Entries from July 2009

July 31, 2009

Sales Tax mess

Okay, everyone is writing about this sales tax mess and Bill Dennis is using to this to tout blogs as apparently he and CJ Summers were first. Super.  Frankly, I haven’t read the single thing I want to know…
How can I get my refund if I don’t have any of my receipts over the past [...]

July 28, 2009

Day Care people are saints — the good ones anyway

The girl ™ is sick or rather is teething but our doctor isn’t sure, so she’s sick. Whatever. I had to stay home with her. Now, I love my daughter. Her smiles and giggles (yes, she can sort of laugh at 4 and a half months) are super. But staying home all day with her. [...]

July 26, 2009

Lance Armstrong comes in Third — Great day for Lance

Lance took third. No yellow jersey for the perennial champion. He took third and yet, I think it’s a great day for Lance and a great day for the sport. Why? Because it shows how hard it is and lends credence to the fact that he’s human. If he had won this time, man, people [...]

July 25, 2009

Kid update

It seems like I am only using the blog to rant about things. I am sorry but things are actually going well in my life. The girl ™ is four months old and eating rice cereal. Other than a bout of fever and sleepiness from shots, she has been great. The boy ™ is nearly [...]

July 24, 2009

Cars rant

Explain to me why the government consistently sees fit to reward people who didn’t buy something they could afford or that was desirable. Case in point, the new cars rebate. If you have an old car that gets bad gas mileage, you can get up to $4,500. THe idea is to get people to buy [...]

July 21, 2009

I have a headache

It hurts. Awful. I woke up this morning with one and well, want to die. Not really but you get the point. To put this into play for the readers, my head hurts so bad that I wouldn’t mind….
1. watching soccer on TV. Or poker for that matter. yes, I do love watching poker and [...]

July 17, 2009

Why do I do this

I whine about no hits and don’t post for two or three weeks. well, I am going to work on it. Really. The biggest problem is that I have two young kids as most people who read this know. As a result, writing up something when you have free time is next to impossible. But [...]