Damn! Let’s see if I can work my way backwards…

Finishing up stuff around the house. Made a beef stew for dinner that was/maybe the best beef stew I’ve ever made. SWMBO went back for seconds!

Yesterday, Tuesday, SWMBO went in to her office cause she had to give some kind of lecture to a bunch of her Doc’s. Mostly did stuff around the house (dishes, laundry, etc) and worked on that GDMFSOBB of a media server. Completely reinstalled Windows (how many times have I done that in my life!?) and the video drivers, etc. Can get it to show either on the tv or the monitor but not both. Bummer! Went to bed sort of early as I had a headache.

Monday last: Went out to the property and cut up some trees for firewood. Splurged and bought a new chain for my chainsaw and cut 4 trees in the same time it took me to cut one up last time I went out. Took some video I’m going to make into a time-lapse video with music for my regular site.

Sunday: Nice day out at the property. Not as nice as Saturday; but nice. Moved dirt around and dropped another tree.

Saturday: NICE day out. Get Naked nice! Moved some dirt around but had a half-assed headache so I stripped down and got my lounger out and just layed around in the sun. And wouldn’t you know it; two dirt bikers came up my road. So I got my shorts on and read them the riot act about going under peoples chains or over their gates. One of them looks at me and says "We’ll leave if you want us to". "Well, Duh!" Says I. "I didn’t want you up here in the first place. That’s why I put the chain across the road!" So they left. I went back to laying out. Headache didn’t really go away but it wasn’t bothering me as much.

Friday was our usual ’date night’. If I remember right we went to the Family Pancake House for brunch and made our usual Albertson’s stop. Battlestar Galactica was excellent as usual!

I honestly believe they have more commercial than show when Smallville is on. That’s the only time I watch that channel so I really have no idea if they’re like that when other shows are on; but it sure bugs the HELL out of me for the hour I do watch them. I’d be willing to bet they ’time compress’ Smallville so they can show more commercials too. I’m at the point of completely skipping watching Smallville on "The CW" and just download and watch it on Friday’s. And I’m almost at the same point with Battlestar Galactica on the Sci-Fi Channel. I’m too damned old to waste so much time watching commercials geared towards 20 year olds or old guys that want to ’keep some of the gray’ and have a bigger dick OR a dick that works.

Not too much going on around here. This hanging around the house SUCKS! I’m really thinking of looking for a job. A real job. Maybe go to Flagger School or something where I can pretty much choose the jobs I want to do. Then if we do get financing for our dome I can stop to work on that without really inconveniencing anyone else.

Reading over my last post I noticed that I completely skipped last Tuesday. Of course, so much time has gone by that I have absolutely no idea what the hell I did last Tuesday. Oh yeah, I unloaded the wood from my truck, split and stacked most of it and messed around the house the rest of the day.

SWMBO went to her office for her usual Wednesday "face" time; but came home by 2000 or so. Strange having her around on a Wednesday night. Then she got up early (for her) this morning and drove over to the other side to help her brother (Bob) look for a car. She said she’d be back by 1400, and was actually back by 1300. Twice in one week she’s on time or early?!?!?! Will wonders never cease?

Got off my lazy old man ass today and went to the bank. Stopped by COSTCO and dropped a cool $48 on ’stuff’. Been working on ’web site’ stuff. Took a break to see if I could break a 747-400 taking off from San Diego International. I can. Smallville was Killer, as usual. Made some music that’s kinda sorta been running through my head for one of my Sunset video’s. Now I gotta convert it to an flv file, make a page for it and upload it. Think I’ll go do that now…

What Movie Is This From? (Yes, I know)

Catch up time, I suppose!

Last Sunday. What the hell did I do last Sunday? Got up early. Went to church for the first hour (and SWMBO gave a really nice compliment about my singing hymn 142). Came home. After that my mind is totally blank about Sunday. Damn Getting Old Anyway!

Monday I did get out to the property and cut a bit of wood. Pushed over some more trees working on the side yard I want. Was nice but NOT warm up there. I’ve either lost my skill at sharpening my chainsaw blade or the damn thing is getting so old it refuses to hold an edge.

Today, Wednesday, was a pretty normal Wednesday. I hung around the house doing things cause it’s just too expensive for me to get out to the property everyday now. Damn, still got dishes to do. Better get on that or SWMBO will be eating her morning cereal from a plate.

A lot of Americans have become so insulated from reality that they imagine < ?xml:namespace prefix = st1 />America can suffer defeat without any inconvenience to themselves. Absolutely No Profiling! Pause a moment, reflect back: These events are actual events from history. They really happened! Do you remember?< ?xml:namespace prefix = o />

1. 1968 Bobby Kennedy was shot and killed by a:
Muslim male extremist between the ages of 17 and 40.

2.. In 1972 at the Munich Olympics, athletes were kidnapped and massacred by:
Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.

3. In 1979, the US embassy in Iran was taken over by:
Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.

4. During the 1980’s a number of Americans were kidnapped in Lebanon by:
Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.

5. In 1983, the US Marine barracks in Beirut was blown up by:
Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.

6. In 1985 the cruise ship Achille Lauro was hijacked and a 70 year old American passenger was murdered and thrown overboard in his wheelchair by:
Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.

7. In 1985 TWA flight 847 was hijacked at Athens, and a US Navy diver trying to rescue passengers was murdered by:
Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.

8. In 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 was bombed by:
Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.

9. In 1993 the World Trade Center was bombed the first time by:
Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.

10. In 1998, the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania were bombed by:
Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.

11. On 9/11/01, four airliners were hijacked; two were used as missiles to take out the World Trade Centers and of the remaining two, one crashed into the US Pentagon and the other was diverted and crashed by the passengers. Thousands of people were killed by:
Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.

12. In 2002 the United States fought a war in Afghanistan against:
Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.

13. In 2002 reporter Daniel Pearl was kidnapped and murdered by:
Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.

No, I really don’t see a pattern here to justify profiling, do you? So, to ensure we Americans never offend anyone, particularly fanatics intent on killing us, airport security screeners will no longer be allowed to profile certain people. They must conduct random searches of 80-year-old women, little kids, airline pilots with proper identification, secret agents who are members of the President’s security detail, 85-year old Congressmen with metal hips, and Medal of Honor winner and former Governor Joe Foss, but leave Muslim Males between the ages of 17 and 40 alone lest they be guilty of profiling.

As the writer of the award winning story ’Forrest Gump’ so aptly put it, ’Stupid is as stupid does.’

Was watching a show on Discovery or History (one of those "learning" channels anyway) and they were talking about alternative ways to generate electricity. One segment said we could use a thousand square miles of Nevada to build solar collectors and provide all the power America needs. Or we could use about the same amount of space in Illinois (or somewhere up north) to build windmill farms and do the same. Well, what about Death Valley in Southern California? I mean, what else is it being used for? We could put up both solar collectors and windmills. Hook the solar collectors to water pipes and generate some steam also. That should generate even more electricity. Oh, sure, the poisonous snakes, lizards, tarantulas and scorpions would have to find somewhere else to live; maybe we could move them to Gila Bend, Arizona.

Friday ’date nite’ was great. Got to spend time with SWMBO. We drove to the Silverdale Mall and ate "Mall Food" for brunch. Then walked the mall to use up some of those calories. We broke another of our personal records also. WE WALKED RIGHT PAST BARNES & NOBLE without stopping. Battlestar Galactica was pretty good! All the ’hidden’ Cylons are going nuts. Crazy.

Today, Saturday, I got out to the property to cut some firewood. Also felled 3 more big trees to clear the area I want for a yard after we build our dome. Nice day out! Not nice enough to get naked but almost. For dinner SWMBO made Tuna sandwiches and I went to the store and bought chips. Was good. She also MOWED today! Wow! (She mows, I do dishes. Course, I do dishes about 150 times for each time she mows but it all works out in the end.)