The Abode of McThag

I was sitting here, being bummed, about friends that had left my life. Abruptly from my perspective. I realized that I am extremely happy th...

Something that came up a lot when I used to deal with college age people when I was far older than college age myself while living in a univ...

Often times among my friends I am just the MOST socialized. That doesn't mean I'm well socialized. I routinely get the signals wrong...

It has been three years since I have driven a car into a tree.

The Biscayne SS was, originally, the chief of police of Carlisle, Iowa's car. He got the department to get him a cushy Caprice Classic ...

 

Some pictures from the Pacific Palisades fire have been posted. Burned and melted hot rods. That hit me harder than I would have expected. E...

My tank of deal with it energy is a bit low. I have my choice of three events that friends have invited me to and it means choosing between ...

I keep goofing around with GURPS shit and I never get to play. If I am very lucky, I get one or two sessions when FuzzyGeff makes his annua...

Well, the anxiety is not getting better. It's affecting my enjoyment of going out for a beer and that, in turn, is affecting the enjoyme...

I tried watching a video describing all the changes in the new version of the D&D Player's handbook from the 5th edition. Yeah. So m...

I've realized that I am THAT person. I think I shall, henceforth, avoid the place where I made the realization. I will miss it, but they...

 If I were to win one of those massive lottery jackpots, it would be far simpler and cheaper for me to just eat a .30-06 round than to buy a...

The Precious died. The Lovely Harvey broke her shoulder and got a near fatal infection. Derpy Dingus McGee died.  He was a great cat. Nume...

While they're gone from the sidebar for being overtly racist, there were a couple of links to worthy articles. Nevermind. All gone. Ever...

I just found out... Atlanta Dragway in Commerce, Georgia closed in May 2021 and they're tearing it down. Marv used to head up there eve...

I have not been posting much because I have not been reading the news or other blogs much. I have enough in my life to be mad and depressed ...

Nothing sucks quite so much as watching a loved one be in pain and being unable to do anything to make it better. Harvey spoke to the ortho...

I've just realized that I will not convince anyone they might be mistaken because this is an emotional conclusion for them and not a rat...

This is a nice summation of how frequency deafness behaves. I have other fun things going on with my hearing.  Tinnitus and misophonia make ...