Fall is definitely upon us now. It took ages for the leaves to start changing around here, and even though they have, everything still looks so green and lively. But for the past couple of days it has gotten very cold and today, on top of being cold and cloudy, it’s also windy as hell. [...]

We got a rather unexpected thunderstorm yesterday that included lots of wind, rain, and hail. Not to mention it also managed to knock the power out for a couple of hours as well. This morning there was a nice bit of fog rolling about when I went outside. However, the fog that was present this [...]

With the way that Denali acts you would think I starve my kitties. She’s always hungry and anytime she thinks I have food she begs for it. If she finds plastic on the floor she likes to chew on it and look up at me as if to say “see, I’m so hungry I’m chewing [...]

Years ago some kids took great pleasure in driving around our neighborhood banging up mailboxes. As soon as you replaced your mailbox they returned and smashed it in again. Eventually it was written as a lost cause and a good amount of people switched to P.O. boxes. A couple of years back I purchased a [...]

I’ve been spending a lot of time tinkering around in Adobe Photoshop here lately. I created a new layout for The Symposium at long last. Granted it kept the same structure as the old one, but the graphics and color scheme are definitely new. That layout let me experiment with some of the basics of [...]

It rained almost all day long yesterday so the cats spent the day inside. Well, Denali was outside in the rain for a few minutes because she slipped out the door, but for the most part the kitties stayed inside and did not get to go outside at all. So, since it’s starting to get [...]

I’ve been putting in applications all over town this past week hopping for a callback, a nibble, just something. So far nothing to report. I’ve even begun investigating the numerous work at home venues. A few are promising, such as the call center ones, but I need to have a landline and high speed internet [...]