Category Archives: Bright shiny objects

Random observations

Things I’m Convinced No One Really Likes

To survive in polite society we need to tell a few white lies.  We don’t tell people when we think their baby is ugly or the real reason we skipped that Tupperware party. But then there are things that I’m convinced no one actually likes but we are all too polite to say so.  Well, I’m not. #1 Being in… Read more »

Little Hills I Will Die On

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I’ve spent plenty of time talking about big issues that are important to and I will continue to do so.  Things like support for the LBGTQ+ community, mental health awareness, and what Christianity is all about. Today is not one of those days.  Today is about the smaller issues that I’m far too passionate about.  The things that make no… Read more »

Good Luck Kids (Hope You Picked the Right Horse)

The other day while on my way to the local grocery store I noticed a group of kids in their lates teens or early 20s all wearing identical red T shirts at the gas station across the street.  They were out campaigning for someone- I don’t remember who.  It made me thing of someone I haven’t thought about in years…. Read more »

Mythbusters is on Again and That’s OK

My comfort show is MythBusters. Not Friends. Not The Office.  Certainly not Gilmore Girls.   I want to watch people in safety glasses blow up a cement truck and then explain, calmly, what they learned. I have watched every episode more times than I can count and yes, I will continue to rewatch them over and over again. My other comfort… Read more »

Jelly Bean Day

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Perhaps this should have been a bit earlier this year, but today is National Jelly Bean day! Ronald Reagan famously had jelly beans on his desk in the Oval Office and over 2 tons of them were used during this 1981 inauguration celebration.   Justin Bieber and Stephen Colbert are also rumored to by big fans of this particular kind of… Read more »