Your Weekly Antics, The Timeline of a Pancake Edition 10/12/2025...

Well kids, yes, The Antics are late again, which seems to be the new normal. Thanks for the handful of you who were wondering where they were and making sure I was still standing up right and moving. The worst that happened to me while doing the work of the people this week, I was left to wait in the rain for help on a visit. I was told that would never happen had I been in Worcester, because those I call upon for assistance with such things would never leave me waiting in the pouring rain. Why you ask? Because they don't work in the rain and feel that no one should. That is a perfectly perfect explanation that I fully support. Here's what I've got...

1. One of my regrets? Not appreciating until later in life how to eat a pancake properly. While out to breakfast I decided I was going to conquer the table pancake from the inside out. Going directly for the center where all the butter was settling nicely and mixing in perfectly with the syrup, I quickly decided that I had been going about pancake consumption the wrong way all along. With this epiphany, I decided to add to the list of my many life’s goals, like eventually learning how to play the bagpipes, and will increase my efforts to spread the word educating all of you on how to best eat a pancake to enjoy it to its fullest.

2. This method serves many purposes and if you think about it, conserves condiment resources. If you eat the center first, establishing a circle in the middle, you can then fill that circle with syrup and use this space to dip the pieces in that you’ve taken from the outside of the pancake. This can also serve as entertainment should you have a child or someone else in your life with the attention span of a fruit fly who needs constant entertainment. By strategically placing other food items from your breakfast such as bacon, sausage or hash browns in the circle you have created that only gets bigger with every bite, you will eventually have space to design a face with those items. Bottom line is, it took me over 50 years to figure out I’ve been eating pancakes all wrong. Get on board people, you’ve all been missing out.

***It’s important to note that I was at breakfast with Sue Miller who was not impressed that at my age I’m still playing with my food. Exhibits 1, 2 & 3, the timeline of the pancake.

3. After our pancake fun we returned to the parking lot and saw this. I want to know who the dumpster driver guy is who is responsible for the drop off of these dumpsters. I support this with every ounce of my being. Whoever you are friend, job well done…way to stick it to the man. Exhibit 4, Dumpster tipping in the 03.

4. I received this fabulous mug from a new Antics reader who I have been harassing for not properly preparing me for the unsettlement I would feel after watching the movie he so highly suggested. This gift makes up for it because my family members all feel this mug is terrifying and if I’m drinking my coffee out of it, they all leave me alone. #winforwithers #backinmygoodgraces

Exhibit 5, the mug

5. Movies and tv brings me to remote controls or as we refer to them in the Kap house, the clickahhh. Al recently informed the middle Kap kid, you did it now, you broke the clickahhhh. The clicker in question was God only knows how old and is used to turn on the speaker/sound system part of our tv so no one has to get up off their lazy arses to push any buttons manually. This thing has been on its last leg for years, being stepped on, dropped, chewed on by dogs, split in half, slammed back together, and hit frequently to get it to work. Once this clicker took its final breath and went to the great electronic beyond, Al informed the middle kid that it was irreplaceable, another would never be found, we’d be changing the volume manually from now until the end of time. Well, I’ve got news for Al, the exact same clicker has been found, purchased, batteries in place and now in use for the whopping price of $6.87, thank you Amazon. Joke continues to be on Al because we didn’t tell him a replacement clicker has been found, and we continue to watch him get up and down to work the volume manually. Exhibit 6, the new clicker Al doesn't know we have.

6. Stopped at the post office on Saturday to mail a package and ran across this. From the post office I stopped at Sue Miller’s, showed her the picture and her immediate response was, I don’t like Sponge Bob, he’s an idiot. Seeing as Sue Miller is independently keeping the United States Postal Service afloat being one of the last people on earth who pays her bills by mail, they better get it together and come up with some better stamps. Exhibit 7, Sponge Bob stamps

7. I was up at Umass on the Lake as all my clients like to refer to it, and as many of you should know, when you arrive, you have to check in using the self-check in computer system do-dad thing they’ve got going on up there. As I and many others were fighting with these stupid machines, I could see others not following the rules, blowing by the greeter, walking in, and caring less about checking in with anyone or anything. After the 10^th time of this thing rejecting my identification, I said screw it and may or may not have used my 103-year-old Grandmothers ID to check in and get my visitors pass. Of course, the machine took that ID and I was officially checked in as Edith M. Exhibit 8, imposters

8. Sue Miller is a long-time supporter of the Veterans and St. Jude. Recently, the veterans started filling their envelopes with nickels. Who knew that Sue Miller isn’t a fan of nickels and can’t be bothered with the accumulation of more change she then has to roll and send off to the bank. She started mailing the nickels back with her regular donations thinking the Veterans could make better use of them, rather than wasting their time, stamps and money sending them to her. Well kids, the nickels keep coming and she’s not having it. She’s decided screw them, if they’re going to keep sending them to her, she’s keeping them. What I wanted to know was, why nickels? Well, curiosity got the better of me and according to google, the reasons for the nickel campaign is symbolic, representing one has to spend money to make money, because every nickel adds up. Makes sense, but wouldn’t you save money if you just took the donations and didn’t keep sending people on your mailing list an envelope of nickels? If you too feel this way, would like to stop what many perceive as madness, and want to put a kabosh on this nickel nonsense, click the below link to change your mailing preferences. This will tell them nicely to save their resources, that there are more productive things they can be doing with their nickels than sending them to you. Exhibit 9, you can keep your nickels.

https://www.vfw.org/about-us/faq

9. Remember the creature from last fall that made its way into the Kap house when we brought our house plants back in before the frost? Well, despite our efforts to repot, hose down and treat the plants prior to bringing them inside, that son of a bitch hitched a ride and came back inside uninvited. He informed us of his freeloading unwelcome arrival at about midnight Wednesday night chirping away like we owed him money. Well bug, it’s on, Angel’s coming for you with his fog machine. Take that.  

Exhibit 10, Sue Miller at breakfast the other day telling me to stop playing with your food.

10.  While the comfort of the Kap house has been infiltrated by some tiny freeloading creature from the outdoors who better not make himself comfortable because he’s not staying, Beet has been wandering the streets of Boston and taking photo’s of her sightings along the way. We’ve seen photo’s of many of the Halloween displays she’s been passing on her route. Some more elaborate than others. Many creepy, many light up. Some make noise, while others even move. Good luck to the homeowner with one that moves, lights up and talks while Beet unsuspectingly walks by because your entire display will be destroyed. Boston, you have been warned. Exhibit 11, things Beet sees on her walks.

And last but not least, I hope you are all enjoying this long weekend. If you are not fortunate enough to have Monday off may your family keep you in the loop that the clickahhhh has been replaced and may you not have any freeloading guests, bug or otherwise, taking up space in the comfort of your home.

Exhibit 12, Blueberry making herself at home in the plants.

Have a great weekend!