"Murphy was an optimist!"
Come and get it! September 18, 2016 7:44 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily Life, FamilyMy house doesn’t have a dinner bell; it has a dinner text message.
Once upon a time, I bought a triangle to ring to bring the children home from playing in the neighborhood…I wasn’t ever allowed to use it 🙂
1 comment so fariPhone 7s next audio upgrade September 16, 2016 11:28 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Humor, PhilosophyAt first I laughed, then it occurred to me that this could work very well!
And thus closes another weekend September 11, 2016 10:21 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily LifeWe’ve reached that time of Sunday even where I declare that this weekend needs two more days. For my health, I cry uncle. That which did not get completed will be done in due time. It was a full weekend. Tomorrow promises to be long and will not be lacking of interest. Let us resume these activities at 4:30 tomorrow morning. Ciao.
add a commentGrind for Life is skating to raise money to help people with cancer get to their treatments September 9, 2016 3:38 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Announcements, Of InterestMike Rogers of Grind for Life is in Knoxville skating to help people with cancer get needed treatments.
Come skate this Saturday and visit http://grindforlife.org/ for more info.
#boardrboys
For Friday September 9, 2016 10:53 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Deep Thoughts, PhilosophyBenign post
add a commentDeep Thoughts September 7, 2016 7:40 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Deep Thoughts, Philosophyadd a commentWhen you forgive, you don’t change the past… You change the future! –author unknown
From the mouths of babes August 27, 2016 10:50 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Cathy, Daily Life, Family, From the mouths of babesCathy: "You’ve managed to redneck your whiskey!"
add a commentHappy Anniversary to My Wife August 25, 2016 11:32 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Cathy, Daily Life, Family15 years ago, I made the greatest decision of my life. Happy Anniversary Cathy! You truly complete me.
What do you want to be when you grow up? August 20, 2016 7:17 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily Life, Family, Of Being Dad, PetsI’m pretty sure as a child I wanted to be an architect (thank you Dad and Michael Brady), and maybe an astronaut, and definitely an entertainer; but NEVER do I recall saying, “Hey, I’d like to spend the better part of my adult life cleaning up pee and poo and other bodily fluids.”
add a commentQOTD August 16, 2016 5:46 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Deep Thoughts, Philosophy, Poetry, Quoteadd a comment"The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation. From the desperate city you go into the desperate country, and have to console yourself with the bravery of minks and muskrats. A stereotyped but unconscious despair is concealed even under what are called the games and amusements of mankind. There is no play in them, for this comes after work. But it is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things." -Henry David Thoreau
I can see clearly now…bah August 14, 2016 9:30 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily LifeWent it hoping to get contacts. Came out with bi-focals. My mind is not old but my body is beginning to betray me.
add a commentFrom the mouths of babes August 14, 2016 10:30 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily Life, Family, From the mouths of babes, Of Being Dad, TommyMy eldest son: "Dad, the mower won’t start."
Me: "I’ll take a look at it."
Cranks on first pull. I report back to my son, "Started on the first try."
My son with holier-than-thou indignity with a touch of anger and a dash of annoyance, "Well I’d sure like to know what you are doing different than me because I pulled that string for 10 minutes and it didn’t start."
Me: "I put gas in it."
…dogs and cats living together… mass hysteria! August 10, 2016 9:35 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily Life, Dharma, Family, Pets, Westley
What did you do with your weekend? August 9, 2016 8:19 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily Life, HouseI found a nice place to relax in the house.
Getting ahead July 20, 2016 3:22 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily LifeOccasionally I play the lottery. Typically, I’ll buy a ticket then not look at it for several days after the numbers have been drawn. It’s Schrodinger’s lottery ticket. For those few days, I’m a millionaire! And the dreams are glorious.
On this occasion, I paid $2 for a MegaMillions ticket and I won $25. A smart man would have pocketed the money but I was having fun, so I spent $2 on another MegaMillions, $3 on a Powerball, and $20 on a scratch-off. The scratch-off was a $30 winner! (Now up, $28 dollars) Again, a smart man would take the money and run but I have never purchased a $30 scratch-off before so I decide to let it ride. I ask the man behind the counter, “How do those $30 tickets do?” He replies, “Once you get ahead, you stay ahead with those.” I buy one. He extends the ticket toward me and I grab one end while he continues to hold the other end, narrows his eyes, and speaks deliberately to me, “You ain’t ahead yet.”
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