Woe is Mac

Blog entries here have hit a major speed bump. My darling iMac of 10 months is sick, very sick.
Luckily I bought health insurance for iMac, so she’s in triage now and due for surgery when a critical, electrifying organ is delivered, probably from the hinterland of China.
So, video of the historic house move, my photos [...]

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That’s SO cool!

So, the day has arrived, almost.
At dawn tomorrow, the church parsonage house across the street from my own abode moves once again, its third relocation.
The move was supposed to happen LAST summer, somewhere around July 4. But complications arose at the destination site, mostly I believe, the addition of a basement, which took time for [...]

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Mountain quest

I’m happy to report that I can still ski. Whew.
It had been 10 years or more since I strapped waxed sticks onto storm-trooper boots and hurtled down a snow-covered slope. That’s quite shameful, considering I live less than two hours from mountains topped in frozen precipitation, some of the only water that falls here [...]

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Fun with animals

Call me crazy, but I’ve been taking my POS point-and-shoot camera to bed with me. It seems the animals enjoy playtime when the day winds down … or they crowd me to the point I’m tempted to sleep on the couch. Who needs a $1,000 Sealy mattress anyway??
Here, Noir kitten goes paw to paw with [...]

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Super weekend

Even though I worked on Super Bowl Sunday, I had a great day. With a potluck planned for the newsroom gang, I had a busy morning preparing my vegetarian chili … and got a kick out of watching Katy and the cat, Noir, get to know each other.
Rather than wax on about it, I figured [...]

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