The Pogues show on April 18, 1996 was not their best, but I got a hint or two that sosoclever might be as interested in me as I was in her. The next day, I called her and asked her to go to The Magnificent Ambersons' release of Ambersongs with me.


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Here I am, 45 years old, and only just now came out to my mother, about 36 hours ago.

My sisters have known for about three years, and obviously sosoclever has known for a bit longer ( Read more... )

sosoclever and I did some plumbing this week ( Read more... )

About two and a half years ago, I posted something about the birthday cake I was making for sosoclever. The basic concept was that since all my baking lately has the consistency of masonry, I would set out to create a cake based on the concept of masonry. So I made a red velvet cake in a 9"x13" pan. I cut the cake into "bricks" and frosted them with a ( Read more... )

Okay. So sosoclever and I did a little shopping on Tuesday. I got a new belt. We found Eddie and the Cruisers marked only $5.00 and paid -$5.002 less than that for it. We picked up pickles and soda and probably beer or wine. Just normal little things. And, of course, being us, we were out later than we intended to be ( Read more... )

( Pencil, Sharpie, lots or eraser, and Crayola crayon )

( Pencil, lots of eraser, a bit of liquid paper, ballpoint pen, and 8-count Crayola markers )

( Pencil, Sharpie, lots of eraser, and Crayola crayon. )

Rules: Using only song names from ONE ARTIST, cleverly answer these questions. You can't use the band I used. Try not to repeat a song title. It's a lot harder than you think! Repost as "my life according to (band name)."That wasn't too hard ( Read more... )