A very social day today - a company picnic this afternoon, and Linda Rose brought Mike over for pizza and an episode of BAB5. I only wish I felt good ... but I don't. Not sure what ails (I probably ate too much!), but I'm not going to let it slow me much. * * * Our condolences to the families and units of these fallen warriors:
Continue reading...Can you tell that I'm back in class. I sure can. Actually, this week and next are likely to be the "worst" in terms of time commitment for a few weeks - I'm trying to get well ahead so that when the next class starts up in a little over five weeks from now, I can cruise through the tail end of this first class. * * * The most interesting thing I read today was Jerry's analysis of NASA's new "old" plan. Sigh.
Continue reading...Ten years ago, 2, 997 people lost their lives at the hands of 19 Islamic hijackers wielding four airplanes as weapons against the towers at the World Trade Center, at the Pentagon, and at a field in Pennsylvania. We are heavily invested in two wars in Afghanistan and Iraq as a result of that attack. Neither of those nations were the prime supporters of the hijackers. While those wars may be justified (or not), and ultimately successful (or not), we have a job left undone ... probably due to pathological political and religious correctness. The "good news", such as it…
Continue reading...The coffee I've ordered, that is. Here's the list of coffees ordered from Sweet Maria's this evening: They'll be here in a week and a half, fingers and eyes crossed. I'm down to two pounds left downstairs, so this is cutting it pretty fine. Yikes! I should have ordered the day we got back from Maine, but I was tired from the drive. Oh, well.
Continue reading...The plus part is that the sun came out today. For a while. But there are still clouds. According to the gauge, we've had just over 12 inches of rain in our back yard in the last 15 days. Yowza! * * * Things I think when driving: Those are the polite things, unlike what I was thinking about the driver of the truck sporting yellow livery on the topic of bobcat rentals ... that truck's driver was a maniac who cut people off, and exited a parking lot by the entrance-only path in order to get ahead of two…
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