In spite of the fact that my blog is called cocktails with kevin I generally write next to nothing about cocktails. I generally just write about Kevin because . . . well . . . once you've gotten Kevin what more is there?The phrase cocktails with kevin dates back to my days as an active real estate agent when once a year I would host a party for family, friends and past clients. My wife suggested the name of the party be Cocktails with Kevin. It stuck and so got carried on into blogdom.Recently I added a a widget down on the lower right-hand...
Tuesday, 29 January 2008
Passing the mung: a folk remedy for sinus congestion
Posted on 10:10 by Unknown
Sickness abounds in my household right now and for well over a week I have not been feeling up to snuff. Up to sniff maybe. Definitely up to snuffle and up to snort but not up to snuff. It's that yucky sickness where you don't run a fever but just generally feel miserable because sinuses are congested far into your skull and breathing through your nose becomes a near impossibility. I can tell I'm on the mend now, but for a while it was rough.A few nights ago I awoke from a deep antihistamine-induced sleep because my body could no longer sustain...
Sunday, 27 January 2008
YouTube is my babysitter
Posted on 07:25 by Unknown
When I worked in a cube farm, I had coworkers who spent every off-task moment scrolling through the endless photos, profiles and bulletins they had found on MySpace. That site never held my interest for very long, perhaps because I am further on in years than the bulk of those who make MySpace their space, but I recently have found myself visiting and revisiting YouTube with a similar fervor. I use it mainly to entertain my toddler, of course, but I can’t say I’m immune to the hypnotic trance induced by the campy, kitschy and sometimes downright...
Friday, 11 January 2008
Mall of Georgia Kidgits' play area -- the unspoken rules
Posted on 17:57 by Unknown
Before my daughter was born my wife and I would walk the mall and I would look down upon the children's play area there. I don't just mean I was on the second floor and the kids' area was on the first floor. I mean I held the play area in low regard. I had a certain disdain for it. Figuratively, I looked down upon it.It's difficult for me to explain why I disliked it the way I did. I think it had something to do with the slovenly types that sometimes frequent the area. I'm sure if you go to any shopping mall with a kids' playground you'll...
Saturday, 5 January 2008
Ding dong door-to-door soliciting.
Posted on 10:43 by Unknown
Both my wife and daughter were napping, so I was enjoying a relatively quiet Saturday afternoon today until two people came and rang my doorbell. If you're like me simply hearing a knock at the door or ringing of the doorbell sets off your Spidey sense. Ever since Ed McMahon died, I quit holding out for the Publisher's Clearinghouse Sweepstakes. If I'm expecting guests it's one thing, but when out of the blue someone comes calling, I immediately start to suspect mischief is afoot.In our home, when someone signals their arrival at the front...
Wednesday, 2 January 2008
My Experian credit report
Posted on 10:40 by Unknown
Today I took it upon myself to pull up my Experian credit report online. I'm in a good situation right now where I don't necessarily have to concern myself with what my credit report has on it. I have far more credit than I can afford and I don't plan on applying for a mortgage or new insurance or anything like that. But since, like many, I've decided on some new financial goals, I thought it best to make sure no one was reporting anything about me that shouldn't be reported.Because I used to work for a company that pulled credit reports for...
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