When I got home from picking up Mom from the airport yesterday, I noticed an exciting piece of junk mail. As far as I can remember, it’s the first bit of junk mail I’ve ever gotten excited about, much less responded to. Qwest wanted to let me know that teh fiber optic internets were are now available for my apartment. 12Mbps down for $46 or so, assuming you have phone service with them. I called them up to find out how much it would be without phone service, since I never plan to have POTS again. $69.99/month, she told me.…
As soon as I got to work Friday, a small lady showed up at the door. I knew immediately who it was. I opened the door. “I’m Lou,” she said. “You’re here to shear the sheep,” I said. I yelled down to Michele and then went outside to see if I could catch them. They were all the way up at the barn, so Michele and I put a little grain in a couple of buckets and walked through the pasture calling, “Sheeeepers!” The two new ewes popped their heads up from grazing and eyed us warily. Lily, the old…
I spent a long, long, long time researching keyboards. In fact, that’s pretty much all I did yesterday. After much research, the only keyboard with consistent reviews of having a very piano-like action was this MIDI controller. A search of Craig’s list turned up one in like-new condition in Denver. We drove out there this morning, Jonah tried it out, and we brought it home: Turns out that all 88 keys are long. It doesn’t make any sound by itself, so now I have to find a good piano sample library. At the moment, Jonah’s pounding away with it connected…
Want a smarter kid? Breast feed him. Want to make your kid stupid? Make him watch TV. And no, I am still not pregnant!
As some of you might remember, back in February I was in Phoenix and got a cold that turned into an ear infection. Since I know from history that if I get an ear infection that it won’t go away without antibiotics, I went to a “doctor” at an urgent care center in Phoenix. I filled out all the information they wanted online, which was nice since I didn’t have to so much sign anything in the doctors office. I waited 2 hours, had some of my vitals taken by a nurse, who insisted on doing a strep culture. (This…