Schadenfreude

Bus 1, Hummer 0
Indy School Bus Drivers represent!

Had a great holiday weekend

Thanks for everything, everybody. I was pretty much the poster child for this:



























It was fuckin' great.

Something To File Away For A Much Later Date

Never too early to start on that underground bunker you always dreamed of building.

Current Happiness Quotient at ECHO

Linky

Will somebody tell me how to put a clickable link in the title? or show me at thksgvg.
Everything is cool here. Yesterday a retiree dinner. Mostly, lots of stuff to do every day in and on the house. And no end in sight. I'm lovin' it. G & GT here on weekends a lot, work on house moving along, new washer, new cable internet connection, mostly lots of distractions daily and upstairs will be there later. Got video from Agatha. Thanks. Looking forward with happy anticipation to the rest.

That's My Line

What a great find. Our favorite ownage in TV history.

The Magnificient Six?

I find it particularly annoying that reports and graphics almost always list the current Independents as Democrats. Aren't they, in fact, not alligned with any party?

With Independent Bernie Sanders taking over Jim Jeffords Senate seat, and Gleeber Man defeating his former fellow Democrat Lamont--and assuming the Dems are miraculously awarded Virginia and Montana--they'll still hold no majority. Technically that honor stays with the GOP by a Chewney tie-break at 49-49. Granted, Sanders, a reported Socialist, would vote with the Democrats as Jeffords did, but contrary to what the pundits say, Gleeber Man is not to be counted on.

What does this do to chairmanships and the like is what I wunner bout?

Hey, Ortega is back in business! Sandinista Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional!

Rent Rocks (a weekend in a downtown city)

Saturday:
3PM: While looking at movie listings, considering the possibility of seeing one, I mention that RENT is showing across the street. I assume GT wouldn't qualify to see it. GT says she may, G affirms it. We go online; there is a show at 4PM. GT thinks we should drive. And worries that we are not dressed appropriately. I don't care. P's old red sweat pants, a Purdue sweatshirt, black Reboks, a bushy head of uncombed hair; this seems to me perfect RENT. It is.
We get tix in the 10th row center on the floor, fabulous wonderful seats.
Okay, I was going to go on and on and on about all the cool details of this experience, but I just told them to OML on the phone and now they have been expressed and are out of me.
However, it was a great, memorable happening from conception to review and I told GT she had to remember it forever. P & G watched tv or whatever and when we got back we ordered in Chinese and for a while there I was living Seinfeld and Mad About You.
The set was created like my kind of art, with junk and trash and lights and shadows and the musicians were on stage and visable and the sound was great and...oh well, maybe you needed to be there. And we got t-shirts. "NO day but today" on the back of mine sold me.
There was a bar in the lobby, just like in old Broadway theater movies.
WEll, I had a good time. So did GT.
GT spent the night and G picked her up at 9A and they will be back later to watch the Colts with P...and me.

Thanksgiving will be at ECHO, as will we all

We move to ECHO next Wednesday, 11/08/06. The movers are scheduled.
Shower in, floor down. Plumbing incomplete, but should be done by then.
Tower notified. Need to get a letter from P's doc to break lease & get $ back.
Work on ECHO still in progress, but the time has come.
Now I gotta change all those addresses again, Yuck.

A few from the funeral weekend

KOF and JoJo were good enough to provide some photographic evidence of the weekend's proceeding. Because Blogger is being persnickity about uploading them inline, I've uploaded many of them to flickr.

Thanks for sending them, JoJo!

Perfect Gift for the Geezer in your life

I check this site for info

http://www.wemove.org/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi

It helps me to know what others deal with and what to expect--somewhat.

Armageddon Is Near? Or Paradise, Perhaps?

1. Amazon is selling groceries, including ice cream. I got an e-mail this morning. (ice cream?)
2. Ivy, who never gets up before noon, called and woke me at 10:00 am.
3. High here today predicted to be 75.
4. Colts now 7-0. Ditto Da Bears.

Entries anyone?

Granny Has Passed

Sometime this evening. Ken & Rog will arrange. P says he won't go, but I think he will. I think he needs to and I plan to push him to do it. Don't know details yet. Will let you know. Location is at Akins Funeral HOme on Highway 5 in Blue Ridge. (7871 Blue Ridge Drive Blue Ridge, GA)

Campaign Season Disclosure

My car is at Goodyear, right around the corner, having it's passenger side mirror repaired. This will take one day and I will pay the total cost from private funds.

In the interest of full disclosure, I did it. I swiped a support pedestal on the out ramp of the apartment parking lot. P had nothing to do with it. I accept full responsibility.

In my defense, I was watching a guy who was going to be in my path after I reached the bottom of the ramp and must have inadvertantly leaned a little to the right. This is no excuse, though, and I will continue to accept any repercussions. No public funds will be used to allay the pain and embarrassment caused by this incident.

After consulting with my advisors, it is possible I may enter a recovery program, perhaps an Eve Arden Spa, to deal with my problems.

Thank you for your compassion and support.

Why, Oh Why, Don't You Get A Manual????

with Photoshop 4.0 or whatever. Can one get a manual someplace? I can't figure out how to even get a picture side by another picture so I can play with them. Waaa! My new bicycle has two flat tires and I got no pump.

if buying flat panel monitor...

is 'analog only' okay? any must haves? do de come with cords and plugs?
RSVP pr favor

Gene Janson - RIP

Career highlight: Worked with one OML in "Blink"

P's ma cared for by Hospice

Still in the nursing home, but the care is oriented differently, as she wanted. They say she is comfortable, in no pain, sleeps well, and it may be a few days or less.

Happy Birthday Tommy Boy

I think Tommy took offence at the Padres' Kurt Bevacqua for calling him a "fat little Italian" which elicited the provided clip.

Grab My Balls