This Is The Droid I Was Looking For
My cell phone has been crapping out on me too often recently — the battery drains in two days or less whether I make calls on the phone or not. So it was time to say goodbye and get a… Continue Reading
The Wife
A Love Note To My Wife
Thank you. Thank you thank you thank you thank you. For not wanting to have children. Oh, and for the cleaning and work you do around the house and taking care of the animals and supporting me in my many… Continue Reading
TL The Tour Guide
The in-laws are out from Wisconsin to visit. Yesterday The Wife and I drove down to the airport to pick them up in the late morning. The Wife suggested we take them to Philippe for lunch, which seemed like a… Continue Reading
Food Tips For The Holiday
Tip #1: If you’re just having a few people for your Thanksgiving, you only need a turkey breast or a small ham. I used a 7-pound turkey breast and when I got it home, it was frozen solid and in… Continue Reading
Is The Start Of The Holiday Season Really The Best Time For This?
Counting calories sucks. It leaves me feeling hungry and conscious of food all the time. What I can do, though, is work a lot. When I get into my work, I don’t think so much about feeling hungry. Cutting back… Continue Reading
I Must Have A Very Forgettable Face
When it was growing in, I only got a few comments about my beard. This I chalked up to people being polite about it looking crappy while it was growing in. But after about two weeks, it was pretty much done. And… Continue Reading
Experimenting With Coconut Oil
I like having a goatee. It gives my face a different look — a look that I think is actually a little bit slimming for my face; unfortunately carrying around too many pounds produces cheeks that are rounded and puffy… Continue Reading
New Stuff
New oven. The Wife had several bad experiences with the old one — it never got hot enough, then it got too hot. The window cannot be cleaned. It doesn’t fit in with our decor. And the cast-iron spiders that… Continue Reading
Idiotic Online Banking Problems
A while back The Wife expressed dissatisfaction with Stagecoach Bank. (Not the actual name of the bank in question.) She wanted to switch to another bank and that was okay with me. Stagecoach Bank had done something rather stupid with… Continue Reading
The Costco Dog Birthday Wish
I would have liked to have been a fountain of bubbly energy and enthusiasm for The Wife’s birthday tonight. But I had little energy left over after an all-over-the-place day at the office. I hope that a bunch of gifts… Continue Reading