Damn. Mary just called to tell me that John Brown, one of our regular customers, passed away.
John started coming in every day about a year and a half, two years ago. He was 71, and had just divorced his wife of fifty-some years (due to [...]
I used to work in a 24-hour family-style diner. It was the only 24-hour place in town, at the time, and in reasonably close proximity to three or four busy bars. So, of course, when the bars closed, we got our asses handed to us.
The job had some deeply shitty points, but the good thing [...]
Good lord, it is early.
Well, today is the big cleaning day, after which all smoking shall be kicked to the outdoors. (Mostly because I can’t imagine myself scraping up enough extra ambition and motivation to scrub the walls and ceilings more than once every couple of years, y’know.) I think I have all the [...]
I am pleased to welcome a new arrival to the Java Household:
This lil’ gal is my new Rat Terrier puppy. She’s six weeks old, and just fuckin’ adorable. At the moment, I’m favoring “Razzberry” for a name, but I’m open to suggestions (leave ‘em in the comments). She joins Grimshaw the Jocular, my Black Lab/Rottweiler [...]
The Restaurant Where I Work(TM) is a family-owned, family-style diner. Think Bob Evans or Cracker Barrel, only with less class. I’ve always worked family-style, and I’ve spent way more time in the little mom n’ pop places than in the corporate restaurants. It makes a difference, because mom n’ pop type places have their own [...]
It was dead slow in the Restaurant Where I Work(TM), and I’m standing around up at the counter with my thumb in my ass. All of my side work is done, none of the staff needs any help, the restaurant is all neat and tidy and whatnot, and there’s about four tables in the place.
I [...]
State Bill Would Limit Procreation Assistance — Fort Wayne Journal Gazette — Gays, lesbians and single Hoosiers would be prohibited from using medical science to help have a child under a bill being considered by an interim legislative committee.
I dunno . . . Every day at the restaurant, I see the results of letting any [...]
