Pro tip…

/Grumble… Rental car rant coming… Word to the wise, if you get offered a Chevy Equinox, RUN… Total POS… Two anemic hamsters for power, and trust me one of them is alwasy on break… At 5000 feet, power??? Fuggedaboutit… I … Continue reading

Out of pocket for a few days…

      Light blogging and little/no commenting, I’m ‘otherwise’ occupied… Go read the folks on the sidebar… I’ll be at the range… And I’d like to thank those who’ve given me feedback on The Grey Man- Payback.  They mean … Continue reading

Patient Zero…

Is here… Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas has the first Ebola case in the wild in the US… From WHO… Outbreak containment measures including prompt and safe burial of the dead, identifying people who may have been in contact … Continue reading

Strange Sunrise…

This was the view out my window this morning… Storm clouds from the east due to the petering out hurricane… All the surfer dudes were probably going, “Hey man, what’s this s**t?  Where’s my sun and blue skies?” 🙂 … Continue reading

Hi ho, hi ho…

It’s off to fun work I go… There are REALLY days I wish I was back as a plain ol’ operator… sigh… … Continue reading

Random Travel/Stuff…

If I haven’t said it before, having a membership in an airline club is worth it’s weight in gold… In this day and age of packed flights, delays, etc.  That club membership CAN pay off multiple times over… In the … Continue reading

Idjits…

Grumble… Anybody that thinks travel is fun is @#$*& nuts!!! PER to SYD today, shoehorned into the back (and I DO mean back) of the bus… Row 54 middle.  The two guys either side of me were BIG!  We had … Continue reading

How much???

Sigh… There really ARE people that have more money than sense… Solid Teak four poster bed with two solid teak night stands… $4500 US!!!  And it’s not even a queen size!!! Apparently you CAN get a queen or king made, … Continue reading

Urg…

Some days are just NOT fun… And this Monday was one of them… Little sleep, long meetings and WAY too much coffee… Instant coffee at that… Note to self, BRING GOOD COFFEE next time… Just trying to hang on a … Continue reading

Good times…

Snuck out yesterday and had lunch with Julie and her family.  We met at a nice little local winery and had some nice little lunch ‘plates’ that we shared among the table. I passed along greetings from the usual suspects, … Continue reading