Before I heard about the magnitude of the Oklahoma tornado, I tweeted: Hamburgers on the back patio this evening; life is good. — Dana Pico (@Dana_TFSJ) May 21, 2013 Obviously, you see a tweet like that when there is such a terrible tragedy unfolding, and you have to wonder about it. But, for me, life [...]
Archive of posts filed under the Real Life category.
It has been said that . . .
. . . if you give a man a fish, he will be fed for a day, but if you teach a man to fish, he will be fed for a lifetime. Well, maybe not: in Pennsylvania, if you want to fish, whether for sport or because you need to feed your family, there are [...]
Lying Groundhog!
As you may recall, Punxsutawney Phil, the Official Groundhog of Pennsylvania, forecast an early spring this year. Well, Phil is a lying mo . . . and you can figure out the rest!
Sparktricity
OK, I admit it: I procrastinated! I put off some of the electrical work until this evening, when it had to get done, because the contractor is starting tomorrow on installing the new door and window. I had to connect two old knob-and-tube circuits to new Romex 12/2 wire,1 and get the new wire down [...]
Fornicating, lying groundhog!
Rain and snow showers, becoming all rain after 5pm. High near 37. South wind 11 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. Total daytime snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible.
Another one in Basic Combat Training
The son of Robert Stacey Stacy McCain is in Basic Combat Training, having enlisted under the rigorous 18X program. The elder Mr McCain received a five-minute phone call from his son, something I know very well about from when my daughters were in Basic Combat Training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. BCT soldiers can write [...]
Obligatory Winter Storm Nemo post
Sister Toldjah tweeted: This year, I think.RT @billhobbs: When did “they” start naming winter storms? Stop it. It’s stupid. — Sister Toldjah (@sistertoldjah) February 8, 2013 I guess that it’s a Weather Channel thing; I knew it was stupid when they got to “D” which they named Draco (Malfoy?) and “G” which they named [...]
Being neighborly in Jim Thorpe
During yesterday’s snow, I shoveled my sidewalk. I also went down the street two houses, because the people living there are elderly, and I usually do their sidewalks for them. The (adult) children of the nearer of those people sometimes do my sidewalks, ever since I cleared theirs during a big storm when I had [...]
Your Editor, belching hydrocarbons into the atmosphere!
We got 4½ inches of snow in beautiful Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, today. Your Editor had thought that he would manage to keep the snowfall to a dusting by having prepared the snow-blower in advance: pumping up the low tires, fueling the machine, and starting it last night, before the snow was supposed to begin. Our [...]
Gun control works!
From the City of Brotherly Love: Cops: Woman shoots 17-year-old who broke into house, tried to stab her Sunday, November 25, 2012 A 17-year-old learned the hard way that breaking into houses is a pretty bad idea after police say a woman he attempted to stab during a home-invasion in Northeast Philadelphia shot him early [...]
