Robert Ebsen
Deep in the Bowels of Humanity
My essays usually are about things I enjoy doing. The thing I enjoyed doing in this essay occurred after hours of discomfort.
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Won’t Take Long to Count These Blessings
Stomach flu – Day Two.
How can I write an essay when I feel so blah?
I guess I can try to count my blessings.
I don't...
Do I Pay Piper? Or Does Piper Pay for Me?
Yesterday I hooked up my new Piper security system. Today I canceled ADT.
I am so happy with my Piper. Here are some of my...
Say, Sun, Should We Lease, Buy or Pass?
Two solar panel people came to give us quotes yesterday.
The first person said it is better to buy rather than lease the system. We...
‘I Went to the Mat to Please My Wife’
It's great fun trouncing around in the backyard.
Watering the flowers and trees, attending to the waterfall, swimming in the pool. Just organizing my stuff...
Duh, if Only I Had Thought First
I call these life-awakening events Duhs. As in, Duh, why didn’t I think of that before? I would have more Duhs to report except...
Do We Need to Stop for Gas?
Here I am in the waiting room at Kaiser Permanente.
The nurse just called me in. After taking my vitals, she told me to take...
What, Me Worry?
Not me. I don't have my wife's permission to go on the roof.
Our gardener/handyman will be coming over to put my three solar panels...
Do I Have an Old Story for You
You have heard of hardening of the arteries? I think I have hardening of the brain.
Like this afternoon when I was on the phone...
Me? I Call Them Criminals
As I arrived at the nearby intersection this morning, the cars perpendicular to my path were lined up at the red light. I was...