trof
trof's JournalWhat dogs think
Dog: I love you, I love you, I love you.
I'll do anything for you.
For ever and ever.
Human: Drop the ball.
Dog: Nope
FREE AT LAST! FREE AT LAST! THANK GOD AWMIGHTY;I'M FREE AT LAST!!!
I just opted out of twitter.
The tweets just kept pouring into my inbox.
A deluge.
I spent most of my mornings clearing them out.
god forbid I missed a day while on the road.
Although some of the people I followed were interesting, I never learned anything that changed my life.
Free at last and feelin' good.
Oh yeah, Fuck Musk.
Portents of things to come?
Back in the mid 80s, A long, long time ago, I was in the Houston airport.
IAH
The George Bush International Airport.
Miz t. and I were visiting in-laws.
Her parents and sibs.
While waiting for her brother to pick us up I saw a young woman. She was wearing a cowboy (girl?) hat, a mini-skirt, cowboy (girl?) boots and...
A black T shirt, with large white lettering:
FUCK
YOU
I'M FROM TEXAS
This shit started a long, long time ago.
Are you married? For how long and how did you meet?
I'll chime in later. It's a good tale.
End of life decisions
Not to get morbid here, but...sooner of later we're all gonna tap out.
I didn't want my family to be left with maybe thousands of dollars in funeral expenses.
I don't want to be on display in a box and then buried.
I'm a bit claustrophobic.
I 'm an atheist, so no afterlife.
Cremation adds to pollution.
I've just donated my body to medicine/science.
It's free.
Who knows? Maybe you'll help mankind.
They come a get your remains.
After 6 months to a year, when they're through with you, they cremate what ever is left and return the remains to whoever you designate.
The outfit I signed up with is Genesys/MERI (Medical Experimentation and Research Institute) in Memphis.
https://www.genesislegacy.org/
Just something to consider.
We used to open the bar to Happy Hour on Friday nights.
*wipes up drink ring from bar*
What'll you have?
OK, here we go: "I'm so old I remember..."
Give us your best.
I'll start.
Milk delivered in bottles with the cream on top.
A five digit phone number that we shared with another customer on a 'party line'.
I think our ring was a long and a short.
I listened to the other customer. 
You?
Supper tonight Chez trof
Miz t. gets the night off.
I used part of a pork loin (incredibly cheap at Sam's) with Wick Fowler's 2 Alarm Chili Mix (all the spices) to make an instant pot batch of chili.
Used dried pintos soaked for a few hours.
Sauteed some chopped onions and tomatillos (2) threw in a small can of green chilis.
Dumped everything into the instant pot. 30 minutes on high pressure with long (15 minute) release.
The beans were creamy and the pork very tender.
Also with some locally made tamales.
buen provecho
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