Lately I’ve been having dreams- nightmares really – that I have to return to work as a Sales Manager. I think my failed root canal throbbing all night might be the source of these nightmares, so hopefully they will go away once I can finally see the endodontist to redo it. None of these “back…
Author: Steve Ainslie
Avoiding Eye Contact
I see the same people, in the same places, at the same times everyday. I’m a creature of routine habit. Apparently so are the people I run into regularly. Many of the people are see are friendly. We make eye contact. We smile, wave and greet each other. In time, some of these “walk by”…
Reasonable Time Instead Of Real Time
In what appears to be an incredible display of sticking to its guns, the Raleigh Police Department has not released any new information about the mass shooting several days ago. During the incident, the RPD provided real-time updates while locking down the neighborhood and searching for the gunman who was still “at large”. After they…
Internet Sympathy
I’ve been using the Internet since the days of AOL chat rooms. When I first started, I had a blast in the chat rooms. I chatted with people from all over the country. Generally, it seemed like most of us honestly represented ourselves. Many of us were tech people, teachers and engineers. We talked about…
Random Shooting In The Suburbs
Yesterday a 15 year old teenager shot 6 people (and then himself) in a suburban neighborhood in Raleigh. Five are dead. The shooter and 1 person are in critical condition in the hospital. He killed his brother in his home, shot neighbors on their porches and then ran to the Greenway trail and shot people…
Snipe Right
The midterm elections are coming up in a few weeks. Since I de-registered myself earlier this year, I am paying next to no attention to these at all. I’m aware that some of my local douchebag politicians are retiring and others are running again so they can continue to feed at the public trough. Whatever…some…
Empty Mailbox
After years of battling junk mail (the real kind, not the SPAM kind) it seems that I’m finally winning the war. I no longer receive catalogs, car warranty scams, credit card offers, AT&T solicitations or other “personalized” direct marketing mail. For decades I’ve opted out of receiving this stuff. I regularly updated the DMA choice…
My Grandmother’s House
I found a real estate listing of my Grandmother’s house yesterday. There was a single picture of the front of the house, a blurb about “handyman’s special, fix or flip”, and a list price of $15K. My grandmother lived in a side by side duplex. Gram and Grandpa lived on one side. Her siblings –…
Skip The Boring Parts
A friend once asked me how I could read so much. I replied that I have always loved reading since I was a little kid. That, and, I read quickly because I skip the boring parts. When a book dives into all kinds of mundane detail or when it regurgitates the same overused “toddler marshmallow…
The Girl In The Floppy Hat
Ever since I made up my mind to introduce myself to the Girl In The Floppy Hat a few weeks ago, I hadn’t seen her. Until yesterday. Since I have been running into her every day for the past year as we’re walking our dogs in opposite directions, I figured she must have moved away….