Dear Dan, I've been looking at your photos. Of course I have since they are all over my office. The car photos get a lot of positive comments. But of course! You took them. A'ndi keeps threatening to steal the triple frame. I keep threatening to steal her Kindle. I love your photos. I know... Continue Reading →
Local IRS — Awesome
Federal Kansas City -- not so much.I went to the local tax office to try and straighten out an error I made on my return. I am a first-time home buyer, so I had to file by mail. An automatic 6 weeks wait for a refund. I made a couple mistakes and a) had the... Continue Reading →
C’mon IRS; I want my Kindle!!!
I started looking at e-readers when a friend of mine wrote an article about Sony's. What a concept -- reading books on a hand-held device; not having to go to the bookstore and not having to find a place for the books before or when you're done reading. Best of all -- not having to... Continue Reading →
The rules
Rule #1: Sometimes people die.Rule #2: Death cannot be cured.Rule #3: Doctors cannot change Rule #1 or Rule #2.Rule #4: When favorite writers use these rules to kill off a favorite character, they pisses me off! And they make me weepy. And they piss me off because they've made me weepy!But I have recently learned... Continue Reading →
Twilight and Sookie Stackhouse
Saw New Moon. Yeah, I am so not the target audience on that one! I was rooting for the Vamp over the Were, but only by a hair (pardon the pun). "Rooting" is probably too strong a word. Maybe I should say I was less indifferent about the Vamp than I was about the Were.... Continue Reading →
Knit or read?
I hate making the choice. But it's rather necessary. I know. I know. Audio books. The problem with that is I don't like having the book read to me. I want to read it myself. Jim Dale reading "Harry Potter" aloud might be awesome but not for an entire book. Let me make the voices... Continue Reading →
It's My World 