Hello again, my sometime in the future grandchildren More existential horsecrap from Grampa Bob. I do hope you are reading these missives one day at a time. I have a feeling I might come across as an obtrusive asshole if you are reading these things all on one day, then get stuck trying to feel …
September 2017 archive
Sep 08
Day 19,715
Hi kids, Grampa Bob here writing on a Friday night. Just kind of kicking it on a Friday night, watching a replay of last night’s football game. Tomorrow will be interesting. Kansas has a home game against Central Michigan at 3:00. Dane has some marching band event that requires him to be over to Lawrence …
Sep 07
Day 19,714
Hello family members, and anyone else that comes across my blog. It’s Thursday night, and I’m watching the Kansas City Chiefs playing at the New England Patriots for the first NFL game of the season. My team is not having a very good game tonight from a penalty perspective. They’re currently down 3 points late …
Sep 06
Day 19,713
Hey! My grandkids! Maybe some great grandkids! Maybe some obscure backup operator at a web hosting service! I hope this isn’t as boring as I’m afraid it could be. Seriously. I’m a 53-year-old man (almost 54) writing things down for grandchildren that may not ever exist. But I’m an optimist. At least one of my …
Sep 05
Day 19,712
Hello, young people that I have yet to meet. One of the things I would love to talk with you about is putting up with stupid ideas. Don’t. If you have the experience, have performed the research, have eliminated the differing position, and have done so while considering most of the variables, speak up. You …
Sep 04
Day 19,711
How are you doing? I hope things are going well for you. I have no idea how old any of you are, but I sometimes think about what I would tell myself if I were to go back in time. Here are a few things I’d probably tell myself, and hopefully I’d take my own …
Sep 03
Day 19,710
Hi. Grampa Bob here again. Today I’m thinking about descriptors and modifiers. They can be important in that “theater of the mind” that can be conversation or writing. I have a problem with extremities. I have a real problem with every single incident becoming the greatest or the worst of all time. There are degrees. There …
Sep 02
Day 19,709
Almost forgot to make my entry today. It’s September 2, 2017. Saturday of the three-day weekend celebrating Labor Day on this coming Monday. And now I’m back to hating this keyboard again. Chilling on a Saturday night, waiting for Dane to get home from some marching band event, a bonfire over at one of the …
Sep 01
Day 19,708
Hi kids. I’m being a little weird tonight, thinking about fantasy/swords and sorcery environments. Maybe a little bit of an explanation. Back when I was probably about 14 years old, I was done playing baseball, having chosen other extracurricular activities. My brother, your great uncle Tom, still played and continued to play into college. His coach …