The weather hasn't been too bad since just before Christmas. The roads are clear, partly thanks to the rain. I can't get used to a place where it snows and rains frequently in winter. In CO and AK, the rain comes in the summer. In CA, it was in the winter, in lieu of snow - at least in the Bay Area where I lived.
Speaking of the Bay Area, I have to go to a training class (1st time in years my company has provided such, but they made the client pay for it) in Daly City the week of Jan 14. Of course, I have to rush the travel through our system at work, just like my recent trip to NJ. I should have a little more time, though. With that trip, my travel was approved on Friday, and I had to travel the next Monday! My company has a decent travel site - kind of like our own Orbitz, but to get the expenses approved we have to use an ancient mainframe application that's guaranteed to make you wish a horrible demise upon all computers everywhere.
We've been having trouble getting our money from our renters in our house in CO. Hopefully, they'll catch up this month, but we'll see. If not, they face eviction, but that can be a nightmare for us, too.
I'm hoping for the best and trying to be positive. I failed my first attempt to solve all my problems via the New York State Lottery.
Saturday, December 29, 2007
Thursday, December 20, 2007
Scofflaw
I finally ran afoul of the police with my crazy foreign way of driving. After a 10 mile high speed chase.... well, maybe I just made a right turn on a red light downtown where I wasn't supposed to. Funny thing is, I was going to make an illegal u-turn, but I saw a cop car up at the intersection, so I went up to the light and turned right.
It was embarrassing when I dropped my license, too when I tried to hand it to the nice police officer. He just glanced at the license and registration and made sure I felt properly chagrined.
When I pulled away, I was so nervous about doing something else wrong, I went down another street I didn't want, and had to get on the highway, exit onto another highway, then take a scenic tour of a bad part of town with very narrow streets.
And all we wanted to do was get out of the house and look at the Christmas lights. That'll teach us!
It was embarrassing when I dropped my license, too when I tried to hand it to the nice police officer. He just glanced at the license and registration and made sure I felt properly chagrined.
When I pulled away, I was so nervous about doing something else wrong, I went down another street I didn't want, and had to get on the highway, exit onto another highway, then take a scenic tour of a bad part of town with very narrow streets.
And all we wanted to do was get out of the house and look at the Christmas lights. That'll teach us!
Friday, December 14, 2007
Canadian terrorism in a can
While perusing our local grocery store's wares, I innocently picked up a can of Campbell's Soup called "Pepper Pot Stew." Under this, in small letters it said "A Product of Canada." Now I know this was a warning!
It looked to be a can of beef stew, seasoned with black pepper. I like that, so I figured I'd try it.
I opened it up at work, and immediately became a little worried by the powerful aroma (read STENCH) that assaulted my senses. But, I bravely heated it up and tried a bite. After spitting that sample in to the trash, I realized our tiny office doesn't even have a garbage disposal for getting rid of such evidence, so I had to pour the offending remains through the strainer in the drain and transfer them to the trash. My apologies to the cleaning crew.
I keep meaning to read the ingredients on another can to see if there's any sign of "naturally fermented possum sphincters" anywhere on the list!.
It looked to be a can of beef stew, seasoned with black pepper. I like that, so I figured I'd try it.
I opened it up at work, and immediately became a little worried by the powerful aroma (read STENCH) that assaulted my senses. But, I bravely heated it up and tried a bite. After spitting that sample in to the trash, I realized our tiny office doesn't even have a garbage disposal for getting rid of such evidence, so I had to pour the offending remains through the strainer in the drain and transfer them to the trash. My apologies to the cleaning crew.
I keep meaning to read the ingredients on another can to see if there's any sign of "naturally fermented possum sphincters" anywhere on the list!.
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
New Jersey, and more on burritos
I've been in New Jersey all week. Mahwah, to be exact. Supposedly, you can see NYC from here, but it's been cloudy, snowy and windy, so I haven't even been able to see Mahwah.
Before coming here, we did find a good Mexican restaurant in Saratoga Springs - owned by a real live Mexican who spent many years as a jockey there. The chips and salsa were excellent, as was my chimi. But, I have to complain that the only bean burrito on the menu had mushrooms in it! Criminal. Lisa had a mushroom quesadilla, so I can't say too many bad things about the little fungi.
While I'm complaining about burritos, I hate yuppie burritos. Those are those 5lb foil wrapped things you get at Chipotle, Qdoba, and at Moe's, out this way. I don't have strong feelings about this topic, or anything. Really I don't. :-) But let me say this: Rice belongs outside of burritos - not inside! And, you can't hold a good burrito in your hand. It's not possible, because it has to be lying on the plate drowning in green chili with tender chunks of pork, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese. Now I'm hungry again!
Before coming here, we did find a good Mexican restaurant in Saratoga Springs - owned by a real live Mexican who spent many years as a jockey there. The chips and salsa were excellent, as was my chimi. But, I have to complain that the only bean burrito on the menu had mushrooms in it! Criminal. Lisa had a mushroom quesadilla, so I can't say too many bad things about the little fungi.
While I'm complaining about burritos, I hate yuppie burritos. Those are those 5lb foil wrapped things you get at Chipotle, Qdoba, and at Moe's, out this way. I don't have strong feelings about this topic, or anything. Really I don't. :-) But let me say this: Rice belongs outside of burritos - not inside! And, you can't hold a good burrito in your hand. It's not possible, because it has to be lying on the plate drowning in green chili with tender chunks of pork, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese. Now I'm hungry again!
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