Short Cummings Audio presents Happily Domesticated » home http://www.shortcummingsaudio.com Life -- In Funny, Six-Minute Slices Sat, 24 Jul 2010 07:15:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Every episode features a new funny story. Think Erma Bombeck with a PC, Dave Barry with recording software or Garrison Keillor with a microphone... Oh, wait. Strike that last one. If you enjoy clean humor and a slightly skewed perspective on family life (I have two teenage sons...of course my life is skewed-up) please give this show a listen. Kevin Cummings clean Kevin Cummings KevinLeeC@yahoo.com KevinLeeC@yahoo.com (Kevin Cummings) 2006-2010 Life -- In Funny, Six-Minute Slices humor, humor essay, funny, funny story, shortcomings Short Cummings Audio presents Happily Domesticated » home http://assets.farpointmedia.net/shortc/images/shortc.albumart.144.jpg http://www.shortcummingsaudio.com #181 — Falling into Winter http://www.shortcummingsaudio.com/2009/11/181-falling-into-winter/ http://www.shortcummingsaudio.com/2009/11/181-falling-into-winter/#comments Sat, 28 Nov 2009 07:15:14 +0000 Kevin http://www.shortcummingsaudio.com/?p=1227 Sponsored by: www.GotoMyPC.com/podcast

I live in northern Utah which meteorologists describe as having an arid to semi-arid climate. Unlike some parts of the county where the weather never changes — I’m looking at you Southern California — we have definite seasons. If you start keeping track in July, the seasons are hot, hotter, hottest, too hot, when will the heat end, school registration season, why won’t the heat end, windy season, rainy season, Indian summer, why is it hot again, smog, the new Fall TV season, High School football season, Jazz Basketball Season, the one perfect Fall day, hunting season, municipal election season, cold season, flu and cold season, colder, coldest, why can’t it be hot again, smog, first snowfall isn’t it beautiful, snowing? again?, Christmas shopping season, bad roads and fender-bender season, Christmas day with a thirty-percent chance of snow, Hollywood awards season, smog, almost spring, melty, snow pack runoff, street flooding, road construction planning, the one perfect spring day, rain, rainier, rainiest, smog, lawn mower repair season, the annual blooming of the orange barrels, constructions guys with shovels but no visible work to do, graduation season, wedding season, smog, early summer, and finally back to hot. (Full Text)

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]]> http://www.shortcummingsaudio.com/2009/11/181-falling-into-winter/feed/ 0 home,seasons,weather,yard Sponsored by: www.GotoMyPC.com/podcast - I live in northern Utah which meteorologists describe as having an arid to semi-arid climate. Unlike some parts of the county where the weather never changes -- I’m looking at you Southern California -- we have ... Sponsored by: www.GotoMyPC.com/podcast (http://www.gotomypc.com/podcast) I live in northern Utah which meteorologists describe as having an arid to semi-arid climate. Unlike some parts of the county where the weather never changes -- I’m looking at you Southern California -- we have definite seasons. If you start keeping track in July, the seasons are hot, hotter, hottest, too hot, when will the heat end, school registration season, why won’t the heat end, windy season, rainy season, Indian summer, why is it hot again, smog, the new Fall TV season, High School football season, Jazz Basketball Season, the one perfect Fall day, hunting season, municipal election season, cold season, flu and cold season, colder, coldest, why can’t it be hot again, smog, first snowfall isn’t it beautiful, snowing? again?, Christmas shopping season, bad roads and fender-bender season, Christmas day with a thirty-percent chance of snow, Hollywood awards season, smog, almost spring, melty, snow pack runoff, street flooding, road construction planning, the one perfect spring day, rain, rainier, rainiest, smog, lawn mower repair season, the annual blooming of the orange barrels, constructions guys with shovels but no visible work to do, graduation season, wedding season, smog, early summer, and finally back to hot. (Full Text (http://wp.me/pjV28-9U)) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Like this excerpt? Want the whole story? Listen to the audio version by clicking the ‘Play’ button at the top of this post. If you’d rather read it, you can find the full text at http://wp.me/pjV28-9U (http://wp.me/pjV28-9U) (http://wp.me/pjV28-9M) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Notes: * Thanks to Chris Lane for some kind words this week.  You can learn more about Chris (and see some of his terrific photos) at http://www.ChrisLanePhoto.com (http://www.ChrisLanePhoto.com) * As mentioned on the episode, Twitter friend @Mainframe (http://www.twitter.com/Mainframe) noticed that I was on a "behind the scenes" episode of Angel Between the Lines where I got to talk about directing for an audio drama.  If you're interested, you can listen in at: http://www.angelbetweenthelines.com/2009/11/abtls1bts002-behind-the-scenes-with-the-directors/ (http://www.angelbetweenthelines.com/2009/11/abtls1bts002-behind-the-scenes-with-the-directors/) Kevin Cummings clean #180 — -tioning Home Improvement http://www.shortcummingsaudio.com/2009/11/180-tioning-home-improvement/ http://www.shortcummingsaudio.com/2009/11/180-tioning-home-improvement/#comments Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:15:08 +0000 Kevin http://www.shortcummingsaudio.com/?p=1219 Sponsored by: www.GotoMyPC.com/podcast

With our sons grown and out of the house, my wife and I have completed our legally-mandated term of active service as parents. We find ourselves sliding giddily into the category of empty-nesters. We have the freedom to do what we want, when we want. Travel planning no longer requires us to consider school schedules, after school events and the quantity of fast-food restaurants along our intended travel route. We can be crazy and spontaneous.

So, how did we choose to explore our new independence? Last Sunday I found myself jammed under a kitchen cabinet, wrench in hand, installing a stainless steel sink.

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]]> http://www.shortcummingsaudio.com/2009/11/180-tioning-home-improvement/feed/ 3 home,home improvement,house Sponsored by: www.GotoMyPC.com/podcast - With our sons grown and out of the house, my wife and I have completed our legally-mandated term of active service as parents. We find ourselves sliding giddily into the category of empty-nesters. Sponsored by: www.GotoMyPC.com/podcast (http://www.GotoMyPC.com/podcast) With our sons grown and out of the house, my wife and I have completed our legally-mandated term of active service as parents. We find ourselves sliding giddily into the category of empty-nesters. We have the freedom to do what we want, when we want. Travel planning no longer requires us to consider school schedules, after school events and the quantity of fast-food restaurants along our intended travel route. We can be crazy and spontaneous. So, how did we choose to explore our new independence? Last Sunday I found myself jammed under a kitchen cabinet, wrench in hand, installing a stainless steel sink. Really. (Full Text (http://wp.me/pjV28-9R)) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Like this excerpt? Want the whole story? Listen to the audio version by clicking the ‘Play’ button at the top of this post. If you’d rather read it, you can find the full text at http://wp.me/pjV28-9R (http://wp.me/pjV28-9R) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Notes: * Check out the JT Indie podcast at http://www.jtindie.com (http://www.jtindie.com) * Please take a moment to fill out the listener survey at http://www.HappilyDomesticated.com/listener-survey/ (http://www.HappilyDomesticated.com/listener-survey/) Kevin Cummings clean #159 — Routine Housework http://www.shortcummingsaudio.com/2009/06/159-routine-housework/ http://www.shortcummingsaudio.com/2009/06/159-routine-housework/#comments Sat, 27 Jun 2009 07:15:55 +0000 Kevin http://www.shortcummingsaudio.com/?p=1041

As a bachelor, I subscribed to the belief that cleaning house was like going to war; it was to be conducted with forethought and seriousness of purpose, and only when no other alternative could be found. Cleaning with any kind of regularity would have interfered with vital activities like re-watching old movies on VHS, arguing the relative merits of Marvel vs. DC superheroes, and thinking up creative new excuses for the mess in my apartment. After a while, the layer of empty pizza boxes and moldering socks was so thick in places that it exerted a gravitational influence on the tides. If I had gotten close enough to clean, I’d have been dragged down past the pizza event horizon and trapped forever.

Once I was married, my wife explained that house cleaning was less an event and more a regular occurrence. In her view, the entire house needed a good cleaning at least once a week and parts of it required daily attention. I tried to negotiate a longer, more reasonable schedule — something resembling a Congressional session or the length of an Ingmar Bergen film — but she stood firm.

So now I spend more time cleaning each week than I do reading the morning paper. I may not be well-informed, but at least I live in a tidy house.

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  • Once again, I owe Shane an apology for mis-pronouncing his name.  So, by way of making it up, let me point you off to his well-written and entertaining blog at http://bdgjm.blogspot.com/
  • Stuart Jaffe of The Eclectic Review left a nice comment about buying multiple appliances.  You can listen to Stuart and his wife Glory at http://eclectic.libsyn.com/
  • My new Twitter friend Michelle Mangen is in a really interesting business…she’s a virtual assitant.  You can find out more at http://www.thevirtualasst.com/
  • Finally, check out all of the interesting reviews over at http://www.techtalkforfamilies.com

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]]> http://www.shortcummingsaudio.com/2009/06/159-routine-housework/feed/ 2 guys,home,house work - As a bachelor, I subscribed to the belief that cleaning house was like going to war; it was to be conducted with forethought and seriousness of purpose, and only when no other alternative could be found. As a bachelor, I subscribed to the belief that cleaning house was like going to war; it was to be conducted with forethought and seriousness of purpose, and only when no other alternative could be found. Cleaning with any kind of regularity would have interfered with vital activities like re-watching old movies on VHS, arguing the relative merits of Marvel vs. DC superheroes, and thinking up creative new excuses for the mess in my apartment. After a while, the layer of empty pizza boxes and moldering socks was so thick in places that it exerted a gravitational influence on the tides. If I had gotten close enough to clean, I’d have been dragged down past the pizza event horizon and trapped forever. Once I was married, my wife explained that house cleaning was less an event and more a regular occurrence. In her view, the entire house needed a good cleaning at least once a week and parts of it required daily attention. I tried to negotiate a longer, more reasonable schedule -- something resembling a Congressional session or the length of an Ingmar Bergen film -- but she stood firm. So now I spend more time cleaning each week than I do reading the morning paper. I may not be well-informed, but at least I live in a tidy house. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Like this excerpt? Want the whole story? Listen to the audio version by clicking the ‘Play’ button at the top of this post. If you’d rather read it, you can find the full text at http://myfavoriteshortcomings.wordpress.com/2009/06/27/routine-housework/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Notes: * Once again, I owe Shane an apology for mis-pronouncing his name.  So, by way of making it up, let me point you off to his well-written and entertaining blog at http://bdgjm.blogspot.com/ (http://bdgjm.blogspot.com/) * Stuart Jaffe of The Eclectic Review left a nice comment about buying multiple appliances.  You can listen to Stuart and his wife Glory at http://eclectic.libsyn.com/ (http://eclectic.libsyn.com/) * My new Twitter friend Michelle Mangen is in a really interesting business...she's a virtual assitant.  You can find out more at http://www.thevirtualasst.com/ (http://www.thevirtualasst.com/) * Finally, check out all of the interesting reviews over at http://www.techtalkforfamilies.com (http://www.techtalkforfamilies.com) Kevin Cummings clean