Monthly Archives: April 2017

Andy did paint the stake yellow, and it is easier to see in the afternoon. (The color gets washed out in the high sun at noon.) As you can see from this picture of the house taken from just in … Continue reading →

April 19, 2017  

So many people think negatively. If you start with ‘You know what I hate,’ you’re going to go right down the tubes. I know it sounds boring, but I am a positive thinker. I’m a cock-eyed optimist. That’s how I’ve … Continue reading →

in North Korea. The timing was a deep embarrassment for the North’s leader, Kim Jong-un, because the missile appeared to have been launched to show off his daring as a fleet of American warships approached his country to deter provocations. … Continue reading →

With binoculars we used to be able to see the post from our porch, but it’s very difficult now due to all the dead white branches sticking up. I suggested to Andy that we might try painting it yellow, because … Continue reading →

Andy sometimes had trouble finding one of the corner posts for our land, in spite of the white stake he put up. So Beate and Tim bought him a gazing ball to make it more visible. It helped a lot. … Continue reading →

Andy and I finished our amended income tax forms and Andy mailed them Tuesday and Wednesday. The federal one seemed like such a waste. We wrote them a check for the $2 we owed, spent $1.40 to mail it and … Continue reading →

https://youtu.be/Fd3flimhv7k This fellow does cut down on wind resistance, but I’m guessing not many people will try it. April 13, 2017  

This was Jimmy Kimmel’s reaction to the United Airlines fiasco: https://youtu.be/HV28_ENzFog Trump says he wants to clean up the inefficiencies in the government and start running it like a business. I worry this is the kind of business he has … Continue reading →

Some of you have probably already heard of this, but it’s worth a post. https://youtu.be/mMTpvzJp4ps A doctor was dragged off a United Airlines flight attempting to fly from Chicago to Louisville on Sunday. Passenger Audra Bridges captured the incident and … Continue reading →