Paul Barrett @pwbarrett.bsky.social · 21/07/2026At lunch, Eliza jumped into my lap, tore off part of my napkin, then set about producing this work of abstract art by my chair. Or maybe it's a message in Japanese. 010
Paul Barrett @pwbarrett.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Thanks Amie for hooking us up with the Universal Cat Delivery System. These two from the same litter make me think we've been doin' it wrong all these years. 020
Paul Barrett @pwbarrett.bsky.social · 08/05/2026*Sigh* Julie just ran across this undeveloped roll of 8mm Kodachrome movie film. I wanted to get it developed, but just found out the last color Kodachrome developing ended in 2010. (Paul Simon has something to say about that.) I guess I'll never know what's on it. 021
Paul Barrett @pwbarrett.bsky.social · 26/02/2026Just had my 2nd radiation treatment. Found out the MRI machine has a freakin' linear accelerator built into it to generate the radiation. I SO want my superpower by now. Hulk, Spiderman, whatever.media.tenor.coma close up of a man 's face with blue eyes and a shadow on his face .Alt: Bill Bixby, turning into Hulk for the 1st time. 020
Paul Barrett @pwbarrett.bsky.social · 17/10/2025Damn. We just had to say goodbye to Arya. She was not quite 7, but had stopped eating or drinking. It turned out her kidneys were enormous, and bloodwork showed her numbers were beyond the point of recovery. I always figured she would be the one to make it to her 20s. She will be sorely missed. 010
Paul Barrett @pwbarrett.bsky.social · 15/10/2025Just encountered a snake at our back gate, which then slithered under the car. Apparently it was a Yellow Belly Racer. Fine, just surprising. We've lived here about 40 years and have never seen a snake on the property. stock photo: 000
Paul Barrett @pwbarrett.bsky.social · 15/04/2025If a tree falls in the front yard, does it make a noise? Damn right it does. About a 3rd of our 75 foot tall cottonwood spontaneously broke off and fell, completely blocking three lanes, and smashed an unfortunate passing car's windshield. (No injuries). 020
Paul Barrett @pwbarrett.bsky.social · 19/03/2025I can see if you have a business that involves hauling equipment and a crew, and can write-off the operating expense, but it seems ridiculous that people are buying these to go to the store. 000
Paul Barrett @pwbarrett.bsky.social · 19/03/2025So glad to get back in our Escape hybrid. That truck was a nightmare even to get in or out of the driveway, much less park anywhere else. Try as I might, I never got it above 13 MPG. But I look around and I see these behemoths everywhere, most often with one occupant, and no cargo. ... 010
Paul Barrett @pwbarrett.bsky.social · 19/03/2025We got our car back from the shop yesterday, after $1500, probably thanks to this guy. A wire-harness had been chewed through, right through the copper wires. The only loaner we could get was an F150 FX4 extended-cab, which to me is a monster truck. ... 020
Paul Barrett @pwbarrett.bsky.social · 17/03/2025I look like I was in a St.Pat's brawl, but really just chin-planted jogging across the street. Yay. 000
Paul Barrett @pwbarrett.bsky.social · 06/01/2025Power! I think they had to replace our pole-transformer. 010
Paul Barrett @pwbarrett.bsky.social · 05/01/2025Great time for the power to go out, when it's about to plunge to below freezing. But I finally have an excuse to use the little generator I bought after the Snowpocalypse of 2021. 120
Paul Barrett @pwbarrett.bsky.social · 25/12/2024I think i feel like this too after too much Christmas food & drink 000
Paul Barrett @pwbarrett.bsky.social · 20/12/2024Clearly all the drones are coming from Grover's Mill NJ. Has no one even checked? 000
Paul Barrett @pwbarrett.bsky.social · 13/12/2024I never feel right putting a "like" on posts like this - that could be misinterpreted 000
Paul Barrett @pwbarrett.bsky.social · 10/12/2024Even this is more than my level of commitment to Christmas yard-decorations 010
Paul Barrett @pwbarrett.bsky.social · 01/12/2024Hans Gruber beginning his yearly fall from Nakatomi tower, on our mantle 031
Paul Barrett @pwbarrett.bsky.social · 27/11/2024We watched Idiocracy the other day - just seemed so fitting :-( 000
Paul Barrett @pwbarrett.bsky.social · 15/09/2024Over on FB, just got a like from Mel Brooks! On his book About Me, I said I'm waiting for About Me the lunchbox, or maybe the flamethrower. (The book was great BTW.) 111
Paul Barrett @pwbarrett.bsky.social · 08/11/2023As long as it's not the UK or Japan- the worst part was trying to shift left-handed 050
