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I’d planned to visit my mother’s gravesite Sunday. I’ve not gone back there since the funeral in September. But Sunday came, and visiting there didn’t feel right. I was actually OK with everything until about 9:30 Sunday night, when Older Sister called. Mom’s estate is still tied up, she reported, but it should be resolved…
The politics of a small, family held company ….
Shay has a good point. How could a large mega-company force a small, privately held company to sell? Well, the rest of the story was like this. An executive from the mega-company in question was overheard saying in a public place that they would either purchase us, or grind us into the dirt. This company…
Time Lapsed (Picture Intensive)
I’ve been taking pictures throughout the day. It makes me feel like I have some control over a situation that is quite out of control. This was my deck at 2:00 pm. My deck at 3:30pm. My deck at 7:00. I stuck a yardstick in the snow. Right now, at 7:30, it reads 21.5 inches….
Whoa, guys!
I was just saying where my doctor disappeared to yesterday. No opinions of my own were voiced in that entry. Really. Honestly. Cross my heart and hope to die. As I told MRG, something is wrong when a surgeon has to pay in excess of $180,000 in annual malpractice insurance and another is turned down…
Classless
Last evening was a madhouse. I didn’t get out of work until 4:30 for my 5:00 dentist appointment. Fortunately there was little traffic, so I wasn’t late. However…. My longer-time readers (you masochists know who you are) will recall my confession of several years back, when I made my first dental appointment in a long…
Another reason to like cats.
A cat will sit washing his face within two inches of a dog in the most frantic state of barking rage, if the dog be chained. – Carl van Vechten I have an ongoing battle concerning the thermostat in my office. To understand my dilemma, you must first understand that my office area is in…