I take my daughter back to school tomorrow.  The vacation is over.  Both she and I have had the past month off from school and it has been good.  We were sitting in the living room talking the other morning and she was lamenting about how her boyfriend is going back on Monday (today) and how she now understands why people don't return to school ( Read more... )

Springy and I went to have facials today at the cosmetology school in the city. She decided to take the afternoon off from work and treat herself and I to some pampering, for next to no monetary output. We first went out to eat at RiRa and had the usual fish and chips entree. As usual, it was good and we always enjoy eating there. There was a ( Read more... )

The New York Times ran an article this week on the subject of free will. The article written by Dennis Overbye on January 2, 2007, states:

"Mark Hallett, a researcher with the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, said, “Free will does exist, but it’s a perception, not a power or a driving force. People experience free will. They ( Read more... )

Today I had two wonderful men, my brother-in-law and his brother, at my house all day re-plumbing my upstairs bathroom. I now have a working sink and pipes run to the bathtub. I am grateful beyond belief, not only for the great job they did, but also for the great attitude they had while doing it. Doing improvements in my home can be very ( Read more... )

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It's been so long, I don't know when I've last posted but I thought I'd stop in and say hello ( Read more... )

I was telling Springy last night that I had a mouse infestation.  I had my son set two traps behind the microwave where the mice seem to like to hang out.  While on the phone with Springy, both traps went off about fifteen minutes apart.  Later that evening, I had my son set the other two traps and when I got up this morning, they were also full, ( Read more... )

I got up and headed off to work yesterday morning, only to find out that my employer had screwed up the schedule and put me down for Sunday.  My schedule said Saturday.  The other person who was scheduled to work showed up and I went home.  I called them and they said it was their fault but asked if I could work Sunday, at least the morning hours ( Read more... )

I want to post, really I do, but I just don't seem to have an intelligent thought in my head lately.  The real problem is that I have so much swirling around in my head that I can't focus enough to write anything down.  I know that writing, something I've always done in the past, would help me but I'm too distracted.  My life consists of three long ( Read more... )

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.  -  Will Durant

Boy, is that ever true.