special thanks to all the folks of uphill for the use of the guest bed last night. ya'll are a back saver ( Read more... )

Prepping surfaces for painting until 11:30 last night. E had all supplies in perfect order of course so all I had to do was put some grunt behind 'the mouse.' If you don't own a mouse you should. The mouse is likely one of the greatest tools of our time. Don't know what a mouse is? Ask me and I will be happy to show you mine. ;-) Or E's as ( Read more... )

I need to take down the database server so I can apply a hot patch to the operating system. Should I back up the database first? nahhhhhh....

ring.ring...

hello boss....we're having trouble getting the database back up.

DUH!

I visited with a friend I have not seen in about 7 years. He came up from New Mexico to visit his kids for the holidays. It sounds like he may be relocating within the next 4 months. His visit was especially handy since he has 11 years of professional painting experience and E and I were estimating the job on our domicile ( Read more... )

Ok, ok, so I took some time off from my feeble attempt to bear my soul on these pages. Turns out I still made Santa's nice list so there! :-P ( Read more... )

The closed door and the sealed lips are prerequisites to tyranny.
~Frank L. Stanton

I know this is supposed to be a blog with my thoughts and musings but I simply can't put some things down better than their original authors.

Elegant misrepresentations of fact make beautiful fiction but also liars of leaders who weave tales for ballot bunnies.

I am interested in possibly picking up a Treo 650 and switching service to Cingular. Anyone have experience with either the phone or the service ( Read more... )

Gather round children...Uncle Dan would like to tell you the story about a simple board meeting of the Pendleton Homeowner's Association...a simple board meeting that went horribly wrong....it was...the board meeting from HELL ( Read more... )

A photo of my birth mother.Ran across a photo of my birth mother. It made me sad as I remembered the difficult life she had. She was such a beautiful person ( Read more... )