Meeting with ComEd
Friday, September 28th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »The reliability of power in our neighborhood has been terrible. In the past 16 months, we have had more than 13 outages that have lasted more than one minute. That doesn't take into account the number of "blips" that last less than a minute. ...
Sometimes being good is a curse…
Thursday, September 27th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »I had an eye exam on Monday. It was the whole work up - dialation, pressure check, etc etc. After it was all done, I went to pay the bill and the lady told me the doc instructed her to give me ...
Seriously - that’s NEWS?
Monday, September 24th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Right now, the most viewed, most popular, and most emailed piece of news on the Yahoo! News site is "Seniors balk at ban on free doughnuts "I've got nothing against free doughnuts, but I would think this article would warrant ...
Another one down in the office dead pool
Sunday, September 23rd, 2007 Posted in work | 1 Comment »No one was willing to put the effort into securing an anonymous way to run a "dead pool" at our office, so we didn't. Last Friday, we were told of yet another departure. This time it was someone a little ...
Going to my sister’s
Sunday, September 23rd, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Over Labor day weekend, my sister hosted an entire houseful of guests. Here's who stayed at her house: Me, my wife and 2 kids, my mom, my brother (and his dog), my cousin, her hubby and their 2 kids. That's in ...
Webkinz
Sunday, September 16th, 2007 Posted in kids | 1 Comment »Â Webkinz (www.webkinz.com) is as hot as the old Cabbage Patch Kids, or the Tickle Me Elmo was back in their day. The difference is, it's actually cool. Webkinz are cheap little stuffed animals that come with a unique ID that allows you access ...
The Office Dead Pool
Sunday, September 16th, 2007 Posted in work | No Comments »A dead pool is a game of prediction which involves guessing when someone will die. A typical modern dead pool might have players pick out celebrities who they think will die within the year. Sometimes it's a bet where money ...
When someone owes you money
Friday, September 7th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | 3 Comments »We went to a group lunch yesterday. The service took way too long and the checks were all fouled up. To avoid greater problems (like paying part with a credit card), I loaned out all the cash I had (about ...
Nice ppl in our neighborhood
Tuesday, September 4th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »It's times like when there's a big problem that you find out what your neighborhood is like. We found that ours is quite cool. There were several people ready and willing to help us (and others) out simply because we ...
Water in my Basement - The Details
Tuesday, September 4th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | 6 Comments »I don't remember all of the details since it's been over a week, but I'll do what I can...Over a week ago now, our whole area got battered with storms and heavy rains for several days. On Thursday, August 23rd, ...