I sort of gave up writing in my diary.  It's so simple to just say a few words every now and then on Facebook but it's not the same level of thought I would put into a diary entry ( Read more... )

I was laid off on February 29. The company I worked for managed to lose $16million last year (how you lose $16million manufacturing firearms in this political climate, especially when you have the exclusive contract for M4 and M16 rifles for the military is a mystery to me) and they had already eliminated the budget for the project I had been ( Read more... )

My dermatologist's office called today with the lab test results from the growth they removed from behind my ear last week. The verdict: Benign. It was evidently something they called a PG. Since I knew I wasn't pregnant I had to look it up on Google, it seems I had a pyogenic granuloma. Google tells me that it's a lesion or growth that ( Read more... )

I had to visit my dermatologist again on Tuesday morning, on my last visit I had a small bump behind my right ear that she looked at and determined to be some sort of inflamed blood vessel. "Nothing to worry about", she said, "But I can remove it for you if you want me to ( Read more... )

The 2014 model car show season kicks off this weekend with a show in Spartanburg, SC. I was remiss with my building during the winter, the only things I’ve finished since the last show in Atlanta last November was a Dodge Dart ‘70s Late Model Sportsman race car (which I intended to have finished for Atlanta but experienced a paint disaster at the ( Read more... )

The Rat Dog, aka Brandy the Chihuahua went to the vet for her 6 month checkup today. She got her licker fluid refilled, her tail wagger adjusted and lubricated, and her eyes bugged out ( Read more... )

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I suppose I'm getting a new puppy in a few weeks. The Canadian relatives own Chihuahuas and they just got a new puppy. They called yesterday and asked if we wanted one of the other puppies in the litter. We chose a sable female, the one with the white spot on top of its head front and center in the photo:


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I’ve been a bit under the weather this past week. I had a bit of a dizzy spell last Monday evening just before bed, it passed and I went to bed but was awakened at 2:30 AM with vertigo so bad that I couldn’t stand without holding onto the bed. I crawled on my hands and knees to the bathroom, it finally passed after 15-20 minutes and I went back ( Read more... )

I’m preparing for my annual road trip, a 14+ hour pilgrimage to Wayne, NJ for the biggest model car show on the East coast. Three of us will be making the trip this year, I’m picking up one friend on the other side of town and then driving to Asheville, NC to pick up the other traveler. This will be our first major road trip in the new vehicle, I ( Read more... )