Lord of the Castle

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Entries from September 2010

O-ver-ra-ted!

September 4th, 2010 · No Comments

Hurricane Earl was supposed to be meterological Armagedon. The latest in the seemingly endless parade of “end of life as we know it because we filthy humans are destroying the planet with our SUV’s and air conditioners” weather events. And, even though I have learned to be skeptical of such prognostications, we drove into Williamsburg [...]

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Tags: Travel · Weather

Thanks for the early warning

September 3rd, 2010 · No Comments

Something happened today that I have never seen before… I was washing my hands after using the restroom when a co-worker from the shop walked in. Nothing strange or unusual about that. It was what he did next that got my attention… He walked over to the wall mounted air freshener and pumped a shot of air freshener [...]

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Tags: Humor

Vacation…or rendezvous

September 2nd, 2010 · No Comments

Hard to find time to write these days… Work…work on the house…sleep…do it all again. I have even seriously considered ending the blog…and still might… But…I just had to tell this story. 6-8 months ago, I did, for me, a very responsible thing. I booked a vacation…in advance! You might scoff at that but the [...]

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