Showing posts with label humor. Show all posts
Showing posts with label humor. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 22, 2010

DrTom gets an official warning from Facebook

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(I thought the fine print on this warning would thank me for my contributions to Facebook, but no such luck.) Today I opened my email t...
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Wednesday, September 8, 2010

DrTom goes shopping for wedding clothes

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(This is where I spent yesterday.  It sounds French, but it must be an American store because they readily take your dollars.) This wee...
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Wednesday, August 11, 2010

My grandson, ants, and E.O. Wilson

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(If my grandson could speak English or if E.O. Wilson could speak Estonian, they would have a great conversation about ants.) Last nigh...
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Sunday, August 1, 2010

The life of a census enumerator

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(Off to work.) "Hello.  My name is Tom Gavin and I work for the U.S. Census Bureau.  Is this 455 Elm Street?  And were you living ...
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Saturday, July 24, 2010

The secrets we keep from our spouses

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(I admit I'm a cheapskate, but my wife didn't fare much better.) Violent crime against tourists is not common in Costa Rica, bu...
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Friday, June 18, 2010

On the importance of homemade strawberry jam

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(Scotch and homemade strawberry jam.  A nearly complete diet for DrTom, leading to order and homeostasis.) There are certain stabilizer...
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Monday, May 31, 2010

Our grown children are having all the fun

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(Would you rather go birding at DrTom's, or go dancing with Paris Hilton?) I thought I was enjoying my life in retirement until ear...
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Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Motivation: what you need to learn Korean

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(Bored soldiers.  I knew that feeling so well.) By the fall of 1969 I had completed my training in Military Intelligence in the U.S. Ar...
Monday, April 26, 2010

Thanks for everything! Anna Maria Alberghetti

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(Anna Maria and I had such a good time together.) It was the summer of 1967 and I was working as Assistant Tennis Pro at Scioto Country...
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Thursday, April 15, 2010

Under cover of darkness: the hideous clothes we wear

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(When the lights came on, I realized how hideous we looked.) My wife returned from Target yesterday with a number of items for the hous...
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Wednesday, April 14, 2010

I sold my trumpet on eBay today

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(Goodbye old friend.  There was a brass-full of memories in this trumpet.) It was exciting at first.  I listed the starting bid at $275...
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Monday, March 15, 2010

Walk a mile in my shoes

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(These shoes now reside in Paris.  Ignore the mismatched socks; that was just an absent-minded professor thing.) The heavy, tight-fittin...
Tuesday, March 9, 2010

What if the last face you ever saw was David Schwimmer's?

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(Would it be satisfying or pleasurable, or would it bring closure to your life, if David Schwimmer's face was the last image you ever...
Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Birding "au naturelle"

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(A Sean John underwear model.  Now, this man is dressed appropriately to go birding in DrTom's woodlot.) I like to sit on my deck in t...
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Tuesday, September 1, 2009

The big sting

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(My friend Ida Lydiya, a Latvian immigrant who allows me to cut firewood on her property.) For nearly 30 years I taught a course titled In...
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Friday, August 28, 2009

Retirement and a lapse of personal hygiene

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(I should take better care of myself.) Since Management and I started working at home (I retired, she changed jobs), we have gotten a li...
Thursday, August 20, 2009

My own cigars now intimidate me

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(The last time that Arnold and I shared a cigar was, well, a long time ago.) Last evening, I entered the realm of the cigar review. Mike...
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Monday, August 10, 2009

That damn Mike's Cigars

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(I love to fondle my cigars before smoking.  Smokers' foreplay.) I wish Mike's Cigars would stop sending me email specials about...
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