Paul's Thing - Part 2

Dare We Eat Out? We Dared.

Posted on September 30, 2021October 1, 2021 by Paul Woodford

I don’t know where we are in this pandemic, so we took a break and went out to dinner with our friends Ed and Sue.

You Can’t Read That!

Posted on September 27, 2021September 27, 2021 by Paul Woodford

Every year during Banned Books Week, conservative pundits line up to tell us Banned Books Week is a liberal hoax and that books aren’t banned in the USA.

Feelin’ All Jabby

Posted on September 27, 2021September 28, 2021 by Paul Woodford

I feel it’s my duty to point out that as a military veteran I’ve had a hell of a lot of shots and can remember only one time I ever had a reaction of any kind, and that was a bit of achiness and a slight fever after an anthrax vaccination, lasting less than a day.

I Needed a Boost

Posted on September 25, 2021September 25, 2021 by Paul Woodford

Seventy-five feels like one of those demarcation ages — like 21, 30, and 65 — though I’m fuzzy on what it demarks. Really old, as opposed to just old? Elderly with a capital E? The onset of dotage? Ice floe time? But, but … we don’t feel 75!

Air-Minded: MIDAIRs & ZELLs & FOD, Oh My!

Posted on September 21, 2021September 21, 2021 by Paul Woodford

Am I the only person in the world who worries about shit like this? Probably.

Book Club Postmortem

Posted on September 19, 2021September 20, 2021 by Paul Woodford

Now that intelligent and considerate people are masking again, I had a choice to make yesterday: whether to go to the monthly book club meeting in person or attend by Zoom. I chose wisely.