Rants, musings, and other general purpose blog entries reflecting the thoughts du jour.
Alex surprised me today on the way to his school by mentioning that our state is amongst the ones "voting for President" tomorrow on Super Tuesday which I'm sure he saw on his favourite news programme this morning. I explained to him as best I could in terms he'd understand that we weren't really voting for the President but rather voting to choose who will be allowed to stand for election in November when we…
Sooooooo…I discovered that my DirecTV which has been flaking out a bit of late has decided it doesn't want to serve up HD channels and it's missed a couple of recordings it shouldn't have. Not terribly surprisingly, I saw the 771 error message and the diagnostics say that the dish is mis-aligned which means "send human to sort this out straightaway!" Then begins the fun of calling for service to a call centre where clearly…
Just spent the last 3.5 hours writing up a proposal politely suggesting to Wake County that their assessment of my home's tax value was utter bollocks and suggesting a more appropriate number for them to use. After going through this in 2016, I had thought that I had four more years to play with as NC counties normally only do this once every eight years but our friends at the assessor's office want to strike…
Canes lose both their goalies to injury and the emergency backup goalie who is a maintenance worker and Zamboni driver with the Marlies comes into the game in relief. #90 David Ayres stands tall and shakes off two early goals against to stone the Leafs in the third and win his first NHL game at the tender age of 42. Unbelievable! A new Canes legend has been born 40 years to the day from the…
To those that would say that us Southerners can’t appreciate modern art, I would suggest their idea is utter bollocks! This bit of artwork comes after soon after our latest SnowpocalypseTM !
I was in need of a decent song to lift my mood a bit so I can work through some tasks this morning whilst the virtual schooling is going on and WFOX once again came through: Amy Grant's "Find a Way" WFOX. Plays only music that I like, always open to requests, and NO COMMERCIAL INTERRUPTIONS…EVER!!! :)
