At the Vet's (an oldie but goodie)
While I was waiting for the tech to bring me a bag of extraordinarily expensive dog food (the label is in French for fuck's sake) I saw a...
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Kim Idol
Jul 7, 20224 min read
Engagement
Andy’s first ex-husband called just before sundown which was not unusual, they talked often. She’d been sitting out in the backyard...
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Kim Idol
Jul 4, 20223 min read
Rosa
“Rosa’s dead. Don’t be a dick. Call Mom.” --a birthday greeting to me from my sister. She sounded exactly like Dad, who would have...
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Kim Idol
Jun 29, 20224 min read
A Fishy Tale
I had finally gotten the nerve to test drive my new scooter. Within 7 miles, the speedometer stopped working. Effing Chinese garbage. The...
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Kim Idol
Jun 25, 20222 min read
NOPE - part 2
You must be careful if you intercede when you see someone abusing their pet. When I see a bad situation occurring, I try friendly...
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Kim Idol
Jun 25, 20221 min read
NOPE
I say we take a page from Lysistrata. NO SEX until the assholes reinstate Roe v. Wade because the day I allow enslavement of my body to...
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Kim Idol
Apr 23, 20223 min read
Ghost Cat
She responds to most of my needs better than most of my boyfriends, but Alexa and I have a contentious relationship. She turns off lights...
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Kim Idol
Apr 9, 20221 min read
Perspective
You set your goal. 26-mile bike ride today. You arrive at and scope out the first of several hills. Then you put your head down and...
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Kim Idol
Jan 5, 20222 min read
I think I forgot to brush my teeth this morning.
I haven’t gotten out of my pajamas since the new year, a day before actually. If I have to go outside I switch from my checked flannel...
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Kim Idol
Dec 19, 20216 min read
What's Missing from this Picture?
It's what I was thinking while I waded through another episode of CSI anyway. My mind wanders. The guy in the picture had breakfast with...
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Kim Idol
Dec 15, 202112 min read
Weeds in the Garden
In her mind Las Vegas was a place for strangers to meet. A transitional place, not somewhere you put down roots or made permanent...
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Kim Idol
Dec 13, 20212 min read
It's Cold.
December in Las Vegas presages the annual gladiatorial contest between me and my heater. I have just spent six months in 100+ heat so I...
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Kim Idol
Dec 5, 20213 min read
Santa's Turn
Dear Kimmy: Yes I said it. Give the fat man a break. I deliver toys to 100,000 bad spelling letter writers and 8 billion needy, just make...
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Kim Idol
Dec 3, 20212 min read
Why oh Why
Santa Claus North Pole (what’s left of it) Earth (what’s left of it) December 2021 Dear Santa: Rather than ask you for things this year,...
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Kim Idol
Dec 3, 20211 min read
My New Novel Available on Amazon
HERE WE GO AGAIN! Seeking reviewers for my latest novel. It is a crime novel set in Los Angeles. It is available in paperback or Kindle....
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Kim Idol
Nov 22, 20212 min read
Kabloom!
There’s a bomb in the middle of my living room. To anyone else it looks like a mashed up cardboard box addressed to me. A hand printed...
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Kim Idol
Nov 11, 20212 min read
Iphone 12 and Better Days?
Driving home from a Quest appointment this morning I worried about the blood and urine samples taken from me ordered by a doctor that I...
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Kim Idol
Jul 12, 20211 min read
We used to be Irish: care and feeding of
Chapter 1: Feed them. They’ll anything that is guaranteed to clog their arteries, fry it, batter it, grease it up. They like it dripping....
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Kim Idol
Jun 21, 20212 min read
Summer Solstice
There are several annual exceptional selling moments that Amazon prizes. During these periods employees are encouraged to accept overtime...
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Kim Idol
Mar 23, 20212 min read
BIII-cycle
I’ve started riding my bicycle again. I regularly run a bunch of miles per week and lately I have been thinking that I need to alternate...
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