Just a short post, here.

I was leaving my house after lunch this afternoon, and it dawned upon me that something was wrong with the exterior of my house.

I eventually realized that at some point between yesterday and today...

Someone stole my home security signpost! Of all the things of value to be stolen, I'd prefer that to just about anything ( Read more... )

So, I finally got myself two useful items ( Read more... )

I've kept thinking of what else to add since it's been so long since my last entry, and kind of hoping for something noteworthy enough to happen to post here ( Read more... )

I got an unexpected call from my sister-in-law a couple days back, trying to find someone to watch Mocha on short notice, as she was going to be out of town over the weekend with her three kids, and the theme parks of course don't allow dogs (excluding service dogs ( Read more... )

*tugs a soapbox over from offscreen and climbs on top of it*A short time ago, my parents pointed me towards a Dateline special about the unpleasant trend of identity theft, and how those types of thieves get away with it ( Read more... )

I got up this morning at about 6:45, and slowly realized that I could hear a sound not unlike a passenger jet passing overhead. I'm fairly near a major airport, so that's not a terribly uncommon sound, but I'm lucky enough that most flight paths are not over my neighborhood ( Read more... )

While I've been in snow several times, I've long since maintained that I've never been in falling snow ( Read more... )

I was driving home for lunch from a job site about 17 miles from my house, and about two blocks after leaving the parking lot, my decided my car was handling very rough, even for the road I was on. I finally pulled off into a side street, and gave my car a quick walk-around... to discover that my rear right tire was flat ( Read more... )

I imagine most of you have noticed, at least in the States, that gas prices have fallen rather significantly within an unexpectedly short period of time ( Read more... )

I *finally* saw The Lion King on Broadway as it was playing here in Tucson, and it took my breath away. I had goosebumps for most of the show, it was that good. The acting, the songs, the puppetry, the scenery, the lighting... all of it acutely superb ( Read more... )