Author Archives: OkieMan

It should look like midnight inBolivia.

How could you do this? How could a person take perfectly good coffee beans and turn it into a mug of sludge? I know of some seemingly reasonable people who do this. They go to the trouble of having Bolivian coffee beans imported and roasted far away then shipped FedEx to them overnight and goContinue reading “It should look like midnight inBolivia.”

Just dribble and shoot

Two finals during the NBA. It was during the 1993 NBA playoff final with  Charles Barkley versus Michael Jordan.  Or rather the Chicago Bulls going up against the Phoenix Sun.  Two titans battling for the NBA championship.  All of this seen on a tiny TV affixed up high on the wall in a delivery roomContinue reading “Just dribble and shoot”

Sing Songy waitperson.

Is she a waitperson or a childcare provider. Where do they all come from? There must be a school where one learns the language of sing-songy patronizing table waiting. There must be at least one per each restaurant. Pardon me if it seem a bit sexist but, what I’m trying to describe happens mostly withContinue reading “Sing Songy waitperson.”

My Book Report.

posted by Chuck Ayers Book Report Before we get started on this book report, I would strongly suggest you obtain the audiobook as read by voice actor Kathryn Markey. She does a most credible job of replicating an Italian accent, Irish accent, French accent, a British accent, and of course, an American accent. Let meContinue reading “My Book Report.”

Some say I look like Alfred E Newman.

Who did I look like? My senior year 1962 and only eighteen years old. Standing in a bank teller line behind a petite woman with a pixie hair cut wearing black leotards and body tights she kept turning around and looking up at me with her round child-like face. Was I standing too close toContinue reading “Some say I look like Alfred E Newman.”

Put duct tape over her mouth.

Play Lobamba When wife and I lived in Sacramento, California we sometimes drove east on US-50 up to Lake Tahoe in the Sierra Nevada mountains. We drove up to the adjacent town of ‘Stateline.’ Stateline is where the big casinos and it’s numerous entertainment venues were on the Nevada side of the California/Nevada border. WeContinue reading “Put duct tape over her mouth.”

More better good advice.

Ask Aunty Lucille. Dear Aunty, I like to think a run a tight ship. I like everything in its place. However, I have few things to clutter or get in the way because I live a calm simple life. But I have a younger sister who often comes to visit. Which is mostly a goodContinue reading “More better good advice.”

I’m not running for President.

The theatrical mask of conservatism. If I were running for President I would NOT invoke the name of Ronald Reagan. He is the reason missiles were shipped to our enemy Iran. Iran then sent payment to the far-right wing military group the Contras in Nicaragua. A ploy against the recent law made in congress prohibitingContinue reading “I’m not running for President.”