I went to the grocery store for the first time in weeks.  I had been living off of cans of soup and the occasional double cheeseburger from the dollar menu.  The Extra butt I got for... Read More
Posted by: SimpleSugar on 2008-01-12 10:53:26
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It's Saturday Afternoon and I am going crazy.  I miss Joey.  Joey is my co-worker and best friend.  This past week we lost one of our fellow co-workers.  We were both pretty... Read More
Posted by: SimpleSugar on 2008-01-12 16:56:21
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I am not dead. Actually, given my track record- it’s pretty amazing. I decided today would be a good day to play with electricity. Alas, I should start at the start. One night I woke... Read More
Posted by: SimpleSugar on 2008-01-13 16:21:20
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Larry was a mean cantankerous old man that never worked. He thought wagging his middle finger at people was some sort of greeting. He would sneak up behind me all throughout the day and yell... Read More
Posted by: SimpleSugar on 2008-01-14 19:53:01
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I have this theory that whenever 3 or more men are gathered together an event takes place that I like to refer to as “penis alignment“. During the “penis alignment“... Read More
Posted by: SimpleSugar on 2008-01-15 21:49:23
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I have a rather unique background. My father’s side of the family is a carrier of the “Stupid Gene” and my mother’s side of the family is a carrier of the “Psycho... Read More
Posted by: SimpleSugar on 2008-01-19 13:23:15
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He called me. I can’t believe it. I have missed him so much. He called my house 3 times and I wasn’t home. I was out and about taking care of things that needed to be taken care of.... Read More
Posted by: SimpleSugar on 2008-01-19 13:48:39
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“Laugh and the world laughs with you. Weep and you weep alone. For the sad old earth must borrow it’s mirth, but has troubles enough of it’s own.” It’s the start of... Read More
Posted by: SimpleSugar on 2008-01-20 15:47:42
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When he called me on Saturday morning I was standing outside in the freezing cold. I was standing outside the nursing home my Grandmother lives in. A pack of smoking nurses walked by to their... Read More
Posted by: SimpleSugar on 2008-01-21 20:36:57
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I remember watching a video taken at an animal refuge right before the tsunami. The people working at the animal refuge knew something terrible was going to happen by watching the animals. They... Read More
Posted by: SimpleSugar on 2008-01-22 21:54:11
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Once again I spent literally hours in a blind panic for no good reason. I go through these spells when I just analyze something to death, and then come up with a conclusion, that is shall we say-... Read More
Posted by: SimpleSugar on 2008-01-25 18:27:13
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We have had negative temperatures all week. My neighbor’s water is frozen again. It’s his first winter here, it’s been hard on him. He doesn’t make eye contact with me any... Read More
Posted by: SimpleSugar on 2008-01-26 14:32:57
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Do you remember the old Sesame Street song “One of these things is not like the others….one of these things is just not the same…” I remember watching that game as a... Read More
Posted by: SimpleSugar on 2008-01-27 14:11:10
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What a difficult day. What a weird day. We worked late tonight. Joey told me he had heard a rumor. He told me that someone had told him how much the last couple had offered on that house. The... Read More
Posted by: SimpleSugar on 2008-01-28 20:51:19
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I am exhausted. I have the flu. I have worked countless hours of overtime. I spent the entire day today doing field work- outside, sick as a dog, in 20 degree weather. Every square inch of my... Read More
Posted by: SimpleSugar on 2008-01-30 20:03:54
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