Pointless Announcements

My boss just gave me permission to go write my notes and logs in a bar. I kinda like him today.

 

I didn't go to the bar, though. I came home... no booze between blood donation and yoga later.

 

One aftenoon I was sitting in a chair in one of my neighbors driveway, visiting & talking. He was dogsitting his son's dog, a dog I had never before met. I petted & talked to the dog because I like dogs, and find that many of them like being spoken to, esp. if you say their name frequently. At one point I realized that the dog had its front paws in my lap and was licking my throat. It was a 120 pound pit bull.

 

There's a perverse sort of fun in tuning into the last 15 minutes of a thriller you've never seen before....lots of action and you don't know who anyone is....

 

Today is my wedding anniversary. 21 years of marriage. I am in Jakarta, my wife is not.

 

Inspired by the picture recently posted in 'not so pointless announcements'

 

Thanks!

I can't wait to get back to Singapore.

 

Like this???

 

I used to see that all the time when "The Boys" were still with me. It almost seemed like the bigger the guy the more freaked out over dogs he would become. And after seeing it regularly I can only assume Mexican dogs must all "go for the nut sack" as the move in any attack. Every guy to ever come in my house immediately covered his groin with both hands.

 

You all know me. I can't grow facial hair to save my life.
What sparse hair I can grow, I leave it to grow as long as it will.
My buddy told me tonight I look like I have pubic hair on my chin.

 

Think of the money you'll save on shaving cartridges and/or cutters in an electric razor/shaver. A decent quality ER/S should last you a lifetime.

I fall somewhere in the middle. I can grow a reasonably decent beard, but it takes about three weeks for it to look "decent." And these days my beard is much grayer than my hair.

One of my friends can grow a short but full (not a trendy half-ass) beard in four days. Unfortunately for him his wife doesn't like full beards. A shaving cartridge lasts him maybe four shaves.

 

As a man with bounteous facial hair, I wish I had your problem. My hair is very course and abrasive, whether I shave or not. One of my older brothers had sparse facial hair and complained about it, I wanted to hit him. I started shaving when I was 12 (well, weekly) and it's been a pain in the ass ever since. Of course I did have a damned bald spot on one side of my face until I was 18, which meant that growing a beard was out. At least I have a full head of hair to go along with it.

 

I worked with a guy who was about twenty years old. He let his beard grow. You could count the individual hairs in less than 20 seconds.

There was a kid/young man who worked at one of the local grocery stores. He was about to graduate from high school, but looked 11 years old. I doubt that he even owned a razor, he certainly didn't need one. He complained about his baby face; I told him it'll pay off when you're forty and look 30 or younger. I also told him tell anyone questioning his lack of facial hair that he used a special blend shaving lotion to get the super smooth look.

 

Molly is a master at reading people that are terrified of her and kissing up to them. Unless you are allergic to drool, she's harmless. Big; but harmless.

The tile guy and her were having a standoff, when my 4 year old granddaughter came in and told Molly to lay down. She rolled over for a belly scratch (and embarrassed the hell out of the tile guy).

 

Time to pack my bags again.