Recently in Me Category
I've recently switched to the newest version of office. I don't hate it other than the fact that once again everything seems slower. One thing that I can't stand is the fact that there are a few commands I can't find with the new sorry excuse for a toolbar. Hope this thing from office labs helps. I'll let you know.
If I bought this keen cup I would probably break it by throwing it in the waste basket accidentally. It's still cool.
Last Sunday I spent a chunk of my day in the oddest places. First I went to a gun show. In this case it was show for collectors of older guns. I was wanting to get a little more information on the guns my grandfather had and figure out how to best care for them. I was pretty amazed at the things I saw and did. For instance I have never walked around at the Minnesota State Fair grounds with a couple of rifles. It's an odd experience. The oddest thing though was how friendly the people were at the gun show. It's one of the few times in Minnesota where a lot of people have walked up to me to strike up a conversation.
After I left the gun show, I drove home and realized I was passing a store that sells comic books in addition to d&d supplies and other odds and ends. I decided I would stop in to get a few comic books for Matthew. I don't frequent stores like this so I was totally unprepared for either the patrons or the diversity of worlds that were presented to me.
I wondered about the overlap between the people who attend gun shows and also attend comic book conventions. The people who might be packing heat, but the "heat" is highly collectible and should not fired.
I also thought a lot about writing a short story. The idea is this, a woman thinks she is gong to a speed dating event only she accidentally shows up at the gaming table. It's called "Roll of the 20 sided dice". After thinking about it more, I think I was actually writing a bad sitcom in my head.
The video is the security video of a man stuck in an elevator for 42 hours. Be sure and read the fascinating New Yorker article on this man's plight as well as a lot of interesting elevator information. I wonder what a security cam of me would look like. It would consist of lots of trips to the coffee pot and reading email.
Here is a summary of what I learned from my latest sales on Ebay. All of these items below are obvious to most people I think.
- Make sure you have those neat little USPS flat rate boxes.
- Make sure things fit in those neat little USPS flat rate boxes.
- I need a postal scale.
- The APC machine at the post office is slow, although not as slow as waiting in the line behind the group of people who need a passport.
- Use reserve pricing so you don't sell things for one penny. If you ignore this rule double check the price of shipping. Doh!
I finally took the plunge and did a sailing certification class so I could rent my own boat for the fall sailing trips. I got back from the class on Friday. It all went pretty smooth except the last docking procedure was a little ugly due to some very high winds. I can't wait to go sailing in the fall. Maybe I can convince some friends to make a trip up to Bayfield later this summer.
Here is what a relaxing weekend looks like at my house.
- Prepared and/or served five meals for children.
- Biked 40 miles.
- Went to church.
- Visited with relatives.
- Took children to small parking lot carnival.
- Made cool craft project with kids.
- Taught myself new and secret craft skill.
- Read to kids.
- Read to children some more.
- Fold and put away a heap of laundry large enough to cover two beds.
- Make home-made bread, without a bread machine or even a fancy pants mixer.
- Worked on teaching bike riding skills - aka fling your son at the pavement until he begs for mercy.
- Mow grass.
- Fertilize
- Turn on sprinklers, accidentally spraying neighbors freshly washed truck ... again.
- Replace light bulbs
- Made real progress reading latest book.
- VPN'ed towork and wrote an email or two.
I did a chin-up last week. I was 18 the last time I did that. It's been way too long.
A word to the wise, if you do something this week that you haven't done since you were 18, do not blurt out "Guess what I did yesterday that I haven't done since I was 18."
I got out this last Sunday for a short ten mile bike ride. It was fine except it started snowing a few blocks from home. I haven't gotten around to purchasing any long pants for biking in so by the end of the ride the snow had settled onto my legs making something approximating snow pants but not nearly as warm. I think the thing I liked the least about biking in January wasn't the cold, it was the road grime that covered me and the bike.
