Archive for September, 2004

Tuesday, September 28th, 2004

New Quote

Finally got around to reading The Federalist (have been trudging through the introductions for a whle now in my pre-slumber reading), and right away in Federalist #1 Hamilton hits with a quote to add to my list (a long one, but worth it, imho:
So numerous indeed and so powerful are the causes which serve to [...]

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Sunday, September 26th, 2004

My ‘To Do’ list for my parents

I had promised my mom I’d come home after I returned from England to fix some things. I finally made it to Beaumont today, and here are the things that I have done:
• Show how to tape things recorded on TiVo (so that they can watch it upstairs)
• Fix the printer (although it magically [...]

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Saturday, September 25th, 2004

I sorted my t-shirts

Jerome and Anne are giving me grief because I told them I sorted my show t-shirts by year. In my defense, I did this while going through all my clothes and setting aside things for Purple Heart…and since I was in a cleaning mood, I decided to go whole hog and organize the t-shirts [...]

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Friday, September 17th, 2004

mmmm, bananas!

As many of you know, I like bananas. So, you will understand why I particularly liked today’s post at Engrish.com:

And, yes, it is Monkey Week at Engrish.com. And, no, I was not born in the Year of the Monkey…I’m a Ram.

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Friday, September 10th, 2004

more critter tales

Have trapped two more, a juvenile and a big, nasty adult. I called Animal Control to pick up the adult, set the cage in the shade, and went to take care of clients. When I came back, Animal Control had not been by, but the possum had expired. I called them to [...]

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Monday, September 6th, 2004

Removed another one

Got a juvenile possum last night. New morning routine: feed cats, load critter in car, release in Memorial Park, eat breakfast and read paper at Bibas’ on Memorial.

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Sunday, September 5th, 2004

Operation Critter-be-gone has its first success

Ever since moving to Buell Court I have been plagued by raccoons and possums eating the food I leave out for the cats. For some time I’ve been meaning to get a live trap to catch this critters and remove them to the wilds of Memorial Park and out from living under my house. [...]

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Friday, September 3rd, 2004

Happiness is a working attic fan

Last November, Joe Rawley and I installed a bunch of soffit vents and an electric vent fan in my attic. Tested the thermostat, and all was fine and dandy, so I set it 90˚ and waited for lower electric bills this summer. Well, that didn’t happen, so I finally got around to climbing up [...]

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