Roses was survived. The heat was brutal, but I'll take it over bitter cold any year. A youth archery tournament was instituted which was so popular I think I'm going to have to run one every year. I handed in my regalia and stepped down as champion. For now. Come the 18th, I'll be right back up there again. Trust me on that one. I WILL be ( Read more... )

Anyone out there looking to change jobs? NCA is desperately understaffed, to the point where ( Read more... )

I am getting so sick and tired of not being given the opportunities I'm promised. I've about lost my patience for this, and I'm about to lose my temper too. If people don't be more careful around me, I'm going to stop being so nice all the time. And I won't give a shit about the consequences. Maybe someone doesn't get their precious award ( Read more... )

I won tonight's game of Jeopardy!! By a lot! I was in second place going into Final Jeopardy, and I was the only one who got the question right. Everyone else risked big and lost. (Food and Drink - This cereal brand, with us since the 1920s, teamed up with a brewery in 2015 to make a hefeweisen. What is Wheaties?) The winner had a little more ( Read more... )

Tonight was my first yoga class after a 4-month involuntary hiaitus. Between the holidays and the bruised tailbone, yoga had to be put on hold. Grumpy kitty was grumpy ( Read more... )

I had front row seats for the Boston Symphony Orchestra this weekend. It was beautiful. I'm not sure how I felt about the soloist, but the orchestra itself was a joy.

On the drive to Boston, I finally screwed up the courage to listen to Blackstar. Par for the course, it's unlike anything else Bowie has ever done. That being said, it's very ( Read more... )

So that was one of the scariest experiences of my life. Not having enough time to think is awful.
I just hope I did better than half. It might be too much to hope for more than that.

Since something has been crossed off my bucket list prematurely and against my will, I'm going to try to replace it with something else I've always hoped to do.
I've registered to take the Jeopardy! exam. We'll see how that pans out.