Days like today, and yesterday for that matter, are the kind of days that make me wish I could drink, while at the same time being thankful that I can't. I can see why some people drink, especially after a particularly rough time; but that doesn't make the underlying problem go away, so in the end you still have the problem and likely a ( Read more... )

     Just got a call from the Kidling's vice-principal.  (Yeah, I know he's legally an adult now, but his behaviour and maturity levels are more like that of a 12 or 13 year old, so thus the Kidling moniker ( Read more... )

There just seems to be no end to The Stupid, and the aggravation that it causes. I've been trying to get the data entered into the accounting software in preparation for the accountant's visit tomorrow. I should point out that this is our new accountant, who will hopefully (ie: damn well better!!) do a better job than the last company we ( Read more... )

Just like the icon says... While there were some good things today, there was also way too much stupid. Reading through my newsfeed on FaceBook only made that feeling worse.

I got onto the Internet at what I like to call "The Beginning of the End of the Golden Age" when there was actual content, very little porn-spam, and AOL didn't exist yet ( Read more... )

     I keep promising myself that I'm going to start updating this thing on a regular basis again, and it seems that I keep failing to do so.  I started this blog when we first moved out to the farm; Everything was so new and interesting that I had to record it all to be able to remember it later, and to be able to look back at how far we've come ( Read more... )

     I was going to post about some of the stupid things I had to deal with today, but then I thought, "What's the point in that?  Why make an entry, and hang on to negative thoughts about people who annoyed me today?  Do I really want to come back and remember being annoyed?  If it's something that I need to be reminded and aware of, then yes; But ( Read more... )

     ...or whatever else it would take to slap some common-sense into them.

I took the F-150 into the dealership yesterday to get that power-line connected for recharging the trailer battery.  They called back several hours later to say that it actually had been originally connected, but that there was a relay (R05) required on the fuse-panel ( Read more... )

     I don't know if people just turn off their brains on Friday, or what happened.  Maybe it's just the extreme cold; we're seeing temperatures in the -30's, with the wind-chill taking it down into the -40's.   Once you reach that level, it doesn't really matter if you're dealing in Celcius or Fahrenheit, it's dang cold!!!  It was a mere +16°c in ( Read more... )

       Here's a quick test to tell whether or not you're human:

If you eat something, and the very act of even putting it in your mouth makes your lips and tongue feel like they're on fire, you break out in a sweat, your eyes are pouring out tears like Niagra Falls, your sinuses are instantly cleared, and then you chew and swallow...  Which ( Read more... )

     Apparently, I missed the excitement this afternoon, as I was in town trying to help Trixstir with some stuff at the bowling alley.  Today was our first day of business in the new year, and we needed to reset a few things.  Found out that the recent high winds and snow had buried our emergency-exit doors in the back, so I spent some time ( Read more... )