Watch your step

Ah, the joy of living in the urban interface between city and country.

There's deer scat on the lawn and a flattened spot under the snowball bush where something large's been sleeping.

Plus, bald spots on the rose bushes.

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How to turn my hair grey

I got a letter in October from my pension plan to check out 2019 benefits, so I used the web address in the letter.

Which led me to a site that said:

Buy this domain

This domain may be for sale by its owner!

Oh, crap! After my heartbeat went back to normal, I Googled and found the actual site.

It's a huge international corporation, but still ...

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Brain spews

Cultural appropriation: Another way of shoving minorities back into ghettos, where no ideas are permitted to pollute right-thinking people.

I enjoy the TV show "Supernatural," but one cliche bugs the crap out of me. The Winchesters are ready for action; before they move out, one or the other racks the slide on a pistol, which makes a dramatic noise. It also cocks the gun. But neither Sam or Dean activate the safety (if there is one). Way to go off half-cocked.

A couple of weeks ago, the electricity went out from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. The NV Energy web site said the cause was a tree limb on a power line. Nice try, monopoly, but utilities in Rainbow Bend are underground.

Two miles of Southern Border Wall finished. Desperate people can't walk 2.2 miles?

Note to Arby's: Put a net on the beard of the weirdo in your commercials. And go back to edible food.

Trump whines that the news media aren't being fair to him. Kick a dog often enough and it will bite you. On the other hand, corporations run the mainstream media and corporations are cowards. Plus, the TV news has been kicked so many times, it's gone neurotic.

Recent catalogs, including "Things You Never Knew Existed … since 1914," indicate there's money to be made selling Trump junk:

The President Dammit Doll.

Corkscrew with the rod emerging from his fly.

2019 wall calendar counting down to 2020 and Trump’s end of term.

Prez on T-shirt as “shirtless, ripped, tatted-up underwear model.”

Trump victory mug: “Trump … Finally Someone With Balls.”

Trump Solar Bobber: "Expose him to bright indoor or outdoor light, and he’ll wave appreciatively at no doubt the biggest crowd ever!"

President Trump Standup, with a two-thumbs-up salute.

Trump and Kim Defcon-Mania Troll Set, each in their own patriotic wrestling gear and sporting HUGE hair for the match of the millennium.

Trump Tissue Box Cover: "Finally — something useful coming out of his mouth!"

Unofficial Donald Trump Activity Book: Includes “Don loves Vlad: photo story; “My Missile’s Bigger than Your Missile” game; cut-out masks.

President Trump Troll: “Hair to the Chief: Make your desk great again!"

Donald Trump Toilet Paper: "Images printed on every sheet; won’t smudge or smear."