A beautiful, beautiful thing.

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I used to enjoy shopping at J. C. Penney's (now rebranded as JCP). And I had heard about the company's financial woes, and have been really hoping that the local store would stay in business, as -- on the rare occasions that I buy clothes or shoes new -- they are one of the few places I can expect to find something wearable and stylish that I can ( Read more... )

I am very annoyed when I hear (and I've heard it a lot, from writers who should know better) that "Boston has lost its innocence ( Read more... )

WTF? This is what apperared when I searched for "crystal wine glass gold" on eBay. I was attempting to find a pattern name or a match for some crystal wine glasses I have. The glasses have gold trim around the edge, so I added "gold" in order to narrow the search. Imagine my dismay!


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I get an experience point! I ate a delicious dinner at Schera's in Elkader. And I had a drink with dinner. I drank absinthe ( Read more... )

About an inch (2.54cm) of badly-needed rain fell on Saturday. I had dutifully patched the small split in my rain barrel with J-B Weld. It seemed to be the right sealant for the job, being a slow-curing epoxy. Package said marine (which I took to mean waterproof), weatherproof, 3690PSI, listed "most plastics" among the substances it would adhere ( Read more... )

"If they were ladies"
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My little car (2004 Honda Insight) got in a brief scuffle with a Ford F-150 pickup truck. And lived to tell the tale!


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