Monday, July 17, 2006
Last Man Standing
With Bud's sudden death, Ron's departure and Tom's firing, that only leaves Jimmie and I in the office. Today, we found a note on Jimmie's door telling US what HIS work schedule was going to be until his lease was up in October. Basically, Jimmie and his wife are only going to work 11-7 from...
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Thursday, July 13, 2006
Bud's Last Supper
Everyday around noon, when Ron was still in the office, Bud would badger him at noon. "Ron, what's for lunch?" Ron, who has proven than man can survive on caffiene and nicotine, would always tell him he wasn't hungry. Now that Ron's gone, he asks me. One day he would buy, then I would. He was 69...
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Tuesday, July 11, 2006
Shoot me now! I have ABBA songs stuck in my head ...
Mama Mia, does this make me gay? "Waterloo, promise to love you for ever more." Waterloo, couldn't escape it if I wanted to. How could I ever refuse, you know that I win when I lose." Arrgh! Ever since we took Girl Genius to see Mama Mia, I've had these stupid Abba songs stuck in my head. "Breaking...
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Monday, July 10, 2006
Mama Mia! The things you do for love!
Better Half, Girl Genius and I drove to Dallas to watch the Broadway musical based entirely on Abba songs. You remember Abba, don't you, the enormously successful Norweigan (Swedish? Nordic? whatever) group who pumped out one sappy love song after another in the 80s. Fernando, Take a Chance on Me,...
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Thursday, July 6, 2006
Growing Pains!
Girl Genius looked depressed when I picked her up at the church yesterday, an hour early and before a Christian band was to perform. What's the matter, I said. Nothing, she replied. I don't want to talk about it. After 10 minutes of prodding, she finally admitted that she was sad because she didn't...
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Tuesday, July 4, 2006
Make 'Em Laugh
Better Half, the Squid and I are at the Gaylord Texan Resort for the Fourth of July. We wanted to be able to watch fireworks in an air conditioned setting. There were no lake side rooms left, so we'll go down to the parking lot when it gets dark and watch the display over Lake Grapevine. I love...
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Monday, July 3, 2006
I Know Somebody Semi-Famous!
Maybe you know, maybe you don't know, but a doping scandal wiped out half of the competitors at the Tour de France. Of those left in the running, one American, George Hincapie, has the "yellow jersey" which means he's currently in the lead of the grueling bicycle race. I got to meet George last fall...
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Friday, June 30, 2006
Dodging A Speeding Bullet
While driving home yesterday on 377, I noticed the truck up ahead of me drift several times toward the wide medium on the divided highway. There's probably 50 yards between the two sides of the highway, and at this particular stretch the lane I was on was about 20 feet higher than the road going the...
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Tuesday, June 27, 2006
New Job Offer ...
Better half remarked the other day that I no longer scan the want ads looking for a new job. And it's true. I've been so happy selling land/home "packages," and occasionally reaping rhe huge financial benefit, that I can not conceive of looking for a salaried "job" ever again. And even though I've...
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Friday, June 23, 2006
What Not to Do When Surrounded by Snarling Dogs ...
in the middle of nowhere. I bet noone here has ever heard of Chico, Texas. It's hell and gone from Granbury, where I work, and Fort Worth, where I live. But even if you have, where I went Thursday was 22 miles northwest of Chico, to take pictures of a property for final inspection. Just getting to...
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