Unbifurcated male garment

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

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!

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.

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.

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.

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.

Work, continued

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

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.

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.

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.

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."

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.

Sleep

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

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.

Another work weekend ahead

And it's supposed to snow on us.

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? 

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...

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.

Cold

Ending the year on a cold note.  It's in the mid-teens right now.

Snow

Woke to three inches on the ground and more falling.  I excavated Mrs. Bristol's car and cleared the windows; she has an appointment this morning.  I'm continuing my week of sloth; I don't have to be in the office until Monday.

Happy Boxing Day!

A quiet Christmas yesterday.  A quieter Boxing Day today.  The kattens wore themselves out with a bow, was fun to watch.

A week off

I'm taking a week off work, I don't go back to the office until after the new year.  We don't have anything planned, I may not leave the house except for errands. 

Gonna be a quiet, relaxing week, and I'm going to enjoy the Hell out of it.

Another year almost done

For some reason I'm feeling old and worn out lately.  Yeah, I was sick all last weekend; but this is more existential than physical.  Guess it's time to once again take a step back and look at what I'm doing and why I'm doing it.  Maybe some thing or things need to be changed.

I told you I was sick

'Nuf said.

I've been ill

Work has been brutal, home not a lot better, and now I'm sick.

Ass deep in alligators and wearing a dead carp jockstrap.

Pineapple express

It's pouring ass rain out there.  There's a warm weather system pouring warm, moist air into the Seattle area.  Flood advisories on all the rivers, flood warnings on a few, landslides have closed US-2 over the Cascades, over 2 inches of rain at the house in the last 24 hours.

Taking the day off

Since Mrs. Bristol is out of town, I am taking today off, we have a new garage door being installed.  It's nice because I'm working this weekend.

Some say he's a lost Russian prince

We know him as The Stig.

They're getting so big

The kittens are 6 months old and I think one of them is going to be really big. They both are more cat than kitten now, but one is nearly the size if the older cat and he's not a dainty kitty.

Putting in some OT

I'm in the office for a while today getting stuff ready for our audit by the state EPA.