May 12, 2025

There's a member of the maintenance staff/grounds crew at my apartment complex who is friends with my downstairs neighbor. He's a nice young guy, but a bit of a hot mess. Anyway, it's been really nice out today and I've had my windows open all day, and earlier this afternoon I overheard the two of them talking. The maintenance dude said at one point a propos of allergy season that after he arrived home a few days back, he sneezed about ten times in a row and at the end of that, "My balls were shaking." So now on top of everything else, I have to cope with having that image in my head as well. 😫

May 4, 2025

Sunday night adventures in Stas's kitchen:

(1) My woke AF dinner entree for the coming week: pork chops with raspberry-orange sauce (what red blooded American eats pork chops with freshly squozed OJ and raspberry jam???)

(2) While I was cooking, I listened to Bruce Springsteen's Born in the USA LP for the first time in a while, and noticed a great couplet in the song "Darlington County": "Little girl, you're so pretty / Come with me and you can have your way." So contrary to the usual pickup lines, and coming from the Boss, I believe it. Not enough to turn me straight, but I was tempted.