I'm going to go stark raving MAD before this apartment saga of my children's is over.

If you know them and the story, remind them to act like ADULTS, please.

Today is March 19, St. Joseph's day; patron saint of lots of areas but I always remember Patron Saint of Stepparents because my friend is an adoptive parent (close enough!) and today is his birthday ( Read more... )

The popcorn is all gone.

Now I have to get back to work. pooh.

Why isn't it Friday?

Happy Birthday to Debbie E. and Joyce M.   Tom and Gene, make your ladies happy!

Went with my mother's "Birthday Club" for lunch to celebrate mom's 82nd birthday.  We went to Vitale's Little Venetian for great Italian... Reservations for a party of 14, and they didn't tell anyone that between the day the reservation was made and the event, that they would change hands - now Duke's Sports bar (for heavy noontime Saturday ( Read more... )

OK, people, I know it's been the longest-seeming winter in a couple of decades, but could we all just SUCK UP the WHINING and take care of our own responsibilities - and get our noses OUT of other peoples' business ( Read more... )

I am haunted by a song lyric that was cut off as I disembarked the Bloody Vulture this morning.

"I miss everything about you..."

Off to find the info from Cities 97, but I had to say something first.

Just as I was closing the overhead compartment overhead cabinet of my cube, right above the computer... the whole cabinet decided it no longer wanted to be friends with, or attached to, the wall.

Yeah, so this is actually the 2nd catastrophic failure for this cabinet in about 5 years. The 1st time it came down, it actually fell, and creased the ( ( Read more... )

After a 13-hour day yesterday, NOT including the commute time, here we are on Tuesday, back at the grindstone with funeral number 2. The third is merely (!) a mention and eulogy tomorrow morning at the regular Wednesday AM Eucharist. We're all tired ( Read more... )

Who do we know that's job hunting and has a "Boiler License"? I know of a cool job that's taking applications... in St. Paul, MN. Some of us (Tyg, MJ) know this as a Sexton job with an apartment as part of the compensation, though I don't know if that is still the case. It's always possible that "Steve" still resides there but they want someone ( Read more... )