I was off line last night due to the severe weather that came through here. There were around 2 dozen tornadoes that were spotted in south central Wisconsin last night. A suburb of Madison had 200 homes damaged, 18 completely destroyed and one person reported killed. I had a strange feeling last night when I came home from work. I was ( Read more... )

Ter and Tam, I will be arriving in Portland on July 17th at 1:15 PM and will be there until the 27th. I plan to take the train to Vancouver for a few days in the middle of my visit for "Steve" adventures. I can't wait to see you both again. Ter...we can celebrate our 24th...or is it our 25th birthdays then. Start thinking of a restaurant that ( Read more... )

This week has been a reminder to me why I have been at the same job for nearly 4 years. This is by far the longest period of time that I have managed to be with one employer...I almost said "under the thumb" but, that has not been the experience for the most part. There have been moments where I have felt controlled and directed like a marionette ( Read more... )

OK, it has been far too long again since my last post. Life really has been happening for me. I just tend to be not so good about relaying the information to other people ( Read more... )

I've been rather busy since returning from Amsterdam with both work and play. I am already in the preliminary stages of planning the next trip overseas to eastern Europe. This time I will be traveling with Dave. We are thinking about Romania, Hungary and Bulgaria...Carpathian Mountains, Castle Dracula, home of Vlad the Terrible, painted ( Read more... )

It is the last day here...I walked along the canals again for hours today. I went to Anne Frank's house. There was a long line..as there always is...but it actually didn't take more than 10 minutes to get inside. Throughout the tour there are original pieces with descriptions connected to her journals, video footage of interviews with one of the ( Read more... )

OK...even though it looks close on the map...and it is in fact close...doesn't mean I will get there in a timely manner. I truly have a disability when it comes to directions...I have to laugh at myself..I was wondering around in circles this afternoon after I had successfully found the New Church and the Royal Palace. THey are using the church ( Read more... )

Damn...I just got done typing a mini novel and I pressed a button that made it all disappear....grrrrrr. So let's see...I'm exhausted and I am contemplating what to do for the evening. I have been playing tag with Fred...not Frank...from previous post...to try to get together. We missed each other by minutes at the Spikjer Bar and then he left ( Read more... )

I wasn't able to crash until roughly 40 plus hours...I wandered into a bar called the Spijker...it''s a neighborhood leather bar just down the street from where I''m staying....how''d that happen...hmmmm. Molly Hatchet was playing loud and hard from the oder emanating out of the basement establishment. It appeared as if I had entered a session of ( Read more... )

Ok...so the internet cafe'' connected to my hotel isn''t exactly free...so...I''m going to need to attempt being a little concise...yeh...right ( Read more... )