We got our first snow of the season yesterday, about 2.5″ of wet, white stuff fell near our house throughout the day on Sunday. Bailey the cat decided that this year he does not like the wet stuff, and he complained bitterly that it interrupted his normal afternoon prowl. It’s cold but at least there […]
I am way behind in posts and will be updating out of chronological order, but in order of importance for a few days. The big news is that yesterday (Wednesday, January 17th) I had minor surgery done to my sinuses by the amazing Doctor Hermansen. The surgery was to remove sinus polyps that were making […]
Monday night I opened a bottle of 2000 Elyse Petite Syrah that someone bought at Dean and Deluca (fancy grocer in DC and NY) for $38 a few years ago. This was an amazing bottle of wine. Rich, sense of black berries, very savory, positively yummy. It has been a lucky year for us opening […]
After checking to be sure our trusty old Sony KV-40XBR800 could handle the output of the new Apple TV (it does, though with conversion from 720p or 480p to 1080i), I went ahead and ordered a new Apple TV so I can play Rocketboom and Terra: The Nature of Our World HD videos on our […]
It’s been too long since I wrote anything meaningful hear, sorry. I’ll make a determination to write more frequently this year. To celebrate the winter season I decided to work on some of Erci‘s honey-do-list for me a bit, so I began wiring up and connecting all the unconnected speakers in our house. It’s what […]
Gah, I find myself once again dipping a toe into the murky waters that make up the Windows(tm) experience. I consider myself extraordinarily fortunate that I have not had to touch any MicroSoft crap for many years now… but I inherited an old Compaq desktop and my boss suggested we put XP on it so […]
So I had no interest in getting myself an iPod nor any other portable music player since I left the military. I had a Walkman, and later a portable CD player – but then I stopped traveling regularly and no longer needed portable music. I listen to music all the time on my computer, home […]
This is a novel way to beget a Soccer buddy: Thanks Kate!
I know it’s a paid for commercial for the music group “The Bastard Fairies” and that it was all scripted, but the truths coming out of this little girl’s mouth are so profound and so awesome that I had to share it. Also, the band is giving away their first album in MP3 format and […]
So for about ten years I have had sinuses blocked pretty regularly. I have gone to over a dozen medical doctors and perhaps a half-dozen nurse-practitioners in at least two different medical clinics (changed from FemCare to Herndon Family Medicine years back following changed insurance coverage). I have made appointments and been seen for sinus […]
