(You mean I don’t have to do these??? Oh well: here goes…)

1. What do you add to your coffee? Milk and sugar
2. What are you reading now? Stephen King’s Dark Tower Series
3. Do you own a gun? Only those attached to my shoulders
4. Are you registered to vote? Yes, and I’ve never missed an election no matter how minor.
5. Do you get nervous before doctor appointments? Yeah - he always finds something
6. What do you think of hot dogs? Only edibles in ballparks and movie theaters.
7. Favorite Christmas Song? I’ll be home for Christmas
8. What do you prefer to drink in the morning? Diet Coke
9. Can you do push ups? One (if nobody’s looking)
10. What was the name of your first boyfriend/girlfriend? Oh geez…uh…Bobbie
11. What’s your favorite piece of jewelery? None - OCD about things on my hands.
12. Favorite hobby? Reading.
13. Do you work with people who idolize you? They should worship the ground I walk above.
14. Do you have ADD? No. be serious. Oh, what a pretty cloud.
15. What’s one trait that you hate about yourself? My weight.
16. What’s your Middle name? Arthur
17. Name 3 thoughts at this exact moment. Stupid ethics paper - I want to geocache - C’mon, Cubs!!!
18. Name 3 things you bought yesterday. Lunch with The Bride…uh…paid bills…that’s it.
19. Name 3 beverages you regularly drink. Diet Coke, coffee, water.
20. Current worry right now? There’s a whole other post.
21. What side do you dress to? What does this mean?
22. Favorite place to be? Next to The Bride in the sunshine.
23. How did you bring in the New Year? Slept
24. Where would you like to go? Wrigley Field
25. Name three people who will complete this. Y’all are on your own.
26. Whose answers do you want to read the most? Anyone brave enough to tell me.
27. What color shirt are you wearing? Nevada Wolf Pack Blue
28. Do you like sleeping on satin sheets?. Never have.
29. Can you whistle? Like an angel…if they whistled.
30. Favorite color? Blue
31. Could you be a pirate? Arrr, matey!
32. What songs do you sing in the shower? “I wanna go back to sleep…”
33. Favorite girls name? Katrina, Lara, Danielle
34. Favorite boy’s name? I’ll know when my sugar daddy adopts me
35. What’s in your pocket right now? Nothing
36. Last thing that made you laugh? I don’t remember
37. Best bed sheets as a child? Cotton
38. Worst injury you’ve ever had? There was this wood chopping accident that changed the shape of this appendage…
39. Do you love where you live? Good house, good neighborhood.
40. How many TVs do you have in your house? One
41. Who is your loudest friend? Liz
42. How many dogs do you have? 0
43. Does anyone have a crush on you? Nope
44. What are the most fun things you ever did? Too many to list.
45. What are your favorite books? That’s a big list
46. What is your favorite candy? Snickers
47. Favorite Team? Da Cubs
48. What songs do you want played at your funeral? A Dying Cubs Fan’s Last Request by Steve Goodman
49. What were you doing at 12 AM? Sleeping.
50. What was the first thing you thought of when you woke up? Where is she?

I’ve been promising a comprehensive trip report but something always seems to come up. Bah! No excuses tonight. Here goes…

The Bride and I take an annual trip to the Bay Area to see Aunt Lily and Uncle Zinger to (a) see new sights and encounter new things, (b) catch the A’s in action, and (c)(most importantly) see our favorite relations not with our last name. We usually need an excuse to get out of Nevada because like most folks, we tend to get wrapped up in family dramas and work.

Proceed at your own risk »

Folks living west of the Rockies may have heard in passing about the fires in California. Homes, forests, and buildings have been devastated throughout the Golden State and it’s a disaster so vast, it may be hard for some people to get a handle on it.

Here’s a visual aid. This picture was taken in early June just north of Sand Harbor on Lake Tahoe.

The below picture was taken yesterday (7/15) nearly in the same place at the same time of day as the above pix, and with the same camera. The east shore is obscured to nothing by the incoming smoke.

The good news is California had cold moist air move in from the Pacific and the firefighters are making progress. Here’s hoping they get rain with no lightning.

Hey, Peeps: We’re back from three glorious days in the Bay Area and we had an excellent time. I’m getting the trip pix up on Flickr as I type this. In the meantime, Uncle Mike introduced us to my next obsession and this machine is on the way to the house.
Got lots to write about so check this station out later for new entertainment programming in your area soon. Peace Out!

Hopefully by this time tomorrow, I’ll have this kind of view in my camera lens. Seen you soon, Lily!

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We miss you loads.

Zooming into another great work week. Y’all try to have some fun out there now.

Here’s proof my government loves me.

Left in my suitcase on Monday, June 23rd, 2008.

Something about me is masochistic beyond measure because I keep setting myself up with more chores than there is time in the day. More succinctly, I failed to learn that old military adage, “Never volunteer.” I’m swamped, buried, surrounded by alligators, pressured, etc., and I’ve no one to blame. (I should have said, “but myself” there but I’m tired of taking responsibility for things when no one else will stand up so that sentence stands).

These things are sucking the wind out of my sails:

Proceed at your own risk »