Friday, September 4th -- Took dinner over to our friend's house and made dinner there while catching up on all the episodes of Person of Interest that she had taped for us.  One more session to finish off Agents of Shield and we'll be totally caught up.

Saturday, September 5th -- Errand running.  Dinner at Denny's.  The Opera House was showing Mr ( Read more... )

Thursday -- Back in late March, the COO tipped me off that the CFO would be asking for data for his annual cost report soon.  I started collecting the needed data.  On April 1st, he made his request, on April 2nd, I answered all the parts I could with a list of people to go to for the other parts. He thanked me and I replied that if he needed ( Read more... )

A Midrealm event is having a Shakespearean Puppet Competition.  Naturally, I'm interested. I did a quick search on a Shakespeare Concordance to see if Bill ever used the word 'puppet'.  There's the famous quote in Two Gentlemen of Verona, but there's a sequence in Taming of the Shrew where Katarina argues that she is not a puppet.  One of my ( Read more... )

The number of annual events I look forward to grow fewer as time passes.  However, this one still qualifies.  The Gepetto Festival is tomorrow at Damien College.  Everything I know about puppetry is self-taught either from books, or trial and error.  The ability to talk shop with someone is a joy that you don't know until you don't have it.  I ( Read more... )

Friday -- I took the day off from work.  I had an appointment to have the car looked at to have a MINOR problem fixed.  We ran the errands we usually run on Saturday.  We did all the shopping for Easter.   I took the car to Valvoline to have the fluids topped off.  While under the car, he noticed my brake pads were thin. He recommended Midas/Monroe ( Read more... )

Friday -- Got out of work, packed our bags,  and left for Buffalo.  We crashed at my mother's house ( Read more... )

Friday -- It's a Friday in Lent, so naturally we went out for a fish-fry.  We went to Kosciuszko Polish House in Dunkirk. Review to come later today, I left my notes at home.  It's a social club for those of Polish descent.  I should join one of these days.  The secretary is Italian and has been a member for over three decades! :)  Try to get there ( Read more... )

http://mentalfloss.com/article/62121/9-famous-puppeteers-20th-century

*Sniff!* I didn't make the list. :( 

Friday: I've actually worked a full 40 hour week for the first time this year!  Karen wasn't feeling up to going out, so I brought home two fish fries from the Sheridan Vet's Post.  Good takeout ( Read more... )

Friday -- Two hour delay at work due to extreme cold.  I have literally not worked a full 40 hour week so far this year!  Being Friday, we went out for a fish-fry, being as it's actually Lent, we went to a place that only does fish frys during Lent.  Jen's 4th Street Cafe in Dunkirk.  The Biker Bar that shared the same building is gone, needless to ( Read more... )