I’ve always known I was going to get some sort of pension from Hasbro. I worked there from 1983 thru 1989, back in the olden days when companies still offered and gave pensions. This letter though, broke down the whole[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This house was built in the late 1950’s early 1960’s. So the paneled walls shouldn’t be a surprise, but if you’ll note, in the very front, on the lower left of this drawing is a bar. Yep, many of the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Well, this was unexpected. I don’t know why it was so tight, I added oil about two weeks ago and don’t remember over-tightening it. I tried my best to remove the snapped off stem in the hole, but no luck.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
My mom has lived in this house for 55 years, it’s the house I grew up in, and in all that time, I don’t remember the downstairs family room EVER flooding. Now, it’s flooded twice in the last two years[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
For those of you not well versed in the trivial minutiae of comic books (and be thankful if you’re not) he’s the cover I was spoofing for this comic review.
I was really tired when I (remarkably) woke up when my alarm went off at 5:30 AM. As I drove in, I kept thinking that there probably won’t be many people in the office today, so why am I making[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Is this a new phenomenon? I don’t remember this over all obsession for neighbors to shoot off fireworks, all through out the day on the 4th, well into the next morning. Could it be that my memory is faulty, or[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I got back from the movie around 9:30. The power was back on with a lot of flashing clocks. There was no storms earlier in the day so I have no idea why the power was out. I guess it’s[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’ve read, in various places, that the work of Director/Writer Jim Jarmusch is eclectic and isn’t for everyone. Well, I’m not a stranger to his work. I liked his 2003 film “Coffee and Cigarettes”, which like tonight’s film also starred[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Yes, this is how they do things here. Besides the snacks and drinks and the strongbox that sits there filled with money, parents in the department who have kids that are selling candy or other things for school and scouts,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…