After all the miscellaneous snow and salting complaints in the complex died out, of course having been almost exclusively from the exact lot of people who do usual complaining, I have made a half-serious resolution to write … The Fisher Park Chronicles (I thought of calling it the Chronicles of Tardia, but the ghost and [...]

Aunt Bobbie and cousin Bink (Frank III) couldn’t make it for the Holidays, but after an early Wigilia (so Mer’s parents could get home before dark in potentially inclement weather), we called them and also rang up my Dad and Kathy, wishing him a happy 70th birthday (thought 70 was a few years from now, [...]

Merry and I went to the Chamber of Comerce “Member Appreciation Luncheon” today, and the presentation was about “Etiquette” for improving business. Unfortunately, it was all about which fork to use, what food not to order, and where to put your napkin and when. It was also suggested that you shake a woman’s hand web-to-web [...]

“American Isolationism and Globalist Reality” http://kentropolis.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=171

Dear Abby: Out of the blue this morning, my wife starting talking about firewall breaching, forced log-offs, DOS attacks and “chat tunnels” – I never even heard of that last one. And recently, I caught her hunting down the physical location of IP addresses based on recent traffic to her site. Adn now she wants [...]

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No, I didn’t get my but kicked on Halo (which I haven’t been able to re-install since I defragged last week because I can’t find the product key). Coming back from the farm on Thursday, in my usual zoned-after-all-that-work state, I got tagged with a laser at1300 feet going 72 mph. I even had a [...]

Sprinfield in the Simpsons(TM) is in NEW YORK! They showed the episode today where Lisa tours the country for an essay/speech contest. They pan from state to state across the MidWest, then show NYC and Long Island, and then right there on the map just upstate (White Plains? Poughkipsee?) is a three-eyed fish icon and [...]

That’s right, I’m talking to you. This is a note to apologize for not “passing on” or “sending back” your lovely animated, huge-lettered poems with midi music, or free offers for computers and trips to Disney or a cure for some non-existent little girl’s illness if your email gets sent to millions of other people, [...]

I just made a “friends only” journal entry about a big Christmas surprise. I am SO happy about this. We’re going to keep it a secret from Chrissy (oops, almost spelled it Chrissie again), but I have to arrange having her a few extra hours. I know her mom and I can work something out. [...]

(For those of the non-Polish persuasion, Wigilia is Christmas Eve Supper) I just found out —– my Aunt / Godmother and my cousing Binki (“Dr. Frank Pasquale III”) are coming for Christmas! But this entry is private because we’re keeping it a surprise for my daughter. I can’t wait to see her face. I’m actuall [...]

I always tell people that gas prices are around where they should be compared to when I started driving in 1987 and we’ve been spoiled with low prices for so long. People looked at the numbers on the pump and thought I was crazy. Of course, they were wrong. And I was EXACTLY RIGHT, but [...]