Monthly Archives: May 2006

Things I can’t stand

Posted on May 30, 2006 by Kirk M

Title says it all… Commercials/advertisements that state: “The more you buy, the more you save!” Wrong! The more you buy, the less money you have! Old aluminum storm windows. Any old aluminum storm windows. People who ask: “Have you been … Continue reading →

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Memorial Day and it’s hot!

Posted on May 28, 2006 by Kirk M

Memorial day weekend in the Kingdom and the “Outta Statuh’s” are piling in by the droves. Actually they started pulling into the various summer camp sites and getting their boats in order for putting in the lake for the holiday … Continue reading →

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Go figure…

Posted on May 25, 2006 by Kirk M

You could have never convinced me if you tried. I would never have thought that I’d migrate away from Internet Explorer and Outlook Express no matter how anemic they were getting to be. The fact was, they just worked. That’s … Continue reading →

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Park(ing)?

Posted on May 23, 2006 by Kirk M

Now here’s something you don’t see everyday. A group of people called “rebar” decided to temporarily reclaim some of San Fransisco’s numerous public parking spaces (street side) by “leasing” this public property for a couple of hours by feeding the … Continue reading →

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The great net debate

Posted on May 23, 2006 by Kirk M

One of the things I’ve been following very closely is the “great debate” going on about “Net Neutrality”. Now I’m not going to go into all the details since there is already plenty of material already available on the very … Continue reading →

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Opening Day!

Posted on May 15, 2006 by Kirk M

Alright! It’s May 15th and opening day for Long Meadow Farms Quilts “brick and mortar” store in good ol’ Newport, Vermont (where it is currently not flooding luckily). Not many people but then we didn’t expect many since it isn’t … Continue reading →

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Bed Quilts to Bookmarks once again

Posted on May 11, 2006 by Kirk M

Got some quick pics of the work in progress. These are about a week old so we’ve gotten farther than what the pictures show but most of what’s going to be is there. Remember, the shop is still under construction … Continue reading →

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Jen and Tulips

Posted on May 10, 2006 by Kirk M

Spring is definitely up to steam and running right along now. All the buds on the trees have turned into leaves, most of ‘em anyway, and the tulips are in bloom. Well, at least the ones that are left from … Continue reading →

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