Tag Archives: humor

Toxic Swatch Syndrome

Posted on March 15, 2022 by T.Rob

My friend Alan came by over the weekend to introduce his new puppy. “What’s going on in here?” he asked as we passed through the living room. The walls were bare, the media racks gone, and the only things left … Continue reading →

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Well, it looked good on PAPR

Posted on October 29, 2021 by T.Rob

I’m writing this post to warn you not to make the same mistake I did if you are in the market for a PAPR. I’ve had things fly off the lathe at me and had catches that tore the chisel out of my hands but I have never once been in fear of my life while working on a lathe until I had a close call because of my new PAPR unit. Continue reading →

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Chronic Asymmetry Syndrome

Posted on May 25, 2018 by T.Rob

There was a period of about 10 years during which I dyed my beard and mustache.  This wasn’t vanity, but rather that the gray came in so lopsided that the asymmetry drove me crazy.  From a distance it looked like … Continue reading →

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On the durability of ephemera

Posted on May 25, 2016 by T.Rob

If 30 years ago a merchant had told me “We’re sorry, your shopping cart no longer exists” it would have freaked me out. I don’t have a screen shot of the message I just received because it wasn’t until after … Continue reading →

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Toes by any other name…

Posted on March 5, 2016 by T.Rob

So my wife and I were sitting around trying to decide what our porn star names would be. OK, we were sitting around trying to decide what her porn star name would be. Mine would be T-Bone, obviously. Hers is … Continue reading →

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An ode to mediocrity

Posted on February 18, 2016 by T.Rob

Meanwhile over at Dead Penguin Society, DScott writes about The spork, the pressure cooker, and the back burner… and it got me thinking about sporks.  Not quite a spoon and not quite a fork, these are the utensil apparently designed … Continue reading →

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Google Male

Posted on February 13, 2016 by T.Rob

Tried Google Voice yet?  I use it as my primary business phone number and it’s an amazing service.  When a call comes in it simultaneously rings my cell phone, my desk phone, and any other phone I point it at.  … Continue reading →

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Insider trading and Schrödinger’s Law of Toxicity Attraction

Posted on January 29, 2016 by T.Rob

I’m pretty sure it was Schrödinger who posited that the attractiveness to your cat of any food dropped on the floor is directly proportional to that food’s level of toxicity to your cat.  Our cats are all on special diets … Continue reading →

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Singularities you never live down

Posted on January 25, 2016 by T.Rob

As you know if you are more than a year old, there are some things you can do or say which your colleagues, friends and loved ones will never let you forget.  You experience these things as a kind of … Continue reading →

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Live Nude Girls!

Posted on May 1, 2015 by T.Rob

There were many topless bars in the town where I grew up but only one fully nude dance club, and it was regionally famous. Bachelor party central.  The tales told by pizza drivers of deliveries there were the stuff of … Continue reading →

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