Wow. From oppressive heat to pouring down rain; weather is bouncing like a rubber band...*

Well, I had been putting up mylife_onceaday photos that I'd posted to the community here, but then I got sidetracked by the scavenger hunts they started doing, and Sackboy Travels and other things. I still carry my camera around everywhere, but I guess I haven't been ( Read more... )

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Darn, just went to make a cup of coffee, and our lovely little boiling hot and refrigerated cold water taps by the sink in the breakroom are gone! Drat. Microwaved hot water just isn't the same. I may have to try it for some tea though; I need some caffeine ( Read more... )

Dad is still in the hospital. When they performed the surgery for his gall stone last week, it turned out it was infected and they were unable to do it laproscopically, so the procedure was much more invasive. He is on some pretty heavy duty antibiotics, still connected to an IV and a catheter, and he has a drain tube connected to his incision ( Read more... )

From the News From Lake Wobegon (a rerun from 1999):

"In the cemetery, there are graves belonging to several men who died some time ago, and to save a few bucks they added their wives names as well, who were still living. Their names were there and under the the year, 19--. The men died quite a long time ago, and I guess the 21st century seemed ( Read more... )