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| Quiet Nights |
For the past few
weeks I have been able to catch up on some quiet time. After all the hub-bub
of the last semester, it has been a nice break for me. I have done absolutely nothing but
watch TV. I don't often watch the tele, with my busy lifestyle of work and computer projects, so
it has been nice to force myself to relax in front of it. I have been watching various marathons
of MASH, and HeeHaw, and keeping up with my usual military and history channels. I have
gone down to help Al with the pizza shop when things would get out of hand for him, and
otherwise I have been drawing unemployment to make my way through this period. I have not
been bored that is for sure. I really needed to slow down because my health and better
welfare needed it. In fact, there was one night when I had to leave work to sit in my chair for
quite a few minutes cuz I thought I was plunging into a heart attack. I will never forget THAT
night. Now I should be ready to go full biscuits again when the students return and hell breaks
out in the pizza shop again. AAAAAHHHHHH RELAXATION!
of the last semester, it has been a nice break for me. I have done absolutely nothing but
watch TV. I don't often watch the tele, with my busy lifestyle of work and computer projects, so
it has been nice to force myself to relax in front of it. I have been watching various marathons
of MASH, and HeeHaw, and keeping up with my usual military and history channels. I have
gone down to help Al with the pizza shop when things would get out of hand for him, and
otherwise I have been drawing unemployment to make my way through this period. I have not
been bored that is for sure. I really needed to slow down because my health and better
welfare needed it. In fact, there was one night when I had to leave work to sit in my chair for
quite a few minutes cuz I thought I was plunging into a heart attack. I will never forget THAT
night. Now I should be ready to go full biscuits again when the students return and hell breaks
out in the pizza shop again. AAAAAHHHHHH RELAXATION!
| Memory Card |
BLT bought me a neat
little card for my camera, and I mean little. This tiny little thing actually
holds a gig of memory. Now I can take over 1000 pix, as opposed to only 46. What a great
Christmas present. Now I can go all over town and snap pix like mad. My cam has been my
favorite past-time for quite a while now. Without it, the website would not be the same. Thank you
BLT for the wonderful present!
holds a gig of memory. Now I can take over 1000 pix, as opposed to only 46. What a great
Christmas present. Now I can go all over town and snap pix like mad. My cam has been my
favorite past-time for quite a while now. Without it, the website would not be the same. Thank you
BLT for the wonderful present!
| My Sister's
Farm |
I went to my family
Christmas at my Sister Janet's farm out towards Oneonta. Oneonta is a city
about 50 miles south of here situated in the Catskill mountains where I was born and raised.
Christmas went well, all my gifts were a success, and all that I got was cool. Unfortunately, it
seemed like a nice summer day since it was almost 60F out. Usually there is snow all over the
farm for Christmas. Janet and Keith have some really radical snowmobiles and love to ride, so
it was a terrible thing to them to not have snow for Christmas. Frickin' global warming! Quite a
few years ago Janet and Keith got married. He, his dad, and his brother were busy running
their conglomerate of dairy farms up the valley and have been keeping busy ever since.
Keith's dad and brother have both passed away so he and Janet are going crazy trying to
keep up with all the work involved. They are doing well anyway although the weather for the
past couple years has NOT been on their side. The farmstead is very beautiful and quite
peaceful to spend a few days at. It was good for me to get out of the bubble and chill with them
for a couple days. I always return with a feeling of peace. After our visit, we decided to come
back through my old home town (Morris) and I took a few pix of the town and of the house I
grew up in. Things sure haven't changed much since I left, but the trees certainly did grow up a
lot. I miss my old county, but I did move to this county to become one with the larger population
here. I just needed a little more in my life, but it is certainly nice to get back to the quiet life for
a visit every now and again.
about 50 miles south of here situated in the Catskill mountains where I was born and raised.
Christmas went well, all my gifts were a success, and all that I got was cool. Unfortunately, it
seemed like a nice summer day since it was almost 60F out. Usually there is snow all over the
farm for Christmas. Janet and Keith have some really radical snowmobiles and love to ride, so
it was a terrible thing to them to not have snow for Christmas. Frickin' global warming! Quite a
few years ago Janet and Keith got married. He, his dad, and his brother were busy running
their conglomerate of dairy farms up the valley and have been keeping busy ever since.
Keith's dad and brother have both passed away so he and Janet are going crazy trying to
keep up with all the work involved. They are doing well anyway although the weather for the
past couple years has NOT been on their side. The farmstead is very beautiful and quite
peaceful to spend a few days at. It was good for me to get out of the bubble and chill with them
for a couple days. I always return with a feeling of peace. After our visit, we decided to come
back through my old home town (Morris) and I took a few pix of the town and of the house I
grew up in. Things sure haven't changed much since I left, but the trees certainly did grow up a
lot. I miss my old county, but I did move to this county to become one with the larger population
here. I just needed a little more in my life, but it is certainly nice to get back to the quiet life for
a visit every now and again.
| News |
| January 9, 2007 |
| Wireless Card |
I was borrowing a
wireless card for the lappy from BLT. He needed to use it while he was
home, so he took it back. Since they aren't that expensive I went ahead and bought one. I
decided to help out Ralph, since he has been kinda poor lately, and I bought one that he
had. He got one a few weeks ago by accident. The guy at the tech store thought that that
was what he wanted and ordered the wrong one for him. He bought it anyway in case
someone wanted to use it while they were at his house. Since he lost his job, he doesn't
for-see getting the Internet anytime soon, so he wasn't afraid to let it go to me. Now I am
back in the saddle with the lappy. Although it is cold outside, I could still sit out at the picnic
tables and get the Internet, or at least in the pizza shop. Go Me!
home, so he took it back. Since they aren't that expensive I went ahead and bought one. I
decided to help out Ralph, since he has been kinda poor lately, and I bought one that he
had. He got one a few weeks ago by accident. The guy at the tech store thought that that
was what he wanted and ordered the wrong one for him. He bought it anyway in case
someone wanted to use it while they were at his house. Since he lost his job, he doesn't
for-see getting the Internet anytime soon, so he wasn't afraid to let it go to me. Now I am
back in the saddle with the lappy. Although it is cold outside, I could still sit out at the picnic
tables and get the Internet, or at least in the pizza shop. Go Me!
| Money |
Not a day goes by
that someone isn't trying to get some money out of me one way or another.
They either want to "borrow" it, or "bum" it, or try to sell me something. It is too bad that their
need for money is mostly for drugs. I tried to help all that I could, but after getting screwed by
various people one way or another, I am much quicker to say NO. I really can't afford to keep
supporting everyone's drug habits anyway. I have been counting the days lately, and it has
been a 5 week stretch of EVERY DAY, at least one person coming to my door looking for
money. This included Christmas, New years eve, AND New years day. I was the worst drug
addict in town, and I managed to pick up my life and better myself, I would like to think that
others can follow in my footsteps and better their lives also. It is quite pathetic.
They either want to "borrow" it, or "bum" it, or try to sell me something. It is too bad that their
need for money is mostly for drugs. I tried to help all that I could, but after getting screwed by
various people one way or another, I am much quicker to say NO. I really can't afford to keep
supporting everyone's drug habits anyway. I have been counting the days lately, and it has
been a 5 week stretch of EVERY DAY, at least one person coming to my door looking for
money. This included Christmas, New years eve, AND New years day. I was the worst drug
addict in town, and I managed to pick up my life and better myself, I would like to think that
others can follow in my footsteps and better their lives also. It is quite pathetic.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
2007, damn how the time flies by. This year I relaxed in my chair for new
years. I watched a HeeHaw marathon and also had the live feed from times square on my
lappy. It was good to see the ball drop again. I have been watching the live feed from the
earthcam.com website for quite a few years now. It is a great website if ya like keeping an eye
on the world. Every new years eve they create a special feed of the television broadcast of the
show and the ball drop. It was a good night for me and a nice way to start the year. My
resolution for the year is to continue the betterment of my life and to achieve great happiness
through prosperity and my newly found clean thinking. I hope your resolution is similar to mine.
years. I watched a HeeHaw marathon and also had the live feed from times square on my
lappy. It was good to see the ball drop again. I have been watching the live feed from the
earthcam.com website for quite a few years now. It is a great website if ya like keeping an eye
on the world. Every new years eve they create a special feed of the television broadcast of the
show and the ball drop. It was a good night for me and a nice way to start the year. My
resolution for the year is to continue the betterment of my life and to achieve great happiness
through prosperity and my newly found clean thinking. I hope your resolution is similar to mine.
| the Big Move |
The time has come
for me to move out of the little "closet" I have been living in. It was a good
alternative for me when I moved from Cabbie's, but it has not been easy living in such close
quarters. I had as much as I could crammed into the little room, and the rest of my stuff was
strewn throughout the rest of the apartment. The neighbor in apartment 1 needed a room
mate because the ones he had ended up leaving school so he asked me to move in with him, I
was quick to take him up on the idea, especially since the room he had available was the
biggest room in the house! I worked out an arrangement with my cousin (the landlord) to keep
my little room for storage, and to rent the new room. It works out well for everyone because the
boyz will have more room, plus they can party more, and my new roomy can get some help with
the utility bills. It works out best for me since I finally have the space I need, and the ventilation
I require. It is nice to walk into an apartment that isn't HOT AS BALLZ. I can also keep an eye
on the world outside since I have two very large windows now. The move took me most of the
night last night and a couple hours tonight to finalize. I felt like the guys on "MASH" when they
would "bug out" to a new location. I am very happy with my new place in the world. Go ME!
alternative for me when I moved from Cabbie's, but it has not been easy living in such close
quarters. I had as much as I could crammed into the little room, and the rest of my stuff was
strewn throughout the rest of the apartment. The neighbor in apartment 1 needed a room
mate because the ones he had ended up leaving school so he asked me to move in with him, I
was quick to take him up on the idea, especially since the room he had available was the
biggest room in the house! I worked out an arrangement with my cousin (the landlord) to keep
my little room for storage, and to rent the new room. It works out well for everyone because the
boyz will have more room, plus they can party more, and my new roomy can get some help with
the utility bills. It works out best for me since I finally have the space I need, and the ventilation
I require. It is nice to walk into an apartment that isn't HOT AS BALLZ. I can also keep an eye
on the world outside since I have two very large windows now. The move took me most of the
night last night and a couple hours tonight to finalize. I felt like the guys on "MASH" when they
would "bug out" to a new location. I am very happy with my new place in the world. Go ME!
| I'm
ONLIIIIIIINE!!!! |
I feel like that guy
on the recent Road Runner commercial holding up his lap-top and yelling:
"I'm ONLIIIIIIINE!" Since moving to my new pad, I have the wireless unit up and in front of my
window (on the front of the building) and I can get wireless Internet in the "On the Run" across
the street. I always wanted to be able to sit there and have some coffee and a sandwich while
looking at the Internet. Now others can do the same if they discover my wireless system. Ralph
sure would be happy if he could get the signal up to his apartment, but I don't think it will quite
reach that far. It's the great "Corral Network".
"I'm ONLIIIIIIINE!" Since moving to my new pad, I have the wireless unit up and in front of my
window (on the front of the building) and I can get wireless Internet in the "On the Run" across
the street. I always wanted to be able to sit there and have some coffee and a sandwich while
looking at the Internet. Now others can do the same if they discover my wireless system. Ralph
sure would be happy if he could get the signal up to his apartment, but I don't think it will quite
reach that far. It's the great "Corral Network".
| the Big
Construction Project |
My cousin Matt is
always expanding his various entrepreneurships and he sure won't let a brick
wall slow him down. The pizza shop needed a new dining room and we had a suitable room on
the other side of the building. Unfortunately we would need to create a hallway across the
other hallways to connect the two. This old building is mad of cement and cinder block walls
and it has been tough going for Matt and his companion carpenter to break through the 4 walls
to tunnel a way to the pizza shop. Many times I have woke up to the pounding of the jack
hammer or the whirring of the sawsall as they have been jammin' though the walls. They have
one more wall left to conquer and we will have made the "trans continental pizza way"! It will be
awesome when it is all done. Our pizza world is forever expanding! Go Matt!
wall slow him down. The pizza shop needed a new dining room and we had a suitable room on
the other side of the building. Unfortunately we would need to create a hallway across the
other hallways to connect the two. This old building is mad of cement and cinder block walls
and it has been tough going for Matt and his companion carpenter to break through the 4 walls
to tunnel a way to the pizza shop. Many times I have woke up to the pounding of the jack
hammer or the whirring of the sawsall as they have been jammin' though the walls. They have
one more wall left to conquer and we will have made the "trans continental pizza way"! It will be
awesome when it is all done. Our pizza world is forever expanding! Go Matt!
| the house I grew up in |
| the first hole through the
wall |
