Monthly Archives: January, 2004
Pilot update
I finally was able to update the Petersburg Pilot after the ISP switching. The year in review – and it may be up for just a day or two…
Medal
So there i was, minding my own business at the fire dinner and meeting tonight. I had no idea i would receive the Fire Department’s medal for bravery at the meeting (along with quite a few others). Two different incidents. One, a year ago, where we lost two young people in a submerged overturned car, …
Bubble wrap
This has got to be the best bubblewrap simulation i have ever seen. The sounds lack a little though. Nice to have “manic mode” too. (Thanks dad!)
Phobias
Arachibutyrophobia- Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth. Allodoxaphobia- Fear of opinions. Aulophobia- Fear of flutes. (Huh?) Automatonophobia- Fear of ventriloquist’s dummies, animatronic creatures, wax statues – anything that falsly represents a sentient being. (Amy has this – seriously!) Barophobia- Fear of gravity. (This one must suck.) Carnophobia- Fear of meat. …
Aarg
The pipes are frozen again. Found out when I went to brush my teeth. It looks like the heat tape between the cistern and the house failed for some reason. Grrrrr. I’m becoming very irritable.
This one time…
A week ago or so a few of us were eating a meal at Northern Lights. Somehow the topic of space came up – like being in space. To everyone’s surprise one person has a relative that has been to space. An “astronaut” many people call them (spaceman would be inappropriate since the relative was …
Frozen plumbing
The water at my house is not connected to a municipal source. Nor is it from a well (like the water I grew up using). Gutters collect rainwater which is directed into a 10,000 gallon open-top aluminum cistern. (That would cost $41,500 to fill with skim milk based on the cost of one gallon of …
Every day should be a holiday
I think it was after last year’s Talk Like a Pirate Day that my fascination grew for odd celebrations. After I found a list of silly events, i wanted some way to have them posted on my website so when I opened my browser that day’s celebration would be shown. I finally found a script …
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