Days off
Friday, December 28th, 2007While the snow falls, the bands play on.
Archive for the ‘Personal’ Category
Ringers Off
Friday, December 28th, 2007We've shut the ringers off on the phones at home. For the past few weeks, we've been receiving as many as a dozen calls a day from number 000-000-0000, with the caller ID "Unknown Caller." Remember, we live in Iowa. Under normal circumstances, we might receive a dozen calls in ...
Is Mark McGwire a Hall of Famer?
Thursday, December 27th, 2007(Via ESPN.) The deadline for baseball's Hall of Fame voters to submit their 2008 ballots is Dec. 31, and once again they must consider the candidacy of Mark McGwire. In his first year of eligibility a year ago, Big Mac garnered only 23.5 percent of the vote, mostly due to suspicions ...
Click and Clack on the Mini
Wednesday, December 26th, 2007(Via Detroit News.) TOM : Then we look for comfort. Not in terms of DVD players and electric butt-scratchers, but we want an older driver to feel comfortable behind the wheel, because a person who is comfortable driving his or her car is a better, safer driver. RAY : There are other ...
Another Reason
Sunday, December 23rd, 2007Another reason to hate winter: 5" of snow that drifted into 3' drifts with 40 mph winds. I just spent the last 90 minutes shoveling the driveway. A plow came through our circle, but the city-employed genius driving it had the blade at such a sharp angle, he literally cleared ...
Mini Photos Soon
Sunday, December 23rd, 2007I'd love to have posted some photos of the new Mini. However, it's already filthy. And, we received 5" of snow overnight that's now drifted into 3' drifts in the driveway. Hopefully, I'll be able to get the driveway cleared today, and the car to the car wash tomorrow. I'll ...
2007 Mini Cooper
Thursday, December 20th, 2007(Via Mini Cooper Photo Pool.) Auto Exposure Canada has added a photo to the pool:
