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Thanksgiving 2010
Right now dinner is done with, most of the dishes done, the carcass has been cleaned and is in the stock pot, the pumpkin pie is baking, and the Better Half (BH) is taking a well deserved rest. She cooked the dinner and fixins. I was told that I had to make dessert. I should have bought the Butternut Squash* yesterday. Since I didn't, I used ( Read more... ) -
Corporate Frustration
I probably shouldn't be writing this so soon after getting off the phone, but....
The frustration is mine dealing with a large company (in this cast AT&T). I've known for years how insensitive* big companies can be - today that notion got reinforced yet again.
The short version of the story is that my Mom finally decided to get DSL (high speed ( Read more... ) -
Serendipity
A good while back Daughter Youngest (DY), after changing a burned out light bulb in her kitchen fixture, dropped the glass globe that diffuses the light from the two lamps. She didn't really drop it, just didn't properly mount it in the three holding screws. Which is another story, but the result was the same - broken glass. Luckily no one was ( Read more... ) -
Real Work
Most people would call it "physical labor".
A few weeks ago my youngest brother and I helped our other brother reroof his house. The garage also needed reroofing, but due to the extra time involved in the house reroofing I was was not able to help with that because of the extra time needed to do the reroofing of the house. As it was, the simple ( Read more... ) -
Birthday 2010
This has been one of the more memorable birthdays in a while. Don't know if I'll remember it the same next year (or even in six months).
It started on Sunday when the Better Half baked a totally from scratch German Chocolate Cake.
On Tuesday. Erik helped remove the dead heat pump and dispose of it. Properly. Took it to the Edmund Landfill and ( Read more... ) -
I have .....
a conundrum. Or is it a dilemma? Or maybe both?
The very beginning of the story goes WAY back to the days of my youth. The important part occurred around 15 years ago.
At that time I still corresponded and occasionally talked with a special friend of mine from high school. She had gone thought a divorce some time earlier and recently had gotten ( Read more... ) -
My Job and other Follies.
More precisely, at this time, lack of a job. Which, while not unexpected, happened a bit sooner that anticipated ( Read more... ) -
brrrr
We just got into the first really bad cold spell for this winter*. Lows in the lower 20's, highs in the low 40's. Seriously cold for us.
One nice thing about the cold weather is that the skies are clear and calm in the evening. Several nights I've driven home and enjoyed the colors in the sky. The horizon starts at a bright reddish/orange and ( Read more... ) -
Happy New Year
Wishing everyone who read this a Happy New Year.
Remember the magic the New year had when you were little? That somehow everything would be bright and wonderful, new and fascinating just because the year was starting all over again? For the most part, when I was young, each new year seemed to be newer and brighter and better than the previous year ( Read more... ) -
National Debt
The National Debt is something that's an unfortunate fact of life ( Read more... )