Comments on: Aggravation

By: Bryan

Bryan — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 20:12:54 +0000

I work in the Southeast corner of the house, which guarantees a cat on the printer in the morning. The heat from the computer attracts them at night.

I have the same bathroom problem, as you. Winter showers are a real thrill. It’s like one of those real saunas where you come out of the steam and run through the snow.

By: John J. McKay

John J. McKay — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 18:40:07 +0000

When clever wife and I moved into the house, being smart people, we chose the room with the best light as that office. That room has lots of south facing windows and is almost as far from the furnace as is possible in this house. That makes it the hottest room in the house during the summer and the second coldest in the winter (naturally, the bathroom is the coldest). Sometimes, smart is its own punishment.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 22:10:55 +0000

Of course they know, Moi, they have portfolios that are in the toilet like everyone else who bought into the scheme, i,e, go as far into debt as you can to buy more promises in the stock market.

Have had cats tag-teaming the keyboard shelf for three hours.

By: Moi

Moi — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 19:52:20 +0000

It’s a bitch being 1) a teacher and 2) smarter than a toad…. One thing, though. The Republicans damn well Do know what’s happening. They are just in abject denial, and think that ignoring it or complaining will make it go away. They don’t wanna give up their goodies. Sux to be them.

I have poochitis of the lap. Must….stretch….to….reach….keys….

Moi´s last blog post..Need a Job? Part Deux…

By: Bryan

Bryan — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 18:17:35 +0000

At least the snow pack is building for the watershed, but even with the gear I wasn’t thrilled by camping in the snow.

By: Badtux

Badtux — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 17:38:32 +0000

Yes, I beat the storm by a few hours getting back over the Sierras. I'd still be stuck on the wrong side of the Sierras today if I hadn't.... Badtux´s last blog post..Well, at least it wasn't a barbecue

By: Bryan

Bryan — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 05:56:07 +0000

Ah, Badtux, you have returned and TMF can return from being a guardian of the ‘Tubes to catly business, i.e. napping and nibbling. I wondered if you were going to have to weather the storm in a tent.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 05:53:25 +0000

The temperature has dropped enough that they have decided to clump in front of my electric radiator. I turned down the heater in here to discourage them.

The stores are currently stocking air conditioners because the “Winter season” ends in January. If it weren’t for mail order you couldn’t get a winter coat down here.

I would love to have my Franklin stove from New York. The live oaks supply decent wood, and all I would need are the limbs that break off or are pruned, not the split wood, although that is plentiful as well.

You have some weather coming your way if the reports from California are accurate.

By: Badtux

Badtux — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 05:46:48 +0000

Seems to be a common keyboard problem this time of year :-). My guys are taking turns on my lap at the moment…

By: Jack K., the Grumpy Forester

Jack K., the Grumpy Forester — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 05:30:17 +0000

…while I found it profoundly ironic that my own currenty Congressman, Greg Walden, and my most favorite former Congressman, Peter Defazio, voted No on the stimulus package for exactly and entirely different reasons, my biggest concern is that you be able to find a good solid ceramic space heater that might help with your keyboard problem..

Up here on the eastern slope of the Orygun Cascades, I have a high-powered state-of-the-art wood stove to address the felisitis problem (they and the dogs are currently draped out like drying salmon fillets in front of it), but I imagine that such a solution isn’t so readily available along the Florida panhandle…