I've been out looking at the stars again. Every time I do that I tell myself that I don't do it often enough. It's true. It's cool this evening, although not too cool for wearing just a shirt with the sleeves rolled up. The evening certainly says that Fall has arrived, although it's Indian Summer here in Livermore during the day. For the past ( Read more... )

I have been out practicing random acts of wanton consensual Capitalism. I admit it. Hi, my name's Bob, and I am a Capitalist Pig. I really did need to get out of the house. There is entirely too much stressful crap going on lately. I really have got a pile of worries that have been lapping up to my chin, and I needed a diversion. I didn't go ( Read more... )

The Sunday before last was my birthday. My daughters came down for a visit. Nothing really interesting has happened since then, which is just fine, because I am busier than a cat on a marble floor and haven't had the time and inspiration to write. Anyway, that Saturday morning I went to Sacramento to pick up my daughters. They brought the ( Read more... )

My mom send her granddaughters a box of presents. In the box was a large air-drop for me, the High Priest of The Cargo Cult of Movies, in addition to birthday gifts for my daughters. Shannon turned eleven on August 24th, and Jackie turned fourteen on September 18th. Neither has visited since before their birthdays, but both of them have said ( Read more... )

What a nifty mid-week. The sun is up and bright today. This is certainly an improvement over the overcast mess it was yesterday morning. I still say that it is really an unusual summer here this year. Life does look better after a good hard sleep. Too bad I didn't get enough two days ago. Fortunately, I have been managing a little better in ( Read more... )

Monday night I felt like a movie, so I shut down around 10:30, got my popcorn out and went to watch "Something to Talk About." Okay, this is something of a chick flick. I have a closet grudging respect for chick flicks, if they are done well. This one was interesting. The movie stars Denis Quaid and Julia Roberts as Eddie and Grace Bichon, a ( Read more... )

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Friday didn't happen. I was going to check out "The Italian Job" but it was sold out when I got there. Oh well. Hmmm. Well, I guess this is a sign to go home and be lucrative with a personal project I'm working on. It's just too bad that I didn't get much of that done either.

Saturday, I played Mr Fix-it. I rewired the ceiling-fan/light over ( Read more... )