Nov. 13th, 2017

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They're pounding stuff in the ground for the new Aldi grocery store/condo complex a diagonal block away. When they start the whole house rattles for a few seconds and then just vibrates until they stop. Like a visit from the plumber, it ain't as much fun as it is in the pornos.

Once in the long ago when dinosaurs still walked the earth, my mother put some change into a motel vibrating bed, not that my mother often stayed in the motels or spent money lavishly on vibrating beds. But, of course, the power immediately went out as if TPTB wuz punishing her for that 75 cents. Sometime in the middle of the night after we'd all gone to sleep, the power came back on and that vibrating bed started up and showed 'em what it could do.

My tweets

Nov. 13th, 2017 12:00 pm
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  • Sun, 13:20: How to Make Thanksgiving Dinner in 8 Hours https://t.co/QOnQcCgfVP
  • Sun, 13:39: RT @TXHasson: 1,000% agree with this. Civic and social trust are the collective bedrock of American Experiment. Patrick notes a serious con…
  • Sun, 16:35: RT @Impolitics: ROY MOORE'S FAVORITE PICK-UP LINES: "Watcha doing during recess?" "Lemme carry your books to the motel." "Don't worry, I'l…
  • Sun, 16:50: Silence Lifts in Statehouses as Harassment Scandals Bring Swift Penalties https://t.co/vbqJkyEIhQ
  • Sun, 19:37: RT @Impolitics: McConnell promised "no one in the middle class is going to get a tax increase" under the Senate plan. Now he says he "mis…
  • Sun, 20:04: RT @paulkrugman: There are bad men of all political persuasions. But where are the liberal media and political figures defending Harvey Wei…
  • Sun, 20:05: RT @BillKristol: They told me if I didn't vote for Trump, we'd have someone in the White House who'd create a moral climate that would have…
  • Sun, 20:18: The Right Way to Cut Corporate Taxes https://t.co/gKcOL1II4G
  • Sun, 20:33: RT @paulkrugman: Somehow even I hadn't fully taken this on board. House tax bill eliminates taxes on large estates, but raises taxes on HAL…
  • Sun, 20:34: RT @ezraklein: We have grown too afraid of the consequences of removing an unfit president from office and too complacent about the consequ…
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I do it online and the first slot is 5:30 on Tuesday. Fine. Yes, it's rush hour and it would not be my first choice if I was going to run around in Almost Uptown, but, hey, not my problem.

Today somebody calls from way far away to confirm the time, address and phone number. I confirm the house and street, but they want the whole goddamned address I already typed into their website. Then they spell my email address back to me and switch a couple of letters. PIA, but I guess they maybe get a lotta fake calls?

A half hour later, the actual local who is doing the estimate calls. "Are you going to be around earlier in the day?"

"Yes," I said, but I have an appointment (at to get a haircut) at 1:00."

"How about 1:30?" the local sez.

"Uhm, no." It's close, but that's too close.

"Two?"

I'm thinking I really need to clean off more of my desk so I have enough space to bang my head on it.

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