Category Archives: Blogroll

I like babies.  I love when people I know have babies and tell me about them, show me pictures, or best of all let me hold them.  Babies are cute and their little newborn cries don’t even bother me. But … Continue reading →

Cell phones are for email and texting and…pictures!  I’m on the brink of a bout with depression, I can feel it.  The only factor in my life I feel is to blame is the return of summer weather.  It’s going … Continue reading →

When I was your age, back in the day, etc. etc. etc.    These are the things I preface to The Max when he asks to watch a television show.  When I was his age TV was very different.  Our family … Continue reading →

Whoopie!   It’s fall!  It officially time to smell leaves, pumpkins, and the inside of rubber masks!  Today, we will discuss Halloween costumes that don’t suck.  I always prefer when a costume is homemade.  The bagged up varieties from Target or … Continue reading →

Ah, this picture makes me so happy.  It makes me remember the apartment I lived in, on top of the diner that this picture came from.   The elderly man who sat and chewed his meal so slowly while I abused … Continue reading →

I didn’t do much real work this week.  Doesn’t matter.  My brain has been taught to squeal with joy on Fridays.  This particular Friday I am headed to a Salmon Festival in a Bavarian themed town about an hour from … Continue reading →

I live in an area of the country with three possibly deadly and definitely scary pests:  Rattle Snakes, Scorpions, and Black Widows.  While the first two in the group are not to be messed with, the black widow spider is … Continue reading →

My intentions when I sat down were to tell you a fantastic story of restaurant servers vs. an obnoxious restaurant manager.  I cannot quite figure out a way to do this properly as I somewhat feel sorry for the bad … Continue reading →

In a world of flat screens, plasmas, High Definition and LCD, I am the proud owner of a Philips TV/VCR combo manufactured in May of 1999.  The picture quality is good enough, but the VCR is broken.  The screen measures … Continue reading →

It’s been three years since The Pilver started.  I have to say my writings have been less ambitious as time has gone on, but I continue to dream of the day when I can sit here and type and receive … Continue reading →