the morning bull pen

Reuniting for a reason
Reuniting for a reason
Reuniting for a reason
Family reunions: the one time of year that you get to see first, second and third cousins twice removed -- though I have no idea what that really means. Some of them you see every two years and some you see every four, six or 10 years -- or maybe only every 20 year or so...
Him Tarzan
Him Tarzan
Him Tarzan
"The Legend of Tarzan" ... I've been waiting for over a year for the release of this movie. I'm not a big Tarzan fan, but I am a YUGE fan of Alexander Skarsgard, who plays the barely clothed Tarzan. Sunday night my girlfriend Erin and I eagerly waited at the Orion Cinema for Tarzan to come alive on the big screen...
Trip pix!
Trip pix!
Trip pix!
Seven states -- Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, California, Oregon and Washington -- and over 2,000 miles traveled in one week. With a few "resting" stops thrown in -- Las Vegas and Disneyland. Why? It was a moving adventure. My bestie was moving from Prosper, Texas, back home to Yakima...
Who jacked our jacks?
Who jacked our jacks?
Who jacked our jacks?
The Bull Pen needs your help! They have a thief among them! Someone in the building is stealing headphone jacks. In our line of work our personal headphones are like your toothbrush, so when someone messes with them or takes them without returning them, it upsets us...
The emphasis is on 'odd'
The emphasis is on 'odd'
The emphasis is on 'odd'
I've been on those swapping/selling stuff Facebook sites for quite a few years, but this is the first time I've seen this: What unusual thing have you found on a Facebook swapping/selling site?
Musical lessons
Musical lessons
Musical lessons
The other day my daughter Shaylee was sitting at the counter working on the clay figures that she makes almost daily when she asked me, "Mom, can we go see the musical 'Hamilton?'" I was shocked that she even knew about the musical. I asked her, "How do you know about the musical 'Hamilton...
Benched
Benched
Benched
There's another new term in the jungle of dating terminology: benching. It's a sports analogy for having to sit out of a game while others play. Being benched is a horrible thing for a player -- and it's pretty much the same for dating...
Challenge accepted
Challenge accepted
Challenge accepted
The Yakima Athletic Club holds weight-loss challenges twice a year -- in January and June. They call the June challenge "The Surge." I usually manage to suck Rik into joining the weight-loss challenges, but this time I've roped in Reesha from 107...
Runnin' on empty?
Runnin' on empty?
Runnin' on empty?
Rik hopped in his wife's Subaru to discover that the thing was on empty. This isn't the first time this has happened to him, though. He says she does it all the time. I guess I'm similar. My car says how many miles I have left before I run out of fuel -- just like Rik's wife's car...
That was some shirt!
That was some shirt!
That was some shirt!
Sam Hunt has a sound and style all his own! Rik was talking smack about what Sam was wearing at the CMT awards last night, saying how he was dressed to go golfing in the 1950s. Yes ... I gave Rik a verbal beating for criticizing Sam's clothes when he himself wears socks with his sandals...
Not-so-pure country
Not-so-pure country
Not-so-pure country
When you think of the CMT Awards do you think of Pitbull, 5th Harmony and Elle King? Yeah ... me either. And as much as I love all types of music and the mixing of music genres I was sitting there thinking ... what the? Pitbull? At the Country Music Television Awards...

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