Personal Stuff

Okay, well, get the drum roll ready. (Or at least turn up the lights on your home theater lighting in that fancy big-screen TV setup. What? You don’t have a big-screen TV with home theater? Yeah, me neither.) Big announcement time: I just got hired this morning for a full-time job. It’s one of those situations where you would use the expression, “It’s not much, but it’s honest work.” Or maybe, “The job’s not all that hard, but at least the pay’s poor.” I’m going to be a full-time security guard at a local electric power plant. My hours — […] Read More >

I just wanted to say thanks to all who have expressed your concerns for my arm and wrist problems. I also wanted to say the stretching exercises, more “ergonomically correct” work area, and a change in my normal sleeping habits have been making a difference in the last two days. The soreness in my arm and wrist is going away. My best advice for today to all of you out there would be to pay attention to posture and work circumstances when you’re on the computer. It really matters — so quit slouching, sit up straight, get busy, and write […] Read More >

Easter Sunday is a time of good news for our family. We are Christians and we rejoice in calling it “Resurrection Sunday” — the day when we rejoice in the Resurrection of Jesus and what it means in our lives. On that score, this has been a happy, blessed day. Enough for the mini-sermon. On to the “personal note” I wanted to share with you. In their less-than-infinite wisdom, the “gods of Google” have slapped me once again and the last blog I have which had an Google page rank (PR) no longer has it. I was dropped from a […] Read More >

Wow. Now I have a feeling for what may have been running through their minds as Noah and his family battened down the hatches on the Ark. We’ve enjoyed a day and a half now of sunshine and 60+ degree weather yesterday and today. But that comes on the heels of torrential downpours. We really had a deluge here. My house survived it. We have an ancient sump pump in the basement that cranked right along to handle the rivulets of water that poured steadily through the rickety door on our cellar like basement. Unfortunately, our neighbor suffered about three […] Read More >