Monday, January 31, 2011

Unbifurcated male garment

Yes, this weekend I bought myself a Utilikilt.  And I must say, I look good wearing it.

Saturday, January 29, 2011

Joe Shit the Rag Man

Why, if a male says something to the female in his life, she assumes he doesn't have the slightest idea what he's talking about.  But if a stranger (aka Joe Shit) says the same thing, it's gospel?  However, if he mentions this, he MUST be making it up.

Friday, January 28, 2011

Friday!

Another weekend is nigh.  And it's not going to be as painful as the last one.  We are going down to Seattle for some things we can't get here.  And my usual grocery shopping, though I have to find a new store.  The grocery store I've been shopping at for 15 years is closing.  Just another adventure in life.

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Spring!

Even though we are only a month into winter, today has a feeling of spring.  It's nice, but when spring weather come spring allergies and grass that needs to be cut.

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

The Grand Canyon

I'm  reading a book about all the ways people have died in and around the Grand Canyon.  The causes can pretty much be summarized by three words: ignorance, arrogance and/or stupidity.

Monday, January 24, 2011

Productive weekend

I actually accomplished most of what I set out to do over the weekend.  Now I'm paying for it; stove up and sore.  It's Hell getting old.

Sunday, January 23, 2011

Work, continued

Today I'll finish the shed work.  Six solid hours on it yesterday, 3 or 4 should finish it up.

Saturday, January 22, 2011

A weekend of work around the house

Stuff that I haven't been able to accomplish, mainly because if weather. Mainly a fencepost to set and work in the shed. It's not raining and it's not blowing 30; what it also isn't is warm.

Friday, January 21, 2011

Still ugly outside

And I'm going to stay inside.  The rain gauge read about three-quarters inch in the last 24 hours.  And it's chilly out there too, mid-30s.

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Sometimes I hate my job

Today isn't one of those times. It's nasty and rainy out there today, and I think I'll stay in the office where it's dry and warm.

Monday, January 17, 2011

The Golden Globes

I watched some of the show, not because I give a rat's patootie about who wins (I haven't been to a movie since the last Harry Potter flick, haven't seen the current one yet), but because of Ricky Gervaise.  My favorite line of the night was his closer, "Thank you God for making me an atheist."

Saturday, January 15, 2011

Brain dead

My brain isn't functional this morning.  But I'm enjoying all the sturm und drang over the lottery winner in Idaho who never got around to divorcing her estranged, wasted food, lowlife ex.  Now he's entitled to half her $190M windfall.

Friday, January 14, 2011

Sleep

I find it amusing that the most valuable sleep time is the 7 minutes you get after hitting the snooze button. 

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Pacific Northwest weather

One of the issues with living here in the upper-right corner of the country is unreliable weather forecasting.  This is because there aren't any observation stations "upstream" of us.  Weather satellites have improved that significantly, but pictures from space can't replace a web of observers.  California has similar problems, but the weather coming in off the Pacific there is much less challenging than it is up here. 
 
Take this week, we are going to get snow tonight and tomorrow.  Or not.  If we do, it will be a trace.  Or it will be 8 inches.  Then late on Wednesday or early Thursday it's going to turn to rain, probably.
 
At least in the center and eastern part of the country, you at least know what is coming up to a week in advance.

Friday, January 7, 2011

Another work weekend ahead

And it's supposed to snow on us.

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

I'm not yelling at you

Dammit!  You'll KNOW when I'm yelling at you because your fucking ears will hurt.  Good Gods, why do females jump to the yelling defense whenever a male's voice rises above a near whisper? 

Monday, January 3, 2011

Back to the daily grind

Back in the office today.  It was w nice week off, but it's nice to get back to a normal schedule; though it was a real bitch getting up this morning.  And my car hadn't moved since the 23rd, so I had to chisel it out if its snow and ice cocoon to drive to work.  I really need to repair the rear window defroster...

Sunday, January 2, 2011

The 'Hawks

The Seahawks are playing for their post-season lives today.  The way they've been playing, I'm not sure if I give a shit.  Win or lose, the team sucks and I gave up on them long ago.