Yuletide Ball has it’s New Year’s Eve Gala ($160/person) tonight; Dan Van Bey may have one more ticket with our group, and the Yuletide folks may have more for general seating. The Gala is one big New Year’s Eve party with lots of ballroom dancing, some decent food and possibly some professional dance shows. It’s […]
The fun never stops at our house, we are cleaning the pantry and finding some… uh… er… rather old gems in the canned/jarred food category. Uh, a lot of stuff is getting disposed of since it is so old. Must develop a new habit of checking the pantry before going shopping or when in the […]
I am not myself in the market for a new television, but went out shopping for a new television with Fyrlocc yesterday to help her sort out the crazy marketing doublespeak from the pertinent and useful facts. I was pleasantly surprised by the dropping prices, generally better pictures on nearly all displays, and useful features. […]
Erci rocks! She bottled the first five gallon carboy of Blackcap mead today while I cleaned the dining room and foyer, then we decorated the tree together and watched the cats pretend to be forest predators by stalking each other and us from under the branches of the artificial tree. We’ll have to get more […]
Tagged Holidays, House, meadSo, according to the “Palm Pins Its Hopes on Nova” article in BusinessWeek, Palm is about to release a new PDA operating system. I am interested because I still use my very old Palm Tungsten C device regularly, despite having an iPhone 3G now. The iPhone 3G is a fantastic mobile phone (perhaps the best […]
Tagged gadgets, iPhone, Palm Tungsten C, PDASteve (my brother) and I drove up to Rome to visit Mom and his daughters who live in Utica, Herkimer, and Camden. There was a winter snow-storm in Norwich and Utica Thursday night, but thankfully the roads were clear by the time we drove through Friday night. Beautiful scenery though with all the fresh snow […]
Tagged memories, Rome NY, snowSo that dragging feeling I recently noticed, and the lower gas mileage, and funny metal clanking noise were not random; turns out I busted a front axle, boot, and UV joint. Dealer is estimating over $840 just for that repair, and my 45,000 mile maintenance is due as well (another $300-$400). Ouch! Guess there is […]
Tagged auto repair, PriusRight now the most riveting television we are watching is Heroes, it is not nearly as good as season one was; but it is still far better than most television. This season has been particularly rough on some fans as many heroes turned into villains rather easily. I guess they want to show that power […]
Tagged televisionIt has been an interesting week, a busy enough one that I have not had time to reflect on it much until now.
