And So It Begins…

The first of the year brought in winter to North Dallas. Got cold As usual, most of the country had actual winter. We've been enjoying 60-70 degrees or more every day. Day one of the new year, we started off running the AC. I left to go out at around 5PM, the temp had dropped … Continue reading And So It Begins… →

How Would You Know?

I had big plans for this week. Big Plans. I did the cooking for Christmas and New Years and one of the things I tried out was a recipe for 'Hoppin' John Jambalaya". Seemed awesome. I planned on a victorious post outlining how I made this amazing dish. In reality, it pretty much sucked. To … Continue reading How Would You Know? →

Job Satisfaction

It's been a long week. I've been off for it all, since my company takes the week between Christmas and New Years off, worldwide. Nice. I've tried getting as many projects done as I could, one small, one big per day. I have a stack of tile in the garage - the floor for the … Continue reading Job Satisfaction →

Jasper “F-s” around and finds out.

Tomorrow is trash day. So before I got busy on my afternoon project, I emptied the trash in a bag to take out. But I didn't notice that Jasper had followed me back into 'officer territory'. The bedrooms are off limits to the dogs, and are the realm of Bonzai, my ancient cat. Must have … Continue reading Jasper “F-s” around and finds out. →

Funny Stuff

Herself bought the dogs a few small rawhide bones to keep them occupied while we had guests over for dinner after Christmas. Far as I can tell, the only part left is the knot from one end. It's about the size of a golf ball, maybe smaller, and there's no reason on this planet it … Continue reading Funny Stuff →

A big day, all around.

Christmas was a huge day here. First all the kids and grandkids were coming so we had to board Jasper and Aria. Jasper is a spaz and the grandkids get scared of him. Aria really doesn't like little people, and not being able to hide in her crate in quiet, she gets unpredictable. Well, unpredictable … Continue reading A big day, all around. →

Finding a Carving Knife

The Feral Irishman had a most up the other day asking for comments on decent cooking knives. The results are here. The series got me thinking that I plan on roasting some beasts for Christmas dinner, and I may need a new carving knife. Hell, I'm a guy. Any excuse, right? I have a cheapie … Continue reading Finding a Carving Knife →

Merry Christmas

I'm sitting here editing tons of video. So I have time on my hands. As long as the audio plays OK, I don't really have to stare at the video the whole time. Thank God! This stuff is dry as toast. I was pondering a Christmas post, but as usual those on my blogroll do … Continue reading Merry Christmas →

Fun Dog Pic Friday

Jet will guard my wife whenever she's in the front yard. Usually he does this by holding vigil at the side gate. I guess here, he has a better view. Interestingly, he'll watch me for awhile if I'm out there, but will get board and lumber off to snooze or play with Jasper. Also funny.... … Continue reading Fun Dog Pic Friday →

Should’ve Known Better

I had a job interview the other day. I'm not really looking, but I had a request from LinkedIn, I had interviewed with them in the past, so I figured, why not. The requestor is a pretty well known network security shop, after all. Indeed. I found out though since the same damn thing happened … Continue reading Should’ve Known Better →