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Popcorn And Friends

I made microwave popcorn for breakfast. Thanks to Adrian for that. I dropped some and it got under my chair and now there’s popcorn fluff everywhere. I have to vacuum. Speaking of such things, I am looking for a reliable skating partner. I really need to skate almost every week and not randomly. If any […]

Fun With Spammers

I got fed up today with one particular spammer who just wouldn’t leave me alone (work). Three to four emails per day from a few domains. I got mean, aggressive, and nasty after a few reasonable attempts to stop it. I did research and found the perpetrator. I sent off this email: From: Eric A. […]

Relatively Speaking

So, Mom’s been after me to go to this family picnic in Orlando on the 24th. I’ve kept the date open even though relatives are not way high on my list of things. I’m basically a loner and happily unapologetic for it. My list of reasons is long, but they aren’t for public discussion as […]

Restoring Faith in Humanity

Before I get to the main post, just a little shout out to my pharmacist Vinay at Walgreens (I hope I spelled that right). He’s always been awesome. Everyone should have a pharmacist this good. About six months ago, I even wrote a nice letter to Walgreens corporate office to let them know. I always […]

Cats of All Kinds

Scooter has been in her final resting place, and here’s a photo. I finally am posting what is the final picture of Scooter. Or, more accurately, her final resting place. Sorry that it took so long but this was a hard photo to take, edit, and upload. Harder still was the act of installing her […]

Uglies: The Review

I rarely trust recommendations for reading from most of my friends because my tastes and theirs tend to not match up well. That’s not to say there haven’t been the occasional hits, but mostly it doesn’t work well. There have been exceptions: Paul used to do pretty well in matching my tastes and Jose has […]

O2 Venue Review (versus BankAtlantic Center)

Alright, this one’s for my Panther Message Board friends. In a previous post, I mentioned that The O2 venue was awesome. The O2 was formerly the Millennium Dome, which was a much-maligned tourist attraction, though I must say I rather enjoyed the Dome as did everyone I know who visited. The problem was the locals […]

England: The Rest

Went to the O2 Arena to see the special New Year’s Eve programme (excerpts shown on NBC with Carson here in the USA via tape delay) which was broadcast live on ITV1. The O2 is an amazing arena. It’s been — since it opened — voted the best arena in the WORLD by Pollstar and […]

England Last Day (First Half)

Before I shut down for the night, I thought I’d post today’s events. Not much to report — we had the usual wake-up, went to breakfast — where the proprietors, Indians (dots not feathers to be un-PC), greeted us warmly and recognized us and chatted up Karen — and then we popped on the Circle/District […]

England Day 6 complete

To answer several emails, day one was departure day and I wasn’t actually here. The first day here was day two even though it wasn’t a full day. Day eight will be boring too as it will involve waking up and going to the airport. It just made the trip seem longer 🙂 Now back […]