7/12/2021 “That Got Me To Thinkin’…?” “Zeitgeist” Chapter 56 By Bruce Williams zeit·geist/ˈtsītˌɡīst,ˈzītˌɡīst/ noun the defining spirit or mood of a particular period of history as shown by the ideas and beliefs of the time. “the story captured the zeitgeist of the late 1960s” I was contemplating what the most defining element of our current…

7/5/2021 “That Got Me To Thinkin’…?” “Ka-BOOM” Chapter 55 By Bruce Williams   My obsession with fireworks began as a kid—the first time I saw my grandma’s neighbor foolishly drop an M-80 into a paint can and viewed the shrapnel afterward that had gone with the big boom.  And not the Safe and Sane variety…

6/28/2021 “That Got Me To Thinkin’…?” “Those Dogs” Chapter 54 By Bruce Williams I’ve waited a couple of months to talk about our new dogs so I could get to know their personalities a little bit better—Mavis (named after the girl from Hotel Transylvania), a Snorkie (Schnauzer/Yorkie mix) we got from an old friend from…

6/21/2021 “That Got Me To Thinkin’…?” “The Lower Half of your Face” Chapter 53 By Bruce Williams So I took the mask off at work—finally.  We were given the okay from all dictums, and so off it came without drumroll or flourish.  I would imagine it was as liberating as a woman’s late-evening bra removal,…

  6/14/2021 “That Got Me To Thinkin’…?” “Customer Service” Chapter 52 By Bruce Williams A woman called in to work this week asking to speak to a (non-present) manager about a sudden problem with her husband’s three-year old suit.  Apparently, a spontaneous hole had appeared in the fabric, and as that was a form of…

6/6/2021 “That Got Me To Thinkin’…?” “On Privacy” Chapter 51 By Bruce Williams Judging by my ‘tween daughter’s over-the-top reactions and obvious mortification this week, I believe she cracked the door open an inch or so looking for us while her mother and I were under the covers in the throes of coitus rapturous.  Neither…

5/31/2021 “That Got Me To Thinkin’…?” “What Goes Unsaid” Chapter 50 By Bruce Williams ***Editor’s note: Congratulations to Bruce Williams for Chapter 50 of “That Got me to Thinkin’”. When we asked Bruce to write a column it was originally supposed to focus on sports or sports related topics and we quickly found that Bruce…

5/24/2021 “That Got Me To Thinkin’…?” “Bremerton” Chapter 49 By Bruce Williams Michelle and I were checking out my nephew’s new house over in Manette, a small neighborhood in greater Bremerton, when he slid his phone over to me during lunch as I was three spoonfuls deep into a lovely cup of clam chowder at…

5/17/2021 “That Got Me To Thinkin’…?” “Brushes with Death” Chapter 48 By Bruce Williams In my life there’s been a handful of times I’ve been a stone’s throw away from death as it was happening. It’s always a shock when you realize someone has lost their life so abruptly as you happen to be floating…