Visiting
The last couple of days I've been visiting with family. That is, when I'm not playing new games on my XBox 360. My brother Ron, his wife Jessie, and their…
The day to day aspects of life: what is happening around the house and in our family
Dentist…
I went to the dentist today. A small piece of one of my molars (the teeth at the back of my mouth) fell out recently. This is no great surprise…
Vacation starts…
Today was my last day at work for a couple of weeks. I still have work to do, but I am no longer on any kind of clock other than…
Strange juxtaposition…
There were two news stories on my desktop today that, individually, were sad tales of accidental death. But side by side as they were, they pointed out the difference between…
Burned kitten receiving first-rate care
My previous post was angry, and looked at the worst aspects of the human animal and how some can sink to levels that might drive me to violence against them. …
If I met these two witches with a gun in my hand…
Two darling teenage girls out for a walk saw a stack of cages containing feral cats. As a light hearted lark, they poured lighter fluid on one and set it…
Warm enough for you?
It was 38 degrees Celsius here on Wednesday. It was about 32 today, and about the same on Monday and Tuesday. I like warm weather, but "warm" to me is…
Sasquatch!
I captured this photo of an elusive wild mammal in our backyard about three weeks ago Is it a Sasquatch? An alien? Elvis??!! No, it's a raccoon...and here is a…
Kitten editorializing…
I've been working a lot lately, scrambling to catch up with some application programming work. Part of this is a result of being behind the technological curve in terms of…
Back pain: drugs are good
My back problems flared up today big time. I have some hinky stuff going on with my C4/C5 vertebrae- arthritic growths/bony spurs, microfractures, and stuff like that. Once in a…