David recommended I read Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates by Tom Robbins when I was last down his way.

I’m in the middle of the fourth book in The Cleric Quintet — The Fallen Fortress by R.A. Salvatore at the moment, but I bought that book as a single bound edition, and so I wasn’t inclined to bring in on the trip (as it is not exactly petite). I had Fierce Invalids on deck (I bought it when I bought Amazon women, The Kentucky Fried Movie, and Still Life with Woodpecker — another Tom Robbins book), and for the purpose of having something to read while traveling, I decided to start Fierce Invalids, and leave the bulky Cleric Quintet at the homestead, despite the fact that I’m really into it.

I’m about two-thirds though Fierce Invalids at this point, and … Read More »

On my way to work today I saw the funniest thing — This little squirrel was dragging a huge pine comb across the road. I expect to see squirrels with acorns or nuts, not pine combs that are bigger than it is. Anyway found it amusing and though I would share.

I went to a holistic healer today (really a holistic physician, but I think healer sounds better). She did deep tissue massage, hot rock massage, and acupuncture (not in that order). I had never had acupuncture before, it was pretty cool, couldn’t feel the needles at all, except for this place in my foot, and that just felt like a pin prick, although I can tell that I had a couple of needles put in my foot even a few hours later.

I can already tell I am going to be really sore tomorrow, which is not unusual for this sort of treatment. I’ve been to massage therapy several times, and had deep tissue stuff, but I’ve never had anyone work on my as hard and as deeply as this lady did. It was bordering on painful, … Read More »

Well I’m off to Evansville, IN next week. This came as a pleasant surprise, as I’ve been working on a large project for work, and I didn’t think the parts I needed would be in until later this month. I did some checking yesterday and found out everything had arrived, and so I bought my plane ticket. I am very happy because Ali, Harry, and I were planning to go to Okemo for a few days at the end of the month. My dilemma was this project was putting the trip in jeopardy for me, and I’m certain Ali and Harry would have had a great time with or without me. At least for the moment it all appears as if it is going to work out.

We have had constant snow (flurries at times, hard … Read More »

Okay, so Will turned me onto this blogging thing, well maybe the credit should go to David. I actually had never heard of it until David says, “Hey did you read Will’s blog …” Well the answer was, “No, and what’s a blog anyway?”. After a little googling I understood it. I was amazed that something so popular could have failed to grab my attention, at least enough for me to have heard about it.

I’ve been trying to get myself to keep a journal again — I carry a notebook around everywhere I go. The problem is I never seem to write in it. I thought I would try this blogging thing and see if I would be inclined to update it. My hope is to write at least one thing a week. … Read More »