The wife got LASIK done yesterday, and I can understand why.  I hate wearing glasses.  It doesn’t bother me so much until I get scratches on the lenses.  In the waiting room, they initially asked if I wanted to watch.  “Hell, no!” was my first response.  An hour later, and it was her turn.  Curiosity…

The worst part about being busy is how things never seem to get done.  It’s do this for a little bit, then move onto that.  Ooops!  Forgot about this one thing.  Before I realize what was happened, I have ten things that are about half finished.  I finally got the barn expansion one.  There is…

Nothing makes me feel better (and more pain) than hard work.  I am not talking about working hard at writing a books, burning code, or any other activity that has me sitting on my ass.  I am talking about lifting wet 2x10x20 headers in place, holding them with one arm while they are screwed in…

The next few days will be very busy.  Last night was taken up by parent/teacher conferences for the kids followed by mountains of homework and changing the break pads on the Pilot.  Today and tomorrow is filled with construction.  I have a couple of guys coming over to help build the leanto on the back…

I am really not looking forward to winter this year.  I do not feel like I got enough of summer.  There is a lot of work that needs done when it gets cold, and doing most of that work just gets harder.  When it snows, I have to blade the driveway and start by 6:00AM…

I often wonder how people can be so delusional.  I understand if there is some form of mental illness, but there are a lot of delusional people out there.  There are people who swear disaster will never strike them.  There are people who think a weapons-free America would mean no crime.  I have to think…

I HATE (notice the bold, underline, and italicized nature of that word) the time change.  It gets dark way too early and makes everyone in my household feel tired and worthless.  Getting dark is not always bad though.  It leaves inside work that was put off because of it being nice and sunny available to be…

I never fully understood why we change the clocks twice a year other than to throw everything out of whack.  It does not save any energy in my house.  I’m still home during the same times.  It is usually light by the time I leave and light when I get home.  In the later parts…

Within the last week or two, a decent sized tree came down on the electric fence.  The fence is off with nothing being in that area.  I cut up the tree, inspected the fence, and found that only two wires came undone.  I re-crimped those wires and began to ratchet the high-tensile wire tight.  First…