Confusion reigns . . . sometimes

. . . and now it's Tuesday.

It took some adjustment, last week, to remember that Wednesday was not Monday.

I should explain, huh?

MB and I flew back to the Midwest the previous week so we could attend the last Grandparents Day for the youngest grandchild back there.
Whilst we were there we also attended a number of other events, including volleyball and soccer games.
We also saw the weather change dramatically for the second year in a row.

I won't go negative here and complain about the issues we had with rental vehicles because it was about the vehicles and not the company that rented the vehicle to us.

Anyway, somehow my mind, after spending most of the day Tuesday flying some 3100 miles to get home.
Yeah, Wednesday felt like a Monday.

pretty sure today's Tuesday

Yep. . . that was the word

I found this after the last post.

Post by BuzzFeed Video.

It's a mood changer.

temporarily, anyway

With apologies to the BP

I'm not sure I'm pleased with the title.
That's mostly because I'm not so certain a true Englishman necessarily likes being called a Brit.

OTOH I did pretty good with the vocabulary lesson.
I was wrong about zucchini and failed to select "Both" as an answer for another question.

So... now you're asking why did I post this?
It means I have another day before I have to sort out what I am going to post about the weekend.

called sandbagging

Nothin' new here

GS has had no reaction to her procedure . . .other than being tired because somebody made her get out of bed before even the Sun made its appearance.

While we were at SRMC, yesterday, PHG made a second batch [looked for a better word   . . .isn't one] of apricot jam.
We now know what everyone is getting for Christmas [oops, sorry] the next major holiday following Thanksgiving.

The next project on the list is jalapeño jelly.
This time we will probably not be purchasing the peppers, but using the ones from out own garden.
What we lack in jalapeños can be made up for with Fresno chiles.

You may have heard we have a little wildfire in our neck of the woods.
I saw something about the Bully Fire on the national news last night.
It's burning in the hills about 20 miles west of here, in an area so remote . . .there's only one through road . . .it takes an hour to drive there.

The optimists said, last week, when it was 1800 acres, they would have it contained by this Friday.
They have since adjusted that outlook, since it is now 8000 acres, to next Wednesday.

Misty goes for a cosmetic procedure today.
The wrinkles and scrapes in the posterior will be smoothed over.
I am not looking forward to having just one vehicle available.
The Mustang is 20 years old and car years are kinda like dog years.
Fortunately, we know how the Mustang has been treated over those years.
There's not much about that car that a little paint [and some work on the driver side window mechanism] won't fix.

Cars are almost like pets for some of us.

thinking about getting a cat
. . .someday

I've been challenged

Or is it, I've been goaded?
Nah... inspired is the word I want.
Now, the trick is to actually write something that will make some sense.
That means, dear reader, you will have to come back another time if you want to see what it is.
Then, I'm not sure it will be such a great story anyway.
The reason you have to wait is I only have a topic.
It is almost ancient history,.. almost!

It is what is sometimes called a sea story

I should have time to work on it later today,
...maybe some time tomorrow,
...and with any luck at all,
...you should see something by July,
...or Saturday.

maybe sooner

Bonus Black Friday post

Actually it is a link to the San Bernardino Sun.
Typically, I had to search for the location from which the website originated.
The header just says THE SUN, which one might surmise it was a certain British Tabloid.

Rialto police vehicles sit outside a Rialto Walmart Thursday night November 28, 2013 after 3 seperate altercations took place at the store Thursday night. Police officers descended on Walmart in Rialto after a brawl between two men injured a police officer who tried to break up the fight Thursday ...

If you're truly interested, you can get the full story here.

Somebody must've told those folks there were six fewer shopping days until Christmas.
So they surmised they'e have to fight tooth and nail to make sure they got what they wanted.

Who'da thunk we'd be using Thanksgiving to measure how much greed there is.

I kinda think the merchants who've created this atmosphere should be cited by the police or other public safety organizations and fined for having an attractive nuisance.
Why should the taxpayers have to foot the bill for this?
Or, better yet, the merchants should be required to hire Blackwater to secure their premises.

good grief

Another glorious Saturday morning

We've finally had a break in the weather.
What I mean is, the temperatures are about where they usually are this time of year.
There've been a few clouds to tease us.
Otherwise it is still dry.
I don't think I have ever had to run the lawn sprinklers this late into the year.

Anyway... the sunshine is glorious, there are few clouds, and the leaves are turning.
(not to mention that a wind squall came through yesterday morning and deposited a ton oak leaves and acorns in the front yard)

I may be back later [after the bagel run].

at the moment there's nothing to add

Every week

Other bloggers have regular features they post like clockwork.
Some even have a theme every day of the week.
Here, you never know what to expect.
Even the language can run to slang and dialect.
About the only guarantee you will get from this blogger is Monday can happen just about any time [and when it does happen, it means there's some news].
We also have Fridays [known as routine Fridays] on almost any day of the week.
They do not occur on the thirteenth of any month [that's another whole category].
One of the things to which I most look forward is the conclusions others make about my posts.
I will remind everyone to check the title of the blog again.
Another blogger said something about one post being a stream of consciousness.
Pretty much all of my posts are like that, unless I am relating a tale about someone else.
Then I usually choose my words more carefully, unless i don't care if I piss them off.
What those who know me will tell you is I am serious about what I do, not about myself.

actually those look like ear buds

life is a setup

Wait a minute!

Today's only Thursday.
Somehow I'd gotten into my head that this was Friday.
Time goes by fast enough that I don't need to lose a day through sheer carelessness.
Besides that would totally mess up the routine.
It's bad enough to have a Monday holiday coming up to take care of that.

Speaking of holidays...
I was remembering when I worked, I always seemed to have a job where we were open so others could enjoy the fruits of our labor.
I seldom had holidays off.
Heck, I seldom had weekends off... even when I was self-employed.
My employers were enlightened enough that there was extra compensation for those days and I can honestly say I really didn't miss having the time off.
No, what's hard to get used to is having to schedule routine things around those businesses that close on a holiday.
I'm not even going to discuss what Uncle Sam did ...at least not here, not now.
Sure
Happy
It's
Thursday

maybe when in a rotten mood

The weather's been wet [updated: close to 3 inches] the last few days.
So what. It's supposed to get that way around here this time of year.

I was perusing the statistics for the blog yesterday.
I realized the the most referrals come from two blogs created by recreational cyclists. What I mean is they ride for pleasure, but they ride a lot.
What's ironic is one of them posts about once a week and only mentions cycling occasionally. The other has posted only four times this year... all of those posts were in January.
'Tis a puzzlement.

Today's the day of the week I usually do updates. Instead I'm gonna think about packing for Thanksgiving.

because thinking is easier
than actually doing it

Weird ...or at least funny peculiar

Yesterday (July 30) I commented in response to a comment on another blog over on the other side of the International Date Line. Now I know they are one day ahead of us here on the West Coast, but it still seems strange to see tomorrow's date show up automatically at the bottom of a post.

So if tomorrow someone was to look at my comment over there, then immediately click to this post, it would appear I post this about eight hours later. When in actuality it's 32 hours later.

It's a small wonder they call it Oz.

Australia, that is

Retro

I went back and looked at what I posted last year on this date. The biggest changes are it's a year later and it's not Thursday.
That means, of course, I am too busy to come up with anything original and haven't any new photos.

some even applies this year, too

Y'all might remember

I posted about the belated Christmas Gift (maybe it hitchhiked for N. Carolina).

So finally we were able to place a piece of furniture that actually fits in the room, but looks just a little forlorn without something to adorn the top. We thought a few books would look good... and since we also read them, there is no lack of supply. What was missing were bookends.

With some trepidation, another search was entailed. A nearby branch of a national bookseller had just what appealed to us ...only it didn't have it.

It was sold out.




GS didn't even hesitate. She went to Suldog's favorite record store and found the exact same bookends ...and they wouldn't be shipped from North Carolina [Yep! it came from Florida]. This time, though, the shipment arrived in the promised time.



They look pretty good to me

both the books and the bookends

Uncle Skip gets political?

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Someday I may actually come out for someone. The last time I actually got on the bandwagon and supported a presidential candidate I wasn't old enough to vote. Nixon lost that election.

In my mind, somewhere, there's a small voice screaming, "Don't go there!"

I have to.

BTW - I won't say if my candidate was Kennedy or Nixon, nor will I say what political persuasion I am. Okay, I will say I'm not a Socialist, Anarchist, or Communist. We're getting way far away from where I was headed.

What I'm concerned about is that it seems the pols have reached a point where candidates are selected for all of the wrong reasons. That's at every level. It has become a case of what package looks best, not who will do what's best for the country [state, county, city, water board, fire district, etc.]. It seems the only qualification sought today is electability based on appearance and not on who can do the best job.

Anyway, that's about as political as I'll get... at least on my blog [grins]

gotta go take some pictures
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Finished

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To me, the most impressive thing about Atlas Shrugged is that it's kind of like the entire Harry Potter series in one book. What I mean is it's that long, but there's nary a break in continuity and the characters stay true to form. There certainly isn't as much action, and none of the characters are nearly as sympathetic.
I'm back to some lighter reading now, a thriller by James Patterson. I may not remember much about it next week, but who really cares?

Now that the Lions weekend is done, we can look forward to a jaunt to Sacramento next weekend to see family.

Speaking of Sacramento, I just recently found out the dates of the State Fair have been changed. The fair used to be held at the end of August up through Labor Day. Now it is held the last half of July. I've never been to Cal Expo, other than having been on the grounds for an equipment show some years ago.

Did I ever mention my high school is having a reunion this year? This one will be the first I've attended. I've been others class reunions, never one of my own.

It's getting close to time for the annual twin cousins get together. We're looking forward to that, too.

I haven't posted anything about the Giants lately... you know, the team that won the World Series last year. So anyway, the other teams is the division are still trying to catch up with them. Whoever coined the term, "It's torture" was right.

This has already become a short week.

time flies
.

Odds and ends

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That EIP provoked this post... but Google started it.

I think what I like best about this particular setup is the scene changes each time I log in and it gives me quick access to any number of things.



Ironically I forget regularly that there's access to the search engine right there at the top of the page.


I still have yet to come up with an answer for the question posed here.
Maybe it's because it keeps me out of bars?


Somebody emailed me the quote of the decade:



I'm thinking they mean the black print, not the red.


Yesterday I mentioned a book I'm reading. One thought that keeps coming to mind is the author must have been contracted to be paid by the word.


Have I mentioned the weather?
We are on out way from "Sunny" to "Hot."
The other day, the local meteorologist was gushing about how we'll probably get out of July having had only about five days of temps in the trip digits... like we've never had a "cool" July before?
I have my own theory - it's all running just a little behind schedule and August and September will make up for it.


Speaking of August... who was the rocket scientist that decided school should restart on August 15?

probably the same guy who
scheduled the summer sports
programs to end around the
first of June
.

It cooled down today

_

I was visiting another blog, where the subject of the weather was broached... 'nuff said.
Oh, wait... one more little thing I forgot to mention this morning. I was out to Happy Valley last night and was actually rained on. Usually this time of year, if there's any precipitation here, it evaporates long before it hits the ground, like in the picture below.



It was just one big ol' cloud that stretched across about 30 miles.
The NWS registered it as 61% humidity.

farmers market was a bust
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Currently

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Well, I guess we're in for a deluge of "wedding entertainment" for the rest of this week and part of the next? We shall know more about the day to day lives of William and Catherine than ...what?
I totally understand why the press is being encouraged to call her by her given name instead of "Kate." The Royal family doesn't wish anyone to confuse her with Kate Gosselin.
The timing for the wedding couldn't have been much better. It is helping the average citizen forget about Libya, Japan, Afghanistan, and the NFL lockout, not to mention the NHL and NBA second seasons. Oh, and maybe it is helping the readers of this blog forget that I am supposedly posting some kind of list?
I will let you know about ceiling repairs when I know more.

patience, grasshopper
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Yesterday

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Over on BP's blog I posted a comment. He like many other bloggers, including yours truly, requires word verification. So when I commented my verification word was

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I decided that it means you won't find be selling anything on the Internet... at least anything crafty.

sandbag long enough and
the list thing could
last 'til Thanksgiving

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It is amazing what we can find on the Internet today



There are ugly dogs singing TV show themes;



Religious controversy;

[I will spare you the image here]

Then there's things that people tweet about

There is no end to what one can find if they're [fill in the blank] enough.

hey! it beats
reading junk mail