Wow, not a good night. Yet a good night.
I had a early night of fail, but possibly that is not a bad thing. Possibly, I am avoiding a a storm I have no business in. But, it is annoying, I could have solved a number of issues for myself. On one front all I can say is STUPID MONKEY.
I did like actually having my basement to me for the first time in ( Read more... )

I have been avoiding my own home. That is not good. I should have only 25 more days of this sub hell. It is my own fault, I should be more like the character I watched yesterday, Lord Blackadder. It always seems bastards win. So I really think that is a good course change that needs to happen. The fact is people are taking advantage.  Yes, things ( Read more... )

Don't be so gloomy ( Read more... )

If you choose to play, bold those you've read, strike those you hated, italicise those you started and didn't finish.

Well I have read 50 of the 105 in the list. But Darren and I both agree that it is not what we would consider a "least read"  list. by the way, what do the numbers mean?
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (149)
Anna Karenina (132)
Crime and ( Read more... )

At least once if not twice a year I make the pilgrimage to my families summer home on Lake Michigan.


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For the past year and a half I have been splitting my life between Minneapolis and LaSalle, I know some people would not understand why I chose to do this, today the reason finally happened. I have been taking part of the load my father does so that he could resurrect a part of himself. That part was 45 years of his life, the life of his father, ( Read more... )

In response to Idavale's post ( Read more... )

OK, I know what to get a person that has it all and I suddenly have an open pocketbook.
Check this out- The Oculas
For those who want the total Darth Vader experience!
It is a mltimedia and gaming zone for one.
Stick in a feed tube and a waste removal kit and you may never leave.
Oh, and it costs like $43,000.

I must say that this week did not start out with the best of beginnings, one of my contracts that was supposed to pay before Thanksgiving did not come through last week. Although I suffered through the long weekend with a bit of a thin wallet, the transfers still had not come through on Monday. After a call or two I found out their California ( Read more... )

I am having a wonderful week of rest from work in Illinois, and thanks to the Episcopal Diocese of Chicago I will be able to go to Iceland this year for the EVE Fanfest and the Icelandic Airwaves Music Festival. Sunday night I spent with the boys playing poker after a late drive home. Ended up with a four of a kind and a straight flush on a flop. ( Read more... )