What a ride

So like Thanksgiving weekend last year we began the work on Melissa’s office. The idea was to take out the closet and use the rest of the sound deadening drywall to redo the hall & bathroom walls. Since there were … Read More

Side Tracked, or derailed

So still kind of picking at the site design. Mostly been busy with finishing up training at work. One more week left. To unwind I like to play solitaire on the tablet. Well that and dick around on Tumblr. With … Read More

Santa is a Sadistic Bastard

So my wife’s friend from College posted to Facebook about gettingĀ coal for the kids and where to acquire it. This got me thinking. The Kringle supposedly get all the naughty boys and girls a lump of coal for Xmas. There … Read More

Perspective is everything

Friday evening was as clear as a well used whiskey glass. The sky, ever darkening, favored us with a scene of an upside-down photograph of a rolling hillside, taken by a first year art student. At the very edge of … Read More

Laminated lists.

Laminated Lists. I don’t have one. I haven’t really had one for over 15 years now, I have found them offensive for about 10. I should clarify that a bit. I don’t find the idea of them offensive on their … Read More

on Battlestar…

I find it comforting to know that if humanity colonizes other worlds, then is nearly wiped out of existence, has to travel far and wide in search of food to the point of risking radiation death, and losing a decent … Read More

I don’t want to be a Saint.

Being a Saint is far too much responsibility for me. Don’t get me wrong, I have no delusions of actually ever becoming one, nor even being considered. I assume the simple fact that I refer to the current pope as … Read More

odd ammusements

In my job I process payments on a daily basis. Roughly 7000 a month, mostly in the first week. We only take check or money order. I have probably seen just about every check variation there is available in Alaska, … Read More

new car

My car (yes I’m still driving the same car since May 2001) is doing the best it can. It’s 15 years old (that’s 75 in Buick years) and starting to complain a bit. I take it for it’s daily run … Read More

It’s been an interesting week

Someone turned on the idiot magnet at work. There have been a long string of robberies in Anchorage recently One of which was a property that we manage. We have a NO CASH policy, but anybody that is not a … Read More