So it seems... the tree cutters who finished the neighbor's sycamore job cut our Verizon fiber line today. So no phone, Internet, or TV until Verizon dispatches a tech tomorrow. I am ... "borrowing"... an open connection via a VPN to work to encrypt my session, which makes it slow as hell ( Read more... )

So... I am missing a giant sycamore tree from my back yard. It was there when I left for work, and now all that's left is a tall stump and a lot of debris. Sunlight hits my back yard now like the "above ground scene" in "Logan's Run." My yard was shaded by two giant southern sycamores and now there is only one. The one that is gone was probably ( Read more... )