would follow the biopsy, but who am I to argue with a doctor? I have argued with doctors…

Hands of lightning, reflexes of a cat — A small fly flew by my nose while I cleaned up the dinner dishes. I clapped my hands, hoping that the loud noise would stun or kill him. This is a little known method, but it works well with small flies. …