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Buonasera! It’s Italian Heritage Month IV…belatedly
Much like the Southern European nations’ stereotype, I’m late and behind schedule! However, unlike Italy’s ex-prime minister Silvio Berloscummy I don’t deserve prison nor are my excuses stronzate. The new month had a crazy start the afternoon of October first; I … Continue reading
Happy Birthday Somara!
Today is a pretty cool day for my wife of 11-plus years. It’s also her 16th birthday with me. I guess you could say our relationship is allowed to drive! Only a few more years before it can buy me … Continue reading
Arrr! Happy “Talk like a Pirate Day” 2014 matey!
Remember to batten down the hatches, put on yer best gear and prepare to take some booty! Oh yeah, real pirates don’t wear makeup!
First royal flush I’ve seen in 17 years and this time, it’s mine!
I remember the first time I saw someone get a royal flush at video poker. It was during my four weeks of living in Las Vegas for PowerComputing. We ate dinner at Caesar’s Palace and afterwards we played the game … Continue reading
Happy 21st Anniversary Silders
Now your marriage can legally buy a beer! If it were here in Las Vegas, according to the billboards selling “cards,” it could purchase weed too!
Happy Birthday Alex!
My late friend Ben’s little boy celebrates his birthday, I want to say it’s his third yet I might be wrong. I see updates from time to time courtesy of his mother, thanks Ami! I plan to be in Dallas … Continue reading
Belated greetings from Las Vegas XI or ’14B
Thanks to the server taking a dump yesterday afternoon despite my ongoing hypothesis it was the Web processes (hence, why I would remotely log in and just restart that part), something else is at work. Note to self, move this … Continue reading
Belated welcome to this little dude!
He’s the son of a relatively new co-worker named Dorian. Here the young man is sporting the humorous line from WryBaby.
Tesla skipped Texas despite Gov. Goodhair’s whoring
Last week, Nevada landed the so-called Tesla Gigafactory to produce batteries after Elon Musk successfully played multiple states off each other to subsidize his ego. Texas probably lost out due to the power of its car dealerships, they have a … Continue reading
Thirteen years at our house!
My Austin record keeps getting longer and longer! After my Gypsy upbringing throughout the first three decades of living on Earth, it is a relief to come home to a place that’s practically mine…once the mortgage is paid off. Some days … Continue reading
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Rest in Peace Cally
My good friend Jeremy’s cat passed away recently. Due to complications from renal failure and hyperthyroidism (something Miette suffers from now), Cally had to be euthanized. She did have a good run of 17 years (85 for a human) and … Continue reading
Glad this week (the last full one of August 2014)…is over!
It wasn’t all that bad, just exhausting. Way back on the previous Friday I received the tap to cover for a team manager who was out ill. He had been really sick so there was a huge workload to catch up … Continue reading
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Happy Birthday Steve!
My friend and charter fan-club member celebrates today. Well, I celebrate in my own way. I’m confident Steve has his own plans with Chance (his son) and someone special (I rudely forget her name, d’oh!). We in Austin send him … Continue reading
Welcome Charlotte!
The new daughter of our friends John and Regina! It happened nine days earlier but everyone knows there’s recovery time plus the immediate family gets first dibs. The big sister Savannah will have her hands full teaching ‘lotte the ropes. … Continue reading
Happy 15th Birthday Hunter!
The nephew I’ve spent the most time celebrates his day right before he leaves the States to go back to his new home (as of last Fall) of Qatar. Hunter and his family were here for about a month too. … Continue reading