I own two credit cards, a Sony Visa that gets used, and a Discover Card for emergencies. A little while back I got a new Discover Card in the mail, which struck me as odd because my current card isn’t due to expire in…years.
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Sent a package via FedEx three day shipping on Friday. Checked the tracking number today to see how things are going and I find this
FedEx, seriously, if the package is in the town, just deliver it. It’s ok if it gets there a day early, I won’t complain.
First go read Bill “Sports Guy” Simmons’ latest column about his dog Daisy. I’ll admit, I got a little misty at the end of it. Then again, it’s a story I know all too well. I’ve been in the room when it was time, and held his head as he got the merciful injection. It is the tragic end of all dog stories. Still, killer writing by Simmons.
I realize it was actually last week — oddly enough on the same day as another personal milestone — but slincoln blogs is now one year’s old. I think I’ve done an ok job at this blog thing. There does need to be more regular content, have to get better at that. To celebrate here’s a return of the Birthday Basset.
I was on a run to buy some gas for the tractor when my car finally hit 150000 miles. That’s a lot of driving.
It’s been a running tradition of mine to write down the top five “Things I learned” on my whiteboard at work the last week of the year. Well this year my whiteboard is being used for other things (conversion QQ) so I am forced to use alternative measures. Therefore, without further ado, the top five Things I Learned in 2008:
5) The iPhone really is that great.
4) Super-majorities are over-rated
3) One Cup > 0-16
2) Huge, under-supervised bailouts for mismanaged financial giants = appropriate use of taxpayer funds. Huge under-supervised bailouts for mismanaged manufacturing giants = wasteful spending.
1) YES WE CAN!!
Walking down the hallway at work after lunch I overheard someone talking on her cellphone. All I caught was a bit of a sentence, “So what do you think they’re going to do, send you to Afghanistan for another year.”
I was struck by two things l. The first, not to get all yellow ribbon maudlin, but we still live in some scary times for a lot of families. While the second is the cell phone does have an amazing ability to make your night charged personal conversations something for everyone to hear.
Still, I’m curious, who was she talking to, and under what circumstances. If I was a better writer moments like that are excellent points to spin out a novel, or short story at the very least.
If you can name all these voice actors I would be very impressed.
I should be enjoying a bottle of 12 year old Glenmorangie. After all, what’s more appropriate than drinking single malt at Wooster? However I am not thanks to Ohio’s Byzantine liquor laws that require cash only transactions. I’m already paying sixty dollars, plus tax, for the bottle, there’s no way I’m also paying ATM fees on top of that. You win this round Ohio.
It seems almost a given that any trip I take some minor annoyance pops up, and this trip is no exception. In my haste to get on the road yesterday I forgot my sneakers. This means I get to march in my work shoes. It’s really not a big deal since they’re a casual pair of brown shoes, but they aren’t what I intended to wear so it’s going to pick at me all weekend. I also packed the wrong pair of socks, but that’s a whole different story. Oh well, it’s a gorgeous Wooster fall day and I just walked through the Kauke arch so things aren’t all bad.