I've been on a quest of sorts. As I mentioned previously I had picked-up my genealogical research I had put on hold a few years ago. I was using the free trial at Ancestry.com and decide to go ahead and pay for full access since it was turing up some good info. So now I have been spending most nights digging through all their databases. They now ( Read more... )

Got the T fitting for the car at Napa today at lunch instead of going to the office Holiday luncheon and White Elephant gift exchange. Homey don't play those reindeer games ( Read more... )

I've been downing cold medicine and snorting nasal spray all night to try and put the stop to a head cold I managed to pick up from the boy. Since I have limited the beers, I have not had my usual diet of hops which keep me healthy. I have not been sickly in a long time. I think its more than a coincidence... stop drinking, get sick ( Read more... )

Recently, my mother got some mail from a long lost relative (a first cousin twice removed to be technical), on my Durdovansky family line. The family line originally comes from Austria and they immigrated to Chicago around 1907. This would be my dad's, mothers', mother's, parents, John & Katherine Durdovansky (my great-great-grandparents). They ( Read more... )

I knew the water pump in my Caddy was not doing well, but I was hoping to put off getting it replaced until the start of the year. Unfortunately, things never go as planned. It had been making increasing noise, the heater in the car hasnt been working very efficient indicating that the water wasnt getting pumped very well, and this morning as I was ( Read more... )

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So, I'm on vacation this week. The difference so far is that I'm browsing the net from home instead of work in the middle of the day. Not too exciting I suppose.

I spent a few hours at the pub with the usual crew on Friday night and met the owner of one of the newer breweries in town, Lightning Brewery. His place is specializing in German styles ( Read more... )

One day closer to my week off. I hesitate to call it vacation since I have no firm plans to go anywhere. I hope to brew once or twice while I am off, and I suppose I should spend some time working on the Scout and try to get it running. Even though I changed the registration to non-op this summer, it would be nice to know it was available if ( Read more... )

Monday's always seem to go by fairly quickly. That's a good thing. Feels like I've only been here a couple hours and we are already in to lunch. Soup from the work cafeteria today. A decent creamy tomato-basil recipe was on tap today. Gray skies outside are threatening more rain. Textured ceiling panels inside are threatening my mental well being. ( Read more... )