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Things I don’t Need, but Want, #1056

Race fans get presented with an array of appealing products, the latest of which is pictured here. That there is a grill, a 1:1 scale version of a racing engine. Saw the ad on SpeedTV, and checked out the website, … Continue reading

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Happy Birthday, Ericka!

My eldest granddaughter turns 18 on Feb 29th. There not being a Feb 29 this year, we observe her b-day near the end of the month. This is no longer the little girl I took for her first ride on … Continue reading

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Valentine’s Day Love (Almost)

Does giving up watching the NASCAR Truck Race so one’s spouse can watch the Olympic opening ceremony count?1 If so, then I am truly a great catch. I suppose I still have to get a card and flowers. As though … Continue reading

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I Have Nothing to Say, Therefore I Upgrade

Happy New Year, y’all. Today was my first day back at $DAYJOB, and I’d frankly be hard pressed to say that we haven’t been stuck with a used year. This could be the year that I define a new $DAYJOB … Continue reading

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Two Hours, Cold Wet Feet, and 15 Bucks/Hour

I’m cold, wet, and tired. Two hours on the handle of a snow shovel is not my idea of fun. The dig, traipse across the street, dump, repeat ritual behind the aught-one Saturn, combined with some Midwest-learned knowledge of “rocking” … Continue reading

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Still and Clear

As in still snowing, and clear up to your ass. Lucky me, I get to scoop a path across the deck seen in the picture a few posts back. The satellite dish is atop the shed; we’ve lost the signal. … Continue reading

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I Think There’s a Saturn in There

Your forbearance is humbly requested, while I post yet another snow photo. This is a view out tbbs WorldHQ’s front door, which reveals my covered ’01 Saturn. We think MLB’s ’08 is under the pile mid-photo, and our neighbor’s VW … Continue reading

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And the Radio still works..

When life sends you snow, you blog about it. With pictures. This one reveals our outside Sirius Satellite Radio antenna. This is needed to get any kind of reliable signal at all; here in the underbelly of our three-level townhouse, … Continue reading

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White Brinkmanns and Webers

The view of the deck, taken just a few minutes ago. That white conical device is our Brinkmann Smoker, under a fresh blanket of the white stuff. To the right is the black Weber Kettle grill, sporting the latest in … Continue reading

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Happy Thanksgiving!

The turkeys are hitting the ground like sacks of wet cement. –Les Nessman Maybe that’s what happens in Cincinnati; here in NoVA, our turkey is atop a bunch of charcoal and hickory chunks; the smoke wafts upward towards the cold, … Continue reading

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