Yesterday was a weird day at work - our California counsel was in town and working in the cube across from me most of the day, so I actually had to do busy work all day. My hands did not like this. Then all the attorneys wanted to go out drinking after work. I didn't. However, I had found out earlier in the week that Mom had once again told Mike &  ( Read more... )

I'm torn. Do I go to the Keys game tomorrow night, or take Mom out for Mother's Day dinner? I haven't been to the Keys at all and only one ball game, period this year, and the rain has been taken out of the forecast. But if we don't go tomorrow, I don't know when we will (going to Alphabet Soup Sunday and she's out with friends today.). Debate,

Went to Curt Motton's memorial service last night. It was an unusual service compared to those I've been to before; for one thing, there were cops. In uniform. 5 or 6 of them. I can't recall ever seeing a uniformed cop at a funeral before, much less a pack of them. And the widow had a receiving line. Her mother-in-law previewed people, then you ( Read more... )

Just home from the Keys game - 79 at gametime and gloriously sunny. Waiting until today - right decision. Didn't pick up enough sun get myself back in sorts, but it was a good start. Also managed to get both CJ AND Roxie bathed, and finished another round with the '1000 Recordings' book. Almost done with acquiring the recordings, now I have to ( Read more... )

Particularly in the 'I don't feel like I accomplished much' department.

( Weekend Report )

For one day, at least, it was all about the baseball. It wasn't opening day, but it was Day Two for Frederick and Bowie and the schedule and the weather made a 'do it yourself' doubleheader possible. So I took a bath in SPF 30 sunblock and headed to Frederick.

( The Frederick half )

Because I still haven't even started to write about Shore Leave yet, some stuff that's not SL related.

Everyone else has to comment on the New Yorker shenanigans, so quite simply - what the Frak were they thinking?!?

Why oh why did Maryland have to change from 5% sales tax to 6%? It was so much easier to do the numbers in my head. And I hate having ( Read more... )