I had arrived in Grand Rapids, Michigan when President Ford passed away. I was sitting down to breakfast in the Hampton Inn that I was staying in when the news was announced that he had passed away the night I flew in. Then the news announced that he would be buried at the Gerald R. Ford museum right there in his hometown ( Read more... )

Yes, I'm going on about the pool again. This week I selected 11 winners so far. Only one person can tie me in the event that Cincinnati wins tomorrow night. Either way I know that I'm good at selecting teams. Last week I came in second, and this week I'll be either first or tied for first ( Read more... )

As one of those lucky 700,000+ people in Western Washington whose power was knocked out by the storms of the last few days, I'm even more fortunate to have my power back as of 7:32 this morning. My parents are still without power, which is sad because my mother spent her birthday yesterday in a cold house near a wood burning stove ( Read more... )

I was working at home today when the wind storm hit, causing my lights to flicker. I called to work and spoke with a coworker to advise them that I would take four hours off today, as it appeared that the power was to go out, and I don't trust the battery on my laptop. Yes, it's a relatively new HP/Compaq that I was issued earlier this year, and ( Read more... )

Last Wednesday I joined a football pool. I've designated a pair of friends to split any winnings I would potentially make, as I personally don't want to have to report income that I would have no informational document to support the amount I would report ( Read more... )

I spent half of the day asleep in bed, having taken an Alavert to deal with the non-stop nasal drip that I've had since last night. The cause may have been spending the final ten minutes of last night's ferry ride standing on the westbound pickle fork of the ferry, and being exposed to the extremely cold wind rushing by ( Read more... )

Thankfully the repair to the furnace was cheap, at $81 ( Read more... )

I finally have heat back on in the house, for the first time since Wednesday when the furnace quit pumping out heat. The repairman replaced the igniter for the second year in a row. I was pretty much hibernating today as I waited for him to arrive close to 4:30 this afternoon. The house was at a balmy 50 degrees today.

Tomorrow I will be taking leave from work in the afternoon to volunteer at a polling station in an activity that I've never done before in my life: checking voter signature lists to see who hasn't voted, and then calling the person to ask them to vote ( Read more... )

I find it sad how low the Raiders have fallen ( Read more... )