Category: humor

  • Why Does My iPhone Not Ring?

    Why Does My iPhone Not Ring?

    This post is squarely in the “Duh” category. For the last several days now, I’ve been wondering why my iPhone doesn’t have a ring tone. Before this, I haven’t thought about it, probably for years. I’m not sure why it came up. I looked on the web for solutions to the silent ring problem. The…

  • Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks

    Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks

    While we were out for a walk yesterday, we ran into someone walking her chocolate Labrador retriever. His name is Hunter and he had a tree branch longer than him in his jaws. He looked like he was having a great time gnawing on it and swinging it around. I didn’t envy his owner when…

  • More New Juggling Balls!

    More New Juggling Balls!

    I just got the other set of new juggling balls. They have Iowa Hawkeye colors and a polyurethane coating that could make them more durable. They’re 2.5 inches in diameter and weight 130 grams.

  • About Those Stages of Retirement

    About Those Stages of Retirement

    We got our new wall clock on the wall the other day. It got me to thinking about how I view time and other matters now that I’ve been retired for about two and a half years. I actually tried to ease into retirement by getting a 3-year phased retirement contract. I thought that might…

  • Lost Juggling Ball Found!

    Lost Juggling Ball Found!

    I lost one of my new juggling balls temporarily this morning while trying the behind the back throw. OK, so I dramatized the video a little. That’s because I got interrupted in the search to help Sena hang our new wall clock. I had no idea where that ball was. I even considered a wormhole…

  • New 12 Panel Juggling Balls!

    New 12 Panel Juggling Balls!

    I got one of the two new sets of juggling balls today. They are the Zeekio 12 panel, 67 mm, 130 gm balls, which are noticeably heavier and a little harder to do certain tricks with-like the behind the back throw. I dropped them several times, so they are getting broken in very well!

  • Terry Trueblood Outing Today or How to Find Hearts Needing a Home

    Terry Trueblood Outing Today or How to Find Hearts Needing a Home

    We had enough of bad news on the web, so we went out to Terry Trueblood Recreation Area today. Good things are happening around here, including what we found at Trueblood. Sena ordered some items last week. One is a clock, which we’ll hang somewhere and then not look at. Another is a chair that…

  • Ugly Juggling So Far

    Ugly Juggling So Far

    I thought I’d make a video on the progress I’ve made so far in the last 4 months with ugly juggling. Man, it’s ugly; I’m still lunging and grabbing and making faces. But I’m also getting a real good workout. Psychiatric Times recorded my After Hours video via Zoom this morning. It won’t look like…

  • Thoughts on Regrets

    Thoughts on Regrets

    I’ve been thinking about Dr. Moffic’s article on regret, posted on February 16, 2023 in Psychiatric Times. I’ve dwelt on it long enough that I feel compelled to inject humor into the subject. It’s one of my many defenses. There’s a quote from Men in Black 3 involving a short telephone conversation between Agent K…

  • Jim on a Winning Streak on the Bigfoot Cribbage Board

    Jim on a Winning Streak on the Bigfoot Cribbage Board

    Ever since we got the Bigfoot cribbage board, I’ve been winning. If you believe in lucky streaks, I’m on one. However, Sena wins most of the time when we play on the jumbo cribbage board. Is it the Bigfoot cards? Is it the Bigfoot pajamas? Sena was so overwhelmed she put her house slippers on…