Silver Bullets

Keep them polished…

Well guess what! Its the weekend and its raining. Planned on mowing the grass today as its no doubt high enough to cause alarm for some of my more fastidious neighbors. Fortunately, I live in an old neighborhood that does not have a formal “homeowners association.”

On another note, as I was sitting around at work yesterday pondering the latest nasty problem (or issue as the more politically correct say) that got dumped on me, the phrase “What do you do when you fnd out all of your remaining silver bullets are tarnished?” popped into my brain. So I started wondering whether this was an original thought or was it something I heard or read before that was stored in my long-term memory. Guess I’ll never know, so I’m going to claim it as original…And add it to HR’s List.

Well, looks,like the rain has ended and the sun is becoming visible again, so guess that’s all for today.

December 7th

A Day That will live in infamy…

December 7, 1941…I worked with a retired Navy guy back in the 1970’s who was actually there.

Verizon surprised me and got the DSL service activated on 2 December. Got it up and running with minimal effort…annd Verizon even managed to retain my old account with email addresses and passwords intact. Guess I have to give them csome credit for a job well done.

ANZAC Day

Been there, done that…

It just occurred to me that today is ANZAC Day, a national holiday in Australia and New Zealand. I was in Sydney, Australia a few years ago on ANZAC day. Quite a day…all the memorial services are early in the morning and then the bars open up! And they do a booming business!

Expressways

Can be dangerous to a deer’s health…

There’s a new expressway being built in Southwestern Pennsylvania, which is quite a hilly place. One of the unanticipated problems they are having is that deer are leaping over the guard rails on bridges, some of which are 200 feet or so above ground level. Fortunately, no deer have landed on any cars or people yet!

Easter

Lots of candy…

Its Easter so there’s lots of candy and other junk food around. Its raining, so nothing much to do except fool around with the blogger on the PC! Guess my kids and grandkids will show up today and help us devour the “Honey-Baked” ham. Buster the dog likes the grandkids to visit as he views them as an easy food source, i.e., drop a lot of stuff on the floor and also try to feed him when they think nobody is watching!