Monthly Archives March 2007

Friday Morning

Somewhere around 7:00 AM:
Awake…ummpf!
Eye’s glued together…open…
ouch…
close again…
better.
Up…wander to bathroom…clean teeth…
remove cat from back…put on floor.
get dressed.
To the kitchen…coffee…get cereal from cupboard…
remove cat from cupboard…put on floor.
to the computer.
Eating breakfast…reading news….
remove cat from waste basket…toss onto floor…
he enjoys that.
Need tissue to wipe gummy eyes again…put down cereal bowl…
wipe…
better…
remove cat from cereal bowl…
put in bedroom.
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More Spam Protection Added

Spam, spam everywhere and not a moment to think. I swear, if I could monetize the amount of spam comments that’s been thrown into Akismet’s queue lately I could quit the day job. So when my daily comment spam had grown from a mere 20-30 per day to 50 per day then 70 and now [...] Read more »

A Square Cut Carpenter

I had a friend of mine once refer to himself as the best square-cut carpenter in the business. As long as it was right angles and the occasional 45 degree, he could build a house and he built plenty during his time. He also canes chairs and restores old trunks as well so he may [...] Read more »

Performancing Metrics Returns

It seems like Performancing has not only got it’s steam back up after the boiler went cold awhile back but old familiars like the revamped PFF blog editor has recently returned under the new name of Scribefire and now it seems that the new crew at Performancing has everybody’s favorite metrics system back on line [...] Read more »

Affordable Solar Energy Coming Closer to Reality

I don’t know about the rest of you but I’ve always yearned to tell my utility company; “Here’s my last bill and payment…now go pack sand!”. Of course sitting around in the dark isn’t exactly what I had planned for the weekend so I go around turning off lights and shivering in rooms with no [...] Read more »

The garbage man cometh on Friday

A short piece of prose:
The garbage man cometh,Hmmppff…Must be Friday
Thank you
Have a nice day.

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To The HMS Tireless

To the crew who lost their shipmates and families who lost their sons under the sea, my heart felt condolences and understanding go out to you. My thoughts are with you during this trying time.
From one who knows,
Kirk M. Blanchard, FTG1/SS, USS Silversides/SSN 679–On board: 1979-1983
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A word from work.

Just a short note here…
For various personal reasons I haven’t mentioned this blog at work at all basically because it’s a part of life outside of work and with all the problems with my health the past year or so, it’s also coming to be very therapeutic as well and I tend to keep my [...] Read more »