I am not old, dammit!

Wow. Just, wow. So while trying to figure out how a man who brings his mum with him to his political rallies can be considered a maverick (Maverick: -noun 1. an unbranded calf, cow, or steer, esp. an unbranded calf that is separated from its mother. Has to be this, since [...]

Dead Bowie For Veep!

It’s 5:15pm and my beer is only half empty. Must be Friday. Ah, that explains why I am watching Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog and not working. If only I’d thought to order a Wine Rack, I wouldn’t have to go upstairs in five minutes for another drink. I have two new [...]

DIY

I have built an awesome BlackBery speakerphone amplifier. Unfortunately, marketing may be a bit difficult. If you are like me, you are not happy with the tinny sound you get from your BlackBerry speaker. Well, be unhappy no more! With my miracle amplifier, you will have a fuller, deeper sound for [...]

Strangling Kittens

The joys of owning an older home are many-fold. I am learning all sorts of skills I would have never considered before just to keep this thing from collapsing around our ears. I am able to stimulate the economy frequently with my trips to the hardware store, checks to various contractors, and extra [...]

Thank you, Joe!

Finally, Joe Cocker makes sense:

Death

My Linux laptop was murdered today. Video now consists of a black screen with several white horizontal lines. I am fairly confident that the boy-child is the culprit. Grrrr. I’d be more annoyed, but I am currently preoccupied with a shower faucet that has decided to turn into a fountain. [...]

Rainy-day fun

The girl-child and wife are in the Tri-cities area for some sort of horse training seminar, so the boy-child and I are enjoying a mellow rainy weekend at home. We watched Kung Fu Panda yesterday and he spent the rest of the day playing Metal Blob Solid and SuperTuxKart. It’s going to be [...]

Joe (still) doesn’t like us

Only one more week until we haul the kids up to Vancouver and then ship them off to Alaska. I’m almost glad that we aren’t going with them for that final bit of the journey, as I am fairly confident the girl-child will be seasick most of the trip. On the way up, [...]

Get off my damned lawn! And quit stealing my apples . . .

Maybe 40 is old after all. I spent 5 minutes this morning searching for my cell phone. It took a bit longer than usual to find it as I had only one hand free to sift through newspapers on the table, clothes scattered on the bed, etc. in my quest for the phone. [...]

It’s Monday Again?

It’s Monday and I have two flatulent dogs at my feet. Yes, this is the good life. It could only get better if my kids were