Why is it I can hear a song a million times, have minimal reactions to it for the most part, but suddenly have it hit me like a ton of bricks on a speeding train falling off a bridge? It happened today, and the song was Pink Floyd's "Wish You Were Here." Mind you, I've had the album since it came out in 1975. I used to play the guitar parts by ( Read more... )

It has been an interesting couple of days at the Interstellar Mayhem Command Station. Yesterday I had the opportunity to go with Jeff and experience something neither of us ever partaken in before. A Seder dinner. Yes, your favorite atheist sat among Jeff's boss' extended family and joined in one of their most sacred traditions. And despite the ( Read more... )

I used to enjoy this time of year. As a kid, school would be out, the weather would be warm,I'd be outside all the time to the point where my hair would practically bleach white. This feeling continued into my adult years, being outside, helping Mom with her gardening, working on cars until the wee hours of the morning, building stuff, lots of ( Read more... )

Gorgeous day today. I decided to make the best of it doing stuff outside. I climbed up on the trailer roof and installed the two Maxx-Air vent covers I had picked up last weekend. Now I can leave the two roof vent/fans open and not worry about the rain getting in. The latter was sometimes a bit of a humorous occurrence when it would rain in the ( Read more... )

Given our somewhat sluggish arrival of Spring this year it's taking a while for the various plants, trees and bushes to wake up from their wintry slumber. The lilac bushes are finally starting to bloom, which is always special to me. Some of the bushes here are taken from ones from where I grew up and predate me. The smell takes me back to my ( Read more... )

When I was a wee young'un, one of my prized possessions was my Panasonic cassette recorder. I had actually a few over the years, as I literally wore them out from the use/abuse I subjected them to. I would record music form the radio, or from my record player, often with these homemade direct connection cables for the highest fidelity I could ( Read more... )

Reviewing my last series of entries, I come across as practically a basket case. This really is not the case, though I do have some issues, of course. Suffice it to say, I was a bundle of nerves at the thought of losing out on a chance to have a break, potential issues at work, and the weekend of the break was shadowed by my memories. Kinda like a ( Read more... )

Well, it's official. Jeff is back to stay, and we are trying our best to integrate all our stuff. Come springtime, though, there will be a big yard sale, and more than a few trips to the dump. And quite a few giveaways, I'm sure ( Read more... )

Spent the weekend getting Jeff at least partially moved in. Saturday morning me, Jeff and four friends (including rockybear02) worked at loading up our two trucks. I managed to cram quite a bit into the big red Dodge (which needs a new headlight thanks to some errant road debris (paging danthered...)). After breakfast at Golden Corral (moooooo!), we headed here and ( Read more... )

Today after work I braved entrance into the belly of the beast and did the little bit of holiday (boooyaaah!) shopping that I needed to do. While a tad crowded, it was not insane (by Columbia Mall standards, at least). Even had dinner in the eatery as I watched the people do their thing. And in this sea of capitalistic, purpose-minded humanity, I ( Read more... )