First post of a new millennium (of posts) – yeah, no pressure.

At the Store, the bookcases are going in with a minimum of fuss and bother. There was a mis-measurement or mis-communication about the measurements (I didn’t measure, I’m just installing this time) so there was a slight mix up about the shorter wall – we ended up moving the cases after putting some slatwall back up, and then taking back down. No problems, though – all in a day’s work. Today I start on the upper cases. They all need to be cut down, and one section over the doorway between the two walls will require some fancy rework. The driving factor for the rework is the library ladder that was included in the bookcase purchase. The Education Room is really starting to look a lot more library-ish – most of the existing bookcases are being re-purposed and replacing slatwall shelving. It’s going to look pretty good in there once it’s finished. The whole project should be completed by end of day Saturday, God willing.

Have a good Thursday – remember to wear Red tomorrow.

Chat ya later…

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Really? I mean, really?

This is a shot of the remote reader for the backyard thermometer. Top figure is outside, second down is inside. Then the time (Mountain Standard Time), last line is the date and day. Took the shot with my camera phone, not too bad of quality for a snapshot. Here it is March, other parts of the country are getting snow fer cryin’ out loud, and I’m sitting here waiting for the sun to go down so I can work in my garage.

Sheesh.

On a side note – today marks what would have been Dad’s 83rd birthday. He passed away in 1992, at the tender age of 64, on the morning of Mom and Dad’s 42nd wedding anniversary. I still miss you, Pop. I always will.

Chat ya later…

Thank you for stopping by, In GOD We Trust, God bless you all, don’t buy or breed cats or dogs while homeless pets die (spay, neuter & adopt a pet, one by one, until there are none), Wear Red on Fridays, and support Warriors for Innocence!

You might remember my conversation with a certain Texas Mayor (who, by the way, never did answer the question) that got his knickers in a twist. Seems Texas is having an outbreak of some type, what with the Mayor of Rowlett, Texas getting his knickers in a twist when he was called on a procedural issue that led to a nasty little public face off. Head over there to Fred’s place and read all about it. I’m not going to get directly involved in this one, but I would like to ask all you voters out there to do at least as much research on your own local politicos as needed, before just rubber-stamping them back into office.

Remember, political office was envisioned as a duty to be shared by all, not a career path to be taken by a few.

In other news – the City of Phoenix is experiencing more fiscal overages, as their recent citing of my Pastor for having a Bible study at his house attests. No, not the original citing two or three years ago – this is a fresh, brand new one. Won’t the city be surprised to find out that they are going to be sued in Federal Court for violating the First Amendment rights of a private citizen? I’ll bet they suddenly plead fiscal inability to defend themselves, what with the rotten economy right now, in spite of being able to pursue a vendetta against a private citizen …

Chat ya later…

Thank you for stopping by, In GOD We Trust, God bless you all, don’t buy or breed cats or dogs while homeless pets die (spay, neuter & adopt a pet, one by one, until there are none), Wear Red on Fridays, and support Warriors for Innocence!

My, how time flies when you’re having fun.

The store move has been going well. Most of the heavy moving was accomplished the Sunday afternoon after the Bag Sale (speaking of which, manners! my goodness, that’s your kid you are modeling that behavior to!) with the help of a couple of young men from the area high school. (No, the whole store is not moving location, just fixtures within the store are being rearranged for a fresh look.) (hey, that’s two parenthetic asides in one paragraph – anyone know the record?)

Tuesday afternoon, the carpets were cleaned. Now, it’s just a case of rearranging stock and making room for the arrivals from the Toy Fair orders. Since I am closing in on the one year anniversary, I should start seeing the cycle start to repeat itself.

As an aside, I made a complete check of my files and whatnot (kind of a useless endeavor, after Bushwack already combed through the databases) and it appears that The O Word is none the worse for wear after the DDoS attack last week (h/t to Texas Fred).

Chat ya later…

Thank you for stopping by, In GOD We Trust, God bless you all, don’t buy or breed cats or dogs while homeless pets die (spay, neuter & adopt a pet, one by one, until there are none), Wear Red on Fridays, and support Warriors for Innocence!

WordPress version 3.1, that is – it’s new yesterday, so I’ve upgraded today. Any takers on when the incremental update will come out? I’m thinking Monday, the 28th.

Trusty Steed is back at work. I picked it up Tuesday evening, and it runs really well now. It has, however, developed a bit of a wander in the steering, and that’s the next item to look at. By “bit of a wander” I mean I look like a drunk driving down the road. It’s really – uhm, interesting – at highway speeds. Tomorrow morning we’ll be taking a close look at it.

Tomorrow afternoon, TMBWitW has promised I could take advantage of a coupon special – as many holes as I can golf after 1430 hours for $19.00. I’m kinda rusty, so this may be more fun than intended!

Chat ya later…

Thank you for stopping by, In GOD We Trust, God bless you all, don’t buy or breed cats or dogs while homeless pets die (spay, neuter & adopt a pet, one by one, until there are none), Wear Red on Fridays, and support Warriors for Innocence!