Today would have been a good day to stay in bed…..no it really wasn’t that bad, but after being out ill for two days, I really needed to catch up at work and I should have just stayed at work during lunch, but I guess the lamps (and Halloween decorations) at Target were calling my name. After looking around, and buying not a lamp, not decorations ( Read more... )

So, maybe Monday this week really was a Monday, I suppose it’s what I get for getting to have four days off…in a row.  I mean has a stranger ever asked you for directions, then later that day you realize you gave them wrong directions?  I did actually give correct directions, I just pointed to the wrong street as the starting point.  Oops.  I ( Read more... )

Over time I have decided I don’t like playing solitaire on the computer….I cannot cheat.  Wait, that’s not what I really mean…it’s more of I cannot play “what if” scenario.

As some of you know my old Ford Tarus (1997) died (mostly) something cracked, like the engine.  $2000 to repair, or buy another used car….my mechanic (whom Becky and have trusted for 15 or so years) does buy old cars and fixes them up to sale, so I sold him the old Tarus and bought an old Buick La Saber (it’s actually a little older than the Ford ( Read more... )

Misc stuff

way cool....but if I had one, the bed scare two of the cats and other two would play with the blankets as they moved.
Bed Makes Itself
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=hrWEenI_ozM

250 sq ft GLOWING Super Mario night kite
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=jOTu4s0nzJM
really cool....other than do we ( Read more... )

A friend of Jesse’s has been trying to make it as a stand up comedian.  Recently he got a standing ovation.  I asked Jesse if he’s making any money, as I hear they don’t get paid squat…and Jesse said that’s why they stand.

(In 2010) "British film director Sir Ridley Scott launched a global film making contest for aspiring directors. It's titled "Tell It Your Way".
There were over 600 entries. The film could be no longer than three minutes, contain only six lines of narrative, and must be a compelling story. The winner was "Porcelain Unicorn" from American director ( Read more... )

Do Android Phones Dream Of Electric Beeps?

I put up our Christmas tree tonight (Friday)....it is just a five foot tall fake one....but I think I am going crazy....after it was plugged in and I knew all the lights were working I when on to other tasks....then as I walked by, I noticed the top third of the tree was dead, so I hit it thus "fixing" them.  Later when Becky and Jesse returned ( Read more... )

When I stopped at the grocery story this evening, after parking in front in a handicap stall (and remembering to put my handicap placard on the rearview mirror), I noticed the car next to me still has it’s lights on…and the engine was running, and there were three small kids in the back seat…no adults anywhere in or around the car…oh and parked ( Read more... )