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Dodgeball and Hitchhiker’s Guide / family photo | burned toast / counter-counter offer / waking to rain | Manchurian Candidate / new video store / doing nothing | the final offer / a house afire! / trimming my beard / a song stuck in my head | done deal on the future o-home | a few favorite oldies, and some most hated | Book of Daniel / Syriana | Angelo’s pesto pizza / Old Codger symptoms / the joy of ordinariness | inspecting the new O-Home & evaluating the bathroom situation | how to read the paper / I just answer the phone! | spelling “Wednesday” / dress code / blowing up Madison / too much video gaming / sleep inertia | cocooning in quilts / burning corn / a frozen square / the good-faith estimate / cat poop | Friday the 13th / dinner at Peppino’s / snow’s gone / pipe cleaners and sinuses | a trip to St. Vinny’s / a leaky pen in the laundry / finally, a house / passwords | a hearty cuppa java / Live Nudes BYOB / Flight of the Phoenix / Bonker’s eye swells up | off to work on MLK day | my typical morning | the million-dollar view / Bonker’s bulging eye socket / B’s fudge / back to school | Tim’s chores / Bonker’s teeth get pulled | answering the phone / passenger car encyclopedia | Afterburner / Numb3rs | a trip into town with B & O / The 40-Year-Old Virgin | awakened by the plow / dim bulbs / Helga’s back / Muzak in the bathroom / the gloomiest day of the year | time to feed the cats / e-mail from our bank | TMI on my wardrobe | rediscovering The Art of Noise / a stupid question / blog watch | our stuff’s in storage / how to ask for a raise | a working Saturday: Barb at the DMV and me at computer lab | auction action | Soup Lady wants a souvenir / self-inflicted surgery / Serenity | Tim’s plan / climbing the stairs to work / loud librarians / early out from school |
caught in a time warp / Copacabana | “I never could get the hang of Thursdays...” | a drivel-free day | my glasses broke / our first trip to the souper bowl | a trip to grandma’s | I snored myself awake / these potatoes taste like potatoes | non-human technology / elevators at work / my new barber is my old barber / somebody ate Dan’s lunch | time flies / the Salvation Army contacts me to tell me they won’t contact me | an oreo craving / by your command / kissing contest | my ideal kitchen / so wrong about post cards / plowing snow off my teeth | getting the car serviced / Flightplan | book crossings | Mr. Moo | falling for the Valentine’s Day trap / feeding time for the cats / singing in the shower / what is pop music? | is there any place a person won’t talk on a cell phone? / literally scared to death! | a snow day | yelling people | bowling / negative are positives? | mad city model railroad show | sleep patterns | the electrical power of my pants / toughing it without lunch / Bonker’s poofy eye is back | delimiters killed my brain / exploding coffee | the magazine dungeon / a biopsy and cat scan for Bonkers | crawling the town’s java joints | Tim confused about “rock music” | who wants to sit up talking? / Bonkers getting better | self-opening doors / packed a lunch this time / that quaint old Soviet Union |
blogging the apocalypse / the perfect eyebrow / the conclusion of the saga of Bonkers | talking to himself | Tim’s plan to buy a car / mail-order security jobs | Cottage Grove, Cottage Grove / my face bank / Sin City | shopping for furniture, part 1 / scoring a good buy at the auction | listening to Wicked | spring break | girl scout cookies / how about a trip to Branson, MO? / mulling over a job with the Feds | no time! no time! no time! / who’s searching for me? | earworms / Tim’s on a roll at school | getting new eyeglasses / first robin | a visit to Century House / Tim eats all the Apple Jacks / almost-lazy Sunday | why I can’t eat ice cream / we want to move now! | the perils of job applications / deceptively sunny day / Stealth | the glasses make me look smart / something better to do? / white-shirt day | tv or not tv / pop tarts says she loves me / not a snow day / bi-fold doors | a shirt for casual Friday / picking the winning team / St Paddy’s music | the rules for women / Transporter 2 | the collector’s fair at the Barrymore / our first time at The Blue Plate Diner / anti-war march | the countdown to move begins / donuts for breakfast / doing the crossword | a wakeup, with cat / big damn cowlick / Long Tuesday | coat hangers in my pants / Pink Floyd, greatest rock band ever / Howl’s Moving Castle | more about Wicked / my bug was just like a battleship | Tim slept all day / transmogrifying words / why can’t we fold laundry? | playing chicken with a soccer mom in an SUV / a lappy cat / Rent | my best-laid plans / Stomp | the glacial drumlin trail | up to here with my class / the grass has grizz / death of a toaster | why didn’t my eyes pop out? / babbling about buttons / a love song to my laptop | an unhelpful help desk / the new tenners / radio’s on only for background / what’s the book about? / Anna Karenina | big freaking monster candy / the airco’s on, an official sign of spring |
slumming at the condos | daylight savings | bad luck at the auction / a phone tree worse than hell | my new MP3 player / casting my first vote / the toilet overflowed | feeding the cats, again / sleeping someplace else / voting to bring the troops home | Voyage to the Planets and Beyond / A Long Way Down | My Name Is Earl / The Office | dinner at The Old Fashioned / Lilly Tomlin | my first duty / how to save the homeless / taking B for a walk / The Weatherman | packing / furniture shopping | warm days / capital hill protest / Crash / Flight 93 | heavy rain / dropped class / volunteering for Fair Wisconsin | hot and cold weather / Barb decides to go to Bunky’s – kind of | the hail storm | the salvation army blows it | trading Buffett for dinner at Jim & Sue’s / Tim’s graduation plans | Tim fixes the computer / phone conversations | school clothes for Tim | Jelly Roll Morton / Stan Getz / Tom Cruise | pissing off the FOP / a walk around the square | random thoughts from work / Chernobyl / plastic surgery | not going to prom / pre-inspection of the O-Home / first farmer’s market of the season / breakfast at the Orpheum / Kyle joins the Marines | feeding the cats / a bike trail through Madison | phone companies / furniture shopping | two days to move-in | the biggest check I’ve ever drawn / panic button / Scrubs | stubby node / take your son to work day | the closing | the move-in | first day in Our Humble O-Bode |
the moving truck arrives / setting up house | talking like wookies | some of my old eyeglasses / the rest of our junk is on the way / the first time I grilled out / Bonkers’ first chipmunk | the second moving truck arrives | our basement, filled to the rafters | re-skinned knuckles / selling our crap to Black Horse Auctions / a visit from Mom | the worst waitress in Monona / back to work | “take me” furniture | my grand plan to work from home (I have none) / Titan | I like rain & washing dishes / The Office | cleaning out The Crap Shack | eighteen toilets / moving & stress | intro to the workshop / the final moving van arrives / “parental control” internet access / “eating crow” | the auction guys take our crap away / snacks of choice / where’s the iron? / The Search for Signs of Intelligint Life in the Universe | slamming doors / the government conspiracy | mowing the lawn | mining the vinyl for the turntable / official English / I’ve missed most of May? | shopping for flowers | Wedding Crashers / weeding the yard | ants / occupancy permits? | warm weather brings out the strippers / last time mowing the lawn at The Crap Shack | leg cramp / Mary the Ant Killer / Sean’s verdict on the chicken breast / first time Tim cranks up the air conditioning | checking out of The Crap Shack / Barb finds her 45s / Elaine the furniture lady / Numbers Don’t Lie | Madison Brat Fest / tattoos | Whad’ya Know? / we finally bought a sofa / ants, again / selling my crap on e-bay | a trip to the auction | pretty damned hot, but not freakish | do rocks sleep? if so, how? / grilling for the holidays | branding myself with the electric fire starter / Laugh-In |
delivery solutions / I want a better Ruby Tuesday | Menard’s | where’s the compressor? / the lair / minutia | hacking through underbrush / meeting the neighbors / finding the screens | how to unpack when there’s no room | killer tornadoes on 06/06/06 | bashing shelves to pieces | trash day / B broke the coffee pot | telemarketers | dust buffaloes / a ton of books | Barb’s tasty flowers / the ants are gone / Old Twentieth | gaslighting me with the coffee pot | what do the cats want from me? | herb shopping at the farmer’s market / lighting the basement | a hot, sticky night / file transfer protocol | Tim gets his learner’s permit / father’s day dinner at The Angelic Brewing Co | when the computer’s down ... | you can buy urine at the store | the place where the tools go | the lair, with pics | my hobby bench / grumpy about pants / hacking through the underbrush again | B takes Tim out driving | a tale of two beers | Tim’s driving log / Solaris | found snapshots / boneless ribs | badger |
music videos / the mirror with the secret compartment | reading poetry aloud / breast feeding in Victoria’s Secret stores | Tim’s driving | playing trombone / razor blades / what tornado warning? | I’m being watched | dinner at Bunky’s | Miyazaki to do Earthsea | setting up for Sean’s visit / librarian test / inscrutable music videos, part 2 / Miyazaki & Earthsea, part 2 | insomnia / Tim builds a computer | why we don’t keep a gun in the house / 1st time in blue jeans since 1989 | cleaning up the basement | Tim doing chores / fixing Barb’s blog | banished santa / cleaning up the basement / a few of our books / starting work on my hobby bench | fly traps / clearing the work shop | Sean eats the soap | way too hot | a friendly game of Risk / fly traps again / dinner at Fat Jack’s | Billy Idol and old tunes | duelling pianos | photos of me and Pete / Sean’s departure / Aunt Imogene | butterflies at Olbrich Gardens / old photo of me with Catface / Pete as Lizzie Maroon / Uncyclopedia | the day in a blur / Fever Pitch | hot day / spam | me at work / am I Dan or Dave? | concert on the lawn | freak rain storm | selling books on-line | King Kong | mosquitoes ate my flesh / the boys in the camper |
the Brewers are baseball, right? / car chase & crash | the communist threat that is cuba | end of the heat wave | junk food junkie | worst garage sale ever / V For Vendetta | Dave and Pete, the early years | gassing up / trying to find a fan / Dave and Pete again / selling used books | a tailgate party at work / I get a new job | Tim’s got a new job, too! | Watchdogs of Democracy? | hanging by a thread | the weekend begins | cuckoo clocks at auction | a few more items from the auction | moving day in Madison, or “hippie Christmas” | ostrich eggs / Polish market story / busted at the library / dumb songs | paying my library fine | my last day in credit services | self-cleaning bathroom / tinkering a dehumidifier back to life | a clunky fan / a typical home | the Sun Prairie corn fest | my first recliner / plans to replace the window | stuck in the basement / a trip to D.C. | one of the cool things about my new job | happy anniversary | dinner with Nazis | A History Of Violence | weather babble / the colors are turning | something so right about coffee | news flash | screwed by Half-Price Books / a little Bob Dylan |
a guy peeing on bushes / tossing & turning | shopping for some LPs / family photos discovered / Moondust | A Taste of Madison / a visit to The Exclusive Company / The Orpheum / The War Tapes | musing about Bonnie Raitt / musing about the moon | dad’s family goes camping / dad’s family in their Sunday best / dad with his dad | dad very young / dad’s all arms & legs | Tim wants to go to Canada / Sean applied for Peace Corps | dress code / mistaken for a Shopko employee / shopping for a cell phone | baby Chuck on the farm / dad at the plow / dad the hunter | first taste of cold weather / a trip to mom’s | Tim’s drive to Manawa | bashed myself on the head / Tim can’t put a book away / Tim wants to be a cave man / how to deal with rain | my trip to D.C. | proof that Rumsfeld’s crazy / more D.C. travelogue | the first time the furnace was on / more D.C. travelogue | impeach Bush? Are you crazy? / more D.C. travelogue | more D.C. travelogue | unscrewing the pegboard / more D.C. travelogue | The Untouchables / The Producers / Firefly / one of those days | Firefly / Heroes / Studio 60 | my first working lunch / The Life of Pi / tired of being called naive / lost book | a few disjointed words before ER / a few bizarre words from the SecDef | Ugly Betty |
how I got my days screwed up | velcro hands / corporate dronespeak | a mouse in my lair | our crappy cats / Firefly | The Office | breakfast at Emian’s / a trip into town / shopping for a window / a little light pruning | lazy Sunday | Tim’s favorite season | the morning coffee-making ritual / everything is Bill Clinton’s fault | Life of Pi | first snow | Gimme Little Sign stuck in my head | shelves for the work shop / Marc McDowell | going auctioning | The Aristocrats / Bee Season | gas pumps are for lefties | The Trouble With Tom / spam | losing the power of speech | my wild Friday | pressure headache / USS Raptor | a trip to Mom’s | pulp fiction | how to unclog a sink | a test for killers | Heroes | research at the library | sleeping late | breakfast at the farmer’s market / searching for a cocktail shaker | halloween without a pumpkin? | Heroes |
our Halloween visitors / discovering the origin of the King house | where’s the boo? / Yoda’s light saber | checking out comics from the library / started Another Day In The Frontal Lobe / finished Boomer | can’t dig out the maple beside the deck | Tim’s unbreakable arm / reading The Times / breakfast at Cleveland’s / shepherd’s pie for dinner | why I’ve sworn off democracy | poetry: subject lines of spam messages / my bizarre dream | I’m not the receptionist, I just look like one / violating the fifty-page rule | the reason why is because | the next line of Cripple Creek | Barb makes coffee wrong | movie stuff | Finding Serenity / shelves, not shelves | how’d I end up in an office cubicle? / confused about the Studio 60 two-parter | some thoughts on the moon mission / new television show 3 lbs sucks | phantom voice mail / waiting guy in shorts / velcro hands | Tim discovers Frampton / The Office doesn’t jump the shark after all | a plumbing emergency / hanging pots and pans | another plumbing emergency | my first visit to the dentist as a civilian | “save the cheerleader” my ass | Bush fires who? | Sean’s home for Thanksgiving | the one, true James Bond | Stranger Than Fiction | the auction was a bust | Thanksgiving tales / how to pick the next book to read / Appleseed | back to work! | bathroom sink was plugged up | what is it, Bonkers? Timmy’s in the well? |
winter storm / almost running over a pedestrian | dad & granpa at work / dave & pete work a puzzle | doodles / gitmo in the sky | today’s weird dream remembered | we need a bigger everything | They Marched Into Sunlight | recycled newspaper squibs | I need a dart gun | wine-tasting is a bust / rumballs! / finding the sand from Omaha | chopping the tree | a letter to “Poppa Dave” / beer cheese soup | Christmas songs | I didn’t tell anybody it was my birthday | why novocain? | a simple Christmas / wakened by cats | walking the streets of Monona | watering the plants / how I lost my wallet | holiday snacks / voting Christmas tunes off the air | rebooting the fridge | Michael Perry’s excellent books | day off | Mom’s Christmas feast | Christmas Christmas Christmas | Christmas past, present and future | the jigsaw tradition | cat food | sleepy day | zzzzz.... | gift certificate | what are you doing new year’s eve? |