Woohoo!!  After nearly a week w/o it, Andy has picked up our car from the shop & he reports that we have "new" brakes!  Which, technically, we got back in May, (replaced the pads, front & back, maybe the rotors too, I don't remember)  but the ABS pump needed to be replaced.  Now it has been, so no more pumping of said new brakes to ensure they will ( Read more... )

Ok, well, I still don't feel "sick" per se, but as I reported a little while ago, I did go to the doctor yesterday.  The benefit to my seemingly never-ending cough (I have new sympathy for my mom w/ her COPD!) is that I had to choose a new doctor.  (Well, I didn't have to, but really, I refused to go back to the practice of the forever wait, the ( Read more... )

Well, it is now about a month since I first started coughing.  And although I have been feeling "better" off & on (which is defined as coughing less, even though I'm no longer taking any medication for my illness), I am still coughing.  Not quite as body-wracking as I was before (so that my stomach & ribs took turns aching from the effort), but ( Read more... )

I love the internet.  I love the way various tools have developed & are developing that intend to work together with each other to make use of the internet more efficient, more effective.  I'm a fan of lots o' things out there in the internet "cloud" that do actually help me to be a bit more organized & use my time better (when I'm not wasting it ( Read more... )

My hero - myself ( Read more... )

...how the mighty have fallen!

I can't decide which is sadder:  when a former child star's career goes in the toilet due to drug & alcohol abuse, or when his career continues to limp along on embarrassing, pathetic shows.

(Okay, so clearly, drug & alcohol addiction is much worse, but still...)


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No, not me, of course, I'm not one to dance much, although once in a while I'll let loose.  But randomly saw this video via Facebook & thought it was touching in a way, so thought I'd share.  My apologies to those w/ dial-up - if you wanna watch it, I imagine it'll take a good amount of time to load.  But to those w/ a better connection, spare a ( Read more... )

...our lovely "ocean" breezes?  No?  Well, the way our house is situated, we have the most lovely breeze most of the time, coming from the general direction of the ocean.  We're not really all that close to the ocean (although technically, no one on Long Island is really all that far from it either).  And so, here I sit at home, rather than the ( Read more... )

Sorry for the silence on my end of the blogosphere.  no excuse, no real reason, just haven't felt like it/had much to say.  Andy & I had a lovely vacation & got to see lots of good friends & family, which is always a wonderful thing.  We went to western MI, on the shores of Lake Michigan, a 1st for me.  And I must say that it is really beautiful.  ( Read more... )