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And the Award for Most Prepared goes to:
Bill Burns!Bill and Mary Burns live down on Long Island. Bill not only has the gas tank on his Prius full and the connection set up to run the inverter from the car to provide AC power, he's also set up his house wiring so he can leave the Prius in the detached garage and send the power from it to an isolated AC circuit running back to the house so ( Read more... ) -
Storm quotes'n'forecasts
1. Seen earlier today: "After 11pm tonight, no cars other than emergency vehicles would be allowed on streets in the state of New York - and the Mayor de Blasio emphasized that 'a food delivery bicycle is not an emergency vehicle'."
2. On MassLive.com▶ Complete Blizzard 2015 coverage ( Read more... ) -
Didn't know until I tried
Snow tires are the best ( Read more... ) -
Cats Laughing Kickstarter Countdown to Sunday 12:59 AM EST
The Kickstarter clock just turned over to 28 hours to go on the campaign for the Cats Laughing reunion concert at Minicon 50.
The campaign currently has 282 backers and is just over $20,000, which means that not only will the reunion concert happen (complete with rehearsals beforehand), it will be Livestreamed, there will be a concert CD, and a ( Read more... ) -
I hope this isn't the new telemarketing approach for 2015
Yesterday's call was just plain weird. A heavily-accented male voice called to offer me a loan. I went with my standard, prompt reply: "No thank you. Please remove my number from your calling list ( Read more... ) -
For what it's worth....
...those horrible pile-ups on I-94 in Michigan? The ones that occurred on both sides of the highway and are being counted as a single 193-vehicle event ( Read more... ) -
I'd say it's bloody cold out there...
...but blood would have frozen 28 Fondly Fahrenheit degrees ago, even in places sheltered from the wind ( Read more... ) -
2014 Nights Away from Home
Last year, I celebrated being home a more normal number of nights compared to the absurdities of 2011 and 2012. Yowser, I was home even more in 2014 ( Read more... ) -
Best Christmas...
...since 1995, which I believe is the last time I hosted Toad Hall Christmas. So many delights: friends, conversation, food, drinks, and Santa Ducky, of course. Much-appreciated prezzies, too. So good ( Read more... ) -
Success du jour
Number of Rubbermaid bins and cardboard boxes of Christmas decorations moved down the stairs from the Flamingo Loft: 8 ( Read more... )