Feb 25

It’s Warming Up Around Here!

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Saturday: SWMBO went off to the library and I went to the property. Working in the direct sunlight was kind of warm. Warm enough to take off my coat. That’s a first for the year!

Sunday: Church started at 1300 today. Gave Phillip down the road a ride to and from. The choir sang a really pretty song. Went out to the property late and did a couple of hours of moving dirt around. The road is looking pretty good! Was nice out there.

Bought Collectorz.Com’s Book database program and a bar-code scanner. Of course I get to use the program right away and the scanner will come in the mail. Exported all the data from my Access Database and imported it into the Book Collector. Still lots to do to get all the information in it.

Damn! Is it really that close to being the end of the month? Where does the time go? At least the weather has been a bit warmer lately.

Just been sitting around watching movies and making another time-lapse of clouds. Got some neat looking clouds this time. But the time-lapse movie is over 4 minutes long. And the file itself is over 180 mb. Don’t think I’ll be able to upload this one to my site!

Feb 22

What Can I Say? SSDD!

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I know it’s been a couple of days since I last posted. What can I say? Been Busy? Nah. Sick? Nah. Lazy? YEP! Joo Got It, Man.

Wednesday: Much the same as usual. SWMBO went in to the office for the day so I kind of hung around until she left. Then I went out to the property and moved some dirt until late afternoon. About 1730 I went down to Al’s Store along the waterfront for the Lunar Eclipse but there were too many clouds to video it. By the time I saw it it was a full eclipse and too dim for my video camera. Bummer! Came on home and sat around watching tv and taking some of the practice tests at qrz.com for my ham license. Highest score so far: 45.7%. NOT passing.

Thursday: Stayed around the house. Finally got the dishes done that I’d been letting pile up! Laundry. Made SWMBO and me some fries cooked in LARD! They was good!!! (Hey, we only do that every once-in-awhile.) Took off for the property about 1530 and did a couple hours of dirt moving before going to the Ham Club meeting in Belfair at 1900. That lasted over an hour so I didn’t get home until around 2200. Luckily (I guess) they didn’t show Smallville so I didn’t ’miss’ it.

Today: Went out to the property kind of early and worked on the ’canyon’ part of the road. Video’d some more clouds for a time-lapse movie and some music I made last night. Got home about 1500 and SWMBO and I took off for dinner at the Teriyaki Chicken Place up by Albertson’s and spent WAY too much money at Costco. But I got an inverter so I can plug my video camera into my Delco Emergency Jump Battery and video a LOT longer while I’m out. The internal battery in the camera lasts only about 1.5 hours of continuous shooting. Got a 4 lb bag of Pistachio nuts for less than $12.00. Cool!

Just been sitting around working on those ’songs’ from last night and the video I took today. Made a right nice time-lapse movie of the clouds from today. Finished with that and uploaded the files to my server and now I’m doing this.

HOW BORING! "WHY do you write about this shit, King". you ask yourself. Hey, it’s pretty simple: nobody else will. Most every blog I’ve read tries to be THE voice of (you name it here). Every blog has to be profound and unforgettable. So I write about every-day life. My life. But, if Y’all want unforgettable, picture this: My naked hairy old-man ass hanging out in the wind on my Digger up at the property.

How’s THAT for unforgettable?

Feb 19

A Chain, A Bolt & A Cop…

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Two Taliban mothers are sitting in the cafe chatting over a pint of goat’s milk. The older of the mums pulls out her bag and starts flipping through pictures and reminiscing…”This is my oldest son, Mohammed. He would be 24 now”.
The other mum replies, “I remember him as a baby.”
Mum says, “He’s a martyr now.”
“Oh, so sad my dear.”
Mum flips to another picture. “And this is my second son, Kalid. He would be 21.”
“Oh I remember him. He had such curly hair when he was born.”
Mum sighs, “He’s a martyr, too.”
“Oh gracious me ,” says the second mother.
“And this is my third son. My beautiful Ahmed! He would be 18”, Mum whispers.
“Yes,” says her friend enthusiastically, “I remember when he first started school.”
“He’s a martyr also”, Mum says, with tears in her eyes.
After a pause and a deep sigh, the second Taliban mother looks wistfully at the photos and says………..”They blow up so fast, don’t they?”

Got up early (as usual). Went to the property to move dirt around. Stopped by the new Lowe’s and picked up 30ft of a nice heavy chain. Now if someone hits it with their truck it WILL cause some damage.
Stopped at the Sheriff’s office in Belfair to see if I could swear out a complaint about the guy that dumped his garbage on my property Monday. They said I had to have 3 (three!) pieces of paper with a name on them. Damn! But, the Deputy did look through his system and found a “Steven Barrick” local and said he’d call and tell him to pick up his garbage. Of course, he can’t guarantee that this Barrick will actually go out and do it. I’m still going to look him up and give a call if I find a number…
Reasonably nice day out once the sun showed itself. Got a LOT of dirt moved. Made my ’canyon’ a bit wider and used the dirt to shore up the edges of the road.

Feb 18

Well, I’ll Be Damned!

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Damned if I didn’t get to the property today to find some "other" asshole had driven through the wire I keep across the driveway to the property and gone up to the dome hole and done donuts in their big truck. WTF? Luckily they didn’t seem to mess with my digger! What the hell is going on? WHY can’t people respect other’s property and stuff? I really wish I had caught them up the hill on my property. We’d still be there digging their truck out of the hole I’d have dug just to put them in.

Went through those sacks of garbage that were left on my property yesterday. Found a prescription from the Safeway pharmacy in Belfair, made out by a Dr. William Moore to someone name Steven Barr/Barry/Bard/Barb. Can’t really make out anything past BAR**. Switchboard.com search only Barry, Steven comes up. I was going to find him, give him a call and give him a choice: Pick up your damned garbage or I go to the Sheriff and fill out a trespassing complaint. I’m still looking…

SWMBO and I were going to go to the Silverdale Mall and walk around but our Son called and needs a ride to Tacoma. I don’t do Tacoma. So she’s running him around right now and we’ll walk the mall later.

Found this quote by C.S. Lewis:

"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience. "

Really reminds me of Mason County and their "We require these things FOR YOUR SAFETY." Yeah, right.