The Gods Are Bored

  Ah, summer is almost over, and a new school year beckons. Even though COVID-19 is almost worse than ever, we are back to full enrollment i...

You know that even in the Wild, Wild West there were people who planted apple trees and built schools, right? That's kind of how I feel ...

  It's happened twice this summer. I have gotten poison ivy without even seeing it. I know what this pestilential plant looks like. I...

  This post begins with a definition. LARP is Live Action Role Play. What this means is, you go to a wooded area, arm yourself with foam wea...

  We have all been there, right? Someone we have known forever, loved forever, looked forward to seeing, goes down the worm hole and becomes...

  Howdy again, and welcome to "The Gods Are Bored," where patience is a virtue and the small business rules! I'm Anne Johnson,...

  Did you see this? "I want to thank every Amazon employee and every Amazon customer because you guys paid for all of this," Bezos...

 Hello out there in the Google-space, it's time for another installment of "The Gods Are Bored!" I'm just back from a litt...

  Welcome to "The Gods Are Bored," school-is-out edition! I'm your sweltering host, Anne Johnson. It's 98 degrees outside....

  Welcome to "The Gods Are Bored," where we don't comfort the afflicted ... we afflict the comfortable. Today's comfortabl...

 I have never gotten over the sale of my grandfather's property on Polish Mountain. I couldn't afford to buy my cousins out. And the...

  My dear ol' dad taught me to respect and appreciate insects. I'm pretty tolerant of most bugs, with the usual exceptions for cockr...

Here I was, all full of vigor and great ideas. Time to move on, time to join the deluge of podcasts just the way I leapt into blogging in 20...

  Dear White Boomer Singers at the Haterfield Farmer's Market: What in the name of red-eyed fruit flies are you thinking, daring to cove...

  You can blame my school district. They blocked Blogger. I can see my blog but can't write new posts. I guess I should write them in Go...

  Blogging is so 2008, you know? So here's the first episode of The Gods Are Bored Podcast! Let me know what you think! It's 4 and a...

  Welcome to "The Gods Are Bored," an old-school communication on an old-school platform! I'm your has-been host, Anne Johnson...

  What a wacky week! September behavior in April! And I'm not talking about the weather. This past week marks the first time I have had ...

Hi there, Gods Are Bored fans! Did you miss me? I missed y'all, but I don't want to bore you with more missives about quarantine. I...

  Welcome to "The Gods Are Bored," looking back on a year of living minimally! I'm the inmate, Anne Johnson, number 031159. To...