Category Archives: News

Just the news, big deals, not-so-big deals, birthday, anniversaries, announcements, mostly timely stuff. The news that applies to the personal world around me, not what you watch on cable or listen to on the radio.

Vegas 2013: Day Four, victory is mine!

Posted on October 1, 2013 by Steve

The half-way point of our vacation and we wisely beat the crowd for breakfast at Paris, a tradition we forgot to undertake last year. I will never deny that the Outfit was a bunch of criminals responsible for numerous, vicious … Continue reading →

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Saluti! It’s Italian Heritage Month 3 and National Pizza Month

Posted on October 1, 2013 by Steve

The stars are aligned today! I accidentally posted that cat movie earlier because I didn’t know it was officially National Pizza Month until I was researching further sources for famous Italians and a cool header. Sure it’s a stereotype but pizza … Continue reading →

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Vegas 2013: Day Three, we upgraded (again)!

Posted on September 30, 2013 by Steve

One mixed-bag element of timeshare ownership is the meeting during every visit. On the downside there’s the half day eaten up by a presentation, conversation, etc. To compensate, you get tickets to shows and fed. Surprisingly I have enjoyed the majority … Continue reading →

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Vegas 2013: Day Two, Thursday Night Football!

Posted on September 28, 2013 by Steve

Our first real, full day here. With the site-wide Wi-Fi, things are a lot easier. I couldn’t resist on not checking my work stuff. Holy buckets, over 100 e-mails already in 36 hours. My favorite was from the boss (Eddie … Continue reading →

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Hunter and his first portable, obviously an Apple

Posted on September 27, 2013 by Steve

What started out as a relaxing Saturday afternoon before our vacation in a couple days ended abruptly with a phone call from my sister-in-law Anje. Somehow her brother received a free MacBook Pro through another person who insanely didn’t want … Continue reading →

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Vegas 2013: Day One, Arrival!

Posted on September 26, 2013 by Steve

This year’s Las Vegas Pilgrimage, dubbed LV 2013, is my ninth trip here, our seventh together, and fifth stay at Tahiti Village. So far it’s off to a great start, especially with the flight. Southwest moved the departure time up … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday to Somara, my wife of 10 years

Posted on September 25, 2013 by Steve

Is it a stereotype, fact or a mix of things about husbands forgetting their wives’ birthdays? Same for anniversaries. In our household, it’s actually the opposite. Yes, I, the man, always know when Somara’s birthday is, what day we got … Continue reading →

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September ’13 for this week…1998!

Posted on September 24, 2013 by Steve

This week’s header came from a lucky burst of inspiration so it didn’t take too long to put together. Normally when I get started, I do a Google-based search for the year and see which images appear. Often it’s nothing … Continue reading →

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New glasses! Finally

Posted on September 21, 2013 by Steve

Years of procrastination finally came to a head this week when I lost my only functional pair of glasses. Just what we needed right before our pending vacation, as if the car bullshit weren’t enough. No glasses isn’t the end … Continue reading →

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Our interim set of wheels

Posted on September 20, 2013 by Steve

Tuesday was the day Somara took off from work to start sorting out getting our car repaired. The body shop said the Honda was “undrive-able” based upon the damage their guys saw. How soon will the work be completed? So … Continue reading →

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Ahoy! Happy Talk Like Pirate Day 2013!

Posted on September 19, 2013 by Steve

Me favorite holiday in September mateys! Course you can’t use such manner of speakin’ with the customers at me job. Sadly, I don’t own any pirate garb. I had to settle fer objects that were a real stretch: Clash Chucks (there’s … Continue reading →

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September ’13 for this week…1993!

Posted on September 15, 2013 by Steve

Moving up another five years, I brought back the animation/comedy darlings of then, ol’ Beavis & Butt-head. What do they have to do with back-to-school stuff? They were high school students or upper-end junior high students, depends upon the type … Continue reading →

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Happy 20th Anniversary to the Silders

Posted on September 12, 2013 by Steve

Good gravy! Twenty years? Has it been so long? Yes and I’m glad they continue to defend their position of being in second place for couples I know. (First remains with the Baedkes.) The plan? No idea. It’s a school … Continue reading →

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Rear-ended, yet again

Posted on September 11, 2013 by Steve

What was going to be a routine evening of Arby’s (mmm, jamocha shake!), The Simpsons Season Six on DVD and a carb coma ended with this. Yeesh! Our poor Honda can’t get any relief since this is its fourth accident; all of … Continue reading →

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Nailed my average for 2013

Posted on September 10, 2013 by Steve

Most doctors will tell you that 30 minutes/day of cardio-based exercise is the goal to stay in decent shape. The time objective I’m working toward is 150 minutes/week which is a ways off. However, I did achieve an average distance … Continue reading →

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