David Wiseman -da6d

I'm going to write seven more da6d Daily Ramblin's. After that, there will be one a week or so of da6d Midnight Ramblin's. Postings will be at midnight on Sunday nights, just to start the week off right and to…

I’m going to kill two stoned birds. That’s a sideways rendition of “killing two birds with one stone.” Literally, I’ve never even killed one bird with one stone. Figuratively, I have lots of stoned birds. 

The first bird is the…

Marie Evelyn Moreton (1870-1949), also known as Lady Byng after her marriage to Colonel the Hon. Julian Byng (1862- 1935), Lord Byng, Governor General of Canada under King George V from 1921-1926. 

Great people. I'd like to have met them…

Happy Fathers’ Day, folks. My Mom came by to visit. Sister Chel sent a beautiful message. Kari made sourdough biscuits and sausage gravy. I’ll send a message or a meme to my Dad, and that will be about all of…

It's Saturday. I've been at The 74th Annual NC Rhododendron Festival in Bakersville, NC, for the past two days. I had a performance Friday and I've been providing PA/sound support for the event.

The musical performers were excellent. The vendors…

I got something in the mail today. It was nothing urgent, but something I did not want to ignore. I knew exactly where it was going: the WIDGAR file. I’ve got one right beside my spot at the kitchen table…

A year ago, I wrote the blog and haiku, King of Hearts. The picture was “The King of Hearts,” also called the “Suicide King” because of the sword through his head. “My leige, there are easier ways of doing things…

One small thing  

And other small things  

Got together and made  

Today  

A better day  

If even  

Just a little.  

I went to the VA today for an appointment. Park, text “here,” then wait for instructions. Proceed to the building…

Coffee, black. The way it was meant to be. Coffees have a flavor without cream or sugary flavored syrups. I’m not a coffee snob by any means. Often enough, I’ll have a splash of 2% milk to cool my coffee…

Welcome to planet Earth. This is the place where eternal cosmic beings are sent to spend the fair part of a century in human bodies. With all of eternity behind us and even more eternity ahead, we spend a very…

It would not be unusual if you were wondering. .oO (What’s the da6d Daily Ramblin’ going to be about today?) I was just wondering the same thing. 
 

Someplace, somewhere, in a collection of some sort is the toilet seat that…

Circular Breathing. 

Here’s a subject that I know absolutely nothing about. Just like most subjects, I’ll ramble a bit, move on to a haiku, and we’ll all end up knowing less than we did when we started. 

The picture is…

Kari and I went trespassing tonight. She’ll claim that I was the instigator, but I told her no one would believe that. 

The actual trespassing part might have been my idea, but the reason why was entirely hers. 

There's a…

Fifty years from now, someone is going to look back and commemorate today with a huge event. It’ll probably be a birthday party or something, but to a small number of people, maybe a million or so, today will be…

Kari asks me, “Is it half-time yet?” It’s hockey. They play three periods, so I guess halfway through the second period is technically “half-time.” Kari knows that. She’s being funny. 

It’s not a big surprise for the defending Stanley Cup…

NASA scientists have received a radio transmission from the far reaches of the galaxy. Interstellar communications from intelligent life elsewhere in the Universe. NASA is still trying to determine the exact origin of the message. There are no clues, and…

Gadget geek? Gear head? Kari has called me worse. This just another gadget, but one I can justify as being (almost) totally necessary. 

This is an AC battery adapter for my Canon 80D (a.d.d.) camera. It provides continuous power during…

Usually by the time I sit down to write, I have an idea what I’m going to write about. Otherwise, I sit at my computer, stare at the screen, then begin a conversation with myself. I’ll end up with a…

I’ve been asked, “Are You letting your beard grow?” I usually reply with, “My team is in the playoffs.”  Stanley Cup Playoff Beard. Did you read that? I wasn’t kidding. 

The Tampa Bay Lightning, defending Stanley Cup Champions, leads…

I don’t know how it happened or when it happened, but it happened. It seems strangers have achieved a level of complete perfection!  Complete strangers. Perfect strangers. Have you ever met an imperfect stranger? An incomplete stranger? 

A complete stranger…

There are 10 types of people in the world. Those that understand binary and those that don’t. 

There are 2 kinds of business. Mine and not mine. There is less of the former than I think. 
 

Kari saw me in…

Joel McKinney walked along roads. He walked along roads near his home and around. When he’d find a cut or steep bank on the edge of the road, Joel would search along the bank for saplings or young trees.   

These…

Taking a picture of a camera just seems odd. It seems kind of unnatural. Having a camera taking a picture of itself, taking a picture of itself is impossible without a mirror, and then the picture is backwards. Digitally reversing…

I am not an entomologist. That’s a big word for bug studier. I looked it up. 

I am not an etymologist either. That’s a big word for word studier; I looked it up. That still doesn’t make me one. I…