Toe Knee Stories

A place to waste some time

Boredom

Here are a few things to do when there’s nothing to do.

  • Buy cryptocurrency and watch your money disappear.
  • Pluck out all your eyebrows and draw on new ones.  Practice changing your mood by redrawing your eyebrows:
    • Happy,
    • Sad,
    • Angry,
    • Scared,
    • Surprised,
    • Angry,
    • Worried,
    • Angry,
    • Loving,
    • Pissed off, and
    • Angry
  • Call a mental health professional and deal with your anger issues.
  • Read about animals like whales, monkeys, and kangaroos.  Do not read about insects or spiders – they are disgusting.
  • Rearrange the furniture and pretend you have a new home.  Stub your toes because the furniture is in the wrong place.
  • See how many pants you can wear at once.
  • Teach your pet a new trick. Get angry because your pet is so dumb.
  • Call the mental health pro again.
  • Learn to play a musical instrument.  If you live in an apartment, avoid the bagpipes.
  • Binge-watch Laverne and Shirley while drinking cheap wine.
  • Make ashtrays out of paste consisting of dryer lint and Elmer’s Glue.
  • Get an ant farm and organize a union for the laborers.
  • Learn how to give tattoos for fun and profit.
  • Start a new hobby.  Quit the new hobby and get disappointed that you never follow through on anything.
  • Count your nose hairs.  Are there more on the left side or the right?  Why?
  • Regret, plucking your eyebrows.
  • Plan a vacation that you cannot afford and will never take.
  • Adopt a cat and return it after five days because he is aloof and shows no love.
  • Stick a butter knife in a wall outlet and see how long you can hold it.
  • Sniff between your dog’s toes and wonder why smells like Fritos.
  • Plot to overthrow the government of Mongolia.
  • Go online and find out where Mongolia is.
  • Buy more cryptocurrency.
  • Write an angry letter to the newspaper about the poor quality of the local mental health professionals.
  • Make a list of stupid things to do.
  • Don’t do any of them because you’re a lazy slob.

Toe Knee

Bruce’s Wonderful Ice House

He died happy.

Mr. Bojangles
The amazing Bojangles

The Tell Tail Dog

I was not a dog person.

Over the last 40 years, three amazing dogs have changed me.

Dear Santa

I hope you like my letter.

Third Sunday of Advent: CHRISTMAS WITH THE CAPED CRUSADERS

The year was 1996. My sons, ages two and four, were running

around the kitchen table, wearing old 1970s “Rhoda-style” scarves,

like capes. Superman and Batman were in the building!

Table for One Please

My Nativity Manger consists of…

The man Ada

Ozzy’s Story

My son, Chris, and his wife, Ada, bought a DNA test for their adopted dog, Ozzy.

Rabbit Holes

The weather has turned to crap, and I have fallen into scores of internet-based rabbit holes.

October

October is slipping through my fingers, and I don’t know how many autumns I have left. Eventually, the kids will take the car keys and shove me into assisted living, where I plan on starting a shoplifting ring.

Memories

A wicked line drive bounced off my head a few years ago.

Knocked me out cold.

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