Monday, August 16, 2004

The 20 year Carroll High School Class Reunion was a hoot. Even the fella that abducted Tommy Danner and came in his place was very nice. :)

Wednesday, April 21, 2004

So much for moving on. Live Journal would probably be nice if you had blog software on your PC to do the updates...

The winter garden is finally producing. We had English peas last night and there are a bunch of collards and turnips for me to give to somebody (that image will be wrong soon enough, but it works at the moment).

Roses are blooming.

Monday, February 09, 2004

Time to move on...this site doesn't let you add comments of your own, so I'm going to
try livejournal.com. That way
you can comment on my comments, syndicate it to your own 'blog, and other stupid human
tricks.

Wednesday, January 28, 2004

Put this one in the got-to-have gadgets pile. Could you imagine watching the presidential debate with a pair of these glasses? A standalone unit perched atop the TV would be hilarious to watch. It's been years since the episode of Simon & Simon where the guy had a BS meter. I reckon we're living in the future...

Waitaminut...there's a version of the software for PocketPC called "Love Detector" that uses the same technology. Talk about the hit of the party. I may have to try this...

Tuesday, January 27, 2004

I was going to post an update tonight, not of anything family related, but just a cool engine related patent called a "planetary crankshaft". It'll have to wait. I've spent the last 2.5 hours chasing, scanning, and trying to get rid of a stupid virus on one of the computers on our network. Started at around 10pm. The software to get rid of it didn't show up here 'til 11pm. This virus spreads via e-mail and Kazaa. See http://www.techtv.com/news/securityalert/story/0,24195,3602245,00.html or for more info. http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_100983.htm#MethodOfInfection for more info. I'm going to bed now....

Thursday, January 15, 2004

Erin called from Times Square last night. The band of merry tourists is overjoyed...at least one of them is...she said it was snowing too. It's a whopping 9d there now with an expected high of 11d (and windy!). *I* don't want to be where ice cream is too hard to dip when left outside. At least they're getting to see snow. Sondra is quite jealous. Me...notsomuch. :)

Linda spent a couple of days being nauseated (immediately after returning home from their trip) but she's getting better now. We're anxious to hear about this 11 day cruise in the Caribbean.

Then there's Alan...who's personally doing great, I assume, but he got notice from the University that they will not be able to hire him as a sports psychologist in any capacity. I can't post my response to that. I am more than a little bit bummed by this news. The brightest thought I can come up with is that Alan will find a better job at a place where his talents can be better appreciated anyway. I still need the therapy of a dull axe and a few trees to chop up.

Tuesday, January 13, 2004

Erin is headed for New York City!! All we've heard for weeks is how Erin wants to go to NYC. "Yeah whatever," is the standard response. Well holy moly howdy doody if Randy, Nancy, and Christopher didn't invite her to go with them for the weekend (Nancy is attending a conference).
We checked the forecast and gathered up all the clothes we could pack into a single suitcase and off they go. The high for Friday is forecast at 14dF! I think they're crazy, but Randy insists they are going sight-seeing one way or another.

Tuesday, January 06, 2004

So much for the unseasonably warm weather. It rained most of the day yesterday as temps fell. Lows are to be in the 20s tonight. My car doesn't even like the cold weather.

Jacob has learned to whistle. I've learned to play the skating game in Mario Party 5. :)

Friday, January 02, 2004

Happy New Year!!! Hope everyone had as relaxing of a time as we did. We've been looking for laser levels and refrigerators for weeks. Sears had both on sale. What I needed with the level I dunno, but it is a cool toy. Turns out we used it immediately and put up a rail in the garage...and then cleaned every last box. It took a year and a half since we moved, but the garage is finally clean. The fridge should be here on Thursday. Nothing like spending money up to your eyeballs during the holiday season. We also finished painting and wiring the playroom. What a wonderful feeling.