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The NORAD web site has been checked for Santa’s location. A local ETA determined and Monkey is off to bed. She’s seven, and this is probably the last year she will whole heartedly believe in Santa. Oh, she’ll pretend for … Continue reading →

This post from Roberta X brought back memories, and like a good shower, got me to thinking. The joys of running a two line BBS that was also a Fidonet node. Running up a MASSIVE Compuserve bill with only a … Continue reading →

My flight to Phoenix has been delayed an hour so far. I wouldn’t be surprised if it was delayed again. The weather isn’t THAT bad here, but there are scattered thunderstorms in the Dallas area and DFW doesn’t handle inclement … Continue reading →

Thanks to an American Airlines group one boarding pass, I breezed through the 1st class line at the TSA checkpoint at DFW this afternoon. A lady standing in the short (10 people) line started to protest my “cutting in line”. … Continue reading →

Just eat and don’t worry about it.  It’s only one day, it won’t kill you. I started off the day with some kind of streusel thing, followed by left over pizza for lunch, two kinds of fresh baked cookies for … Continue reading →

If anyone cares… I’m at 175 this morning.  That’s 30 pounds down from my peak a year ago.

I left Philadelphia this morning, and I’m back home in Texas. The flight wasn’t even delayed, unusual for Philly International. The sky gods were smiling on me.

I do a lot of stupid things. But I won’t work on the roof of one of the tallest buildings in Philadelphia in a thunderstorm. Have I mentioned how much I like Weather Underground? For those of you that can … Continue reading →

And serves up a photo tour loaded with premium snark. “First, imagine, if you will, a load of horseshit. And we’re not talking just your average load of horseshit; no, we’re talking colossal load of horsehit. An epic load of … Continue reading →

It’s November 10th, the birthday of the United States Marine Corps. Founded on November 10, 1775, the Marines today celebrate 232 years of kicking the asses of ALL enemies of the United States of America. Semper Fi!