TAPS' Take

By TAPS. - About Me - E-mail this page - Add to My Favorites - Add to Blog List - See other blogs in Journal

Sunday, July 5, 2015

Big Bang Theory

The firecrackers are starting up again this evening--as if they didn't do enough of them last night, all night long until the crack of dawn. Kansas City even had the largest firework shell in the United States (so they say) at our Longview Lake. The shell was 24" in diameter and weighed more that... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, July 4, 2015

Temporary Tats

I must bore everyone who reads this post by saying that I don't much like them (tattoos). I have the most darling new picture of my Baisy (Great-granddaughter) except that it looks like she has some horrible disease up and down her cute little arms. I can understand why a three-year-old would think... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, June 30, 2015

June 30, 2015, 23:60:59 UTC

I'll be glad when tonights leap second is over and done. I really hate things like that hanging over me. Who knows what horrible things might happen in that one-second interval just because man is messing around with time. I'm being facetious you know. Actually, tonights leap second will be the 26... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, June 26, 2015

Stormy Weather

Thousands without power all over Kansas City this morning after a very stormy night and trees down everywhere. They are saying this is the biggest power outage in KC since the great ice storm of the winter of 2002. I have vivid memories of that one. They say this was straight-line winds stronger... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, June 25, 2015

My Planned Task For Today -- Part II

Well, I found out several things about myself in trying to do the task pictured in the video in my last post. 1. I didn't like doing it at all. 2. After processing 100, I found that I had two or three times that many still stuffed into places. I would have sworn I was not a hoarder of anything. 3. I... Sign in to see full entry.

Headlines (What is this?)