Pat is getting out of work early tomorrow, and should be home when I get out of work. Then we'll throw the shit in the car, and point it in the direction of the Earldom. Looking forward to a great weekend with my loving kin, good beer, good food, good beer, good cigars, good beer!

I'm nearly as excited as this kid....

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Mark "The Bird" Fidrych was killed today. He was 54. Apparently his pickup truck fell on him when he was working on it ( Read more... )

Well, he warned me 2 years ago, so I was ready. "Progressive lenses". I could have waited another 2 years to make the move, but chances are that by then the difference would have been so dramatic that I'd be falling down every set of stairs I encountered for a month ( Read more... )

Had to share a couple of pics from the picture forum at Cigarbid.com....

First, a little bit of "woodpile art":


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We had a nice time in Norwood yesterday. Mike and Bern were also there. Thought I was dreaming when it started to snow during dinner ( Read more... )

I love doing this every year, and its nice to know that not only are we appreciated, but that we helped to raise a boatload of dough for a worthy cause ( Read more... )

I tried. I put up a good fight ( Read more... )

Kind slow. Nobody posted for customer service today so I'm answering the phones. I think I've had about 8 calls in the last 4 hours ( Read more... )

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Ummmmmm, ya. Soooooo....

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Apparently, unlike the US, not all countries have removed their Bush.