Oct 022009
 

Yesterday I tried to catch on visits after returning home, so the fur ball you may have noticed flying through your blog was me.     I expect to be around most of today, and I’ll try to do better.  Have a good one!

Today’s Jig Zone puzzle took me 5:48.  To do it, Click Here.  How did you do?

Here’s some wing-nuttery for your video pleasure.

 

Hat-Tip: Daily Kos

And here’s a bit of humor for the day.

 

What’s on your mind?

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Oct 012009
 

Welcome to a new month.  I’ll be scarce again today, because I have an appointment this morning and a few chores to catch up.  Please bear with me.  I plan to change the poll today.  I have an idea, but if there’s something you’d like, please comment.  I won’t be sure for a few days, my lawyer called and told me that  Social Security has my case listed as closed.  He says that in that past that has meant they have reversed, knowing they would lose at the hearing.  In short, I think I just won my SSDI appeal, although it may be some time before I get confirmation.

Today’s Jig Zone Puzzle took me 6:48.  To do it, Click Here.  How did you do?

Here’s a bit of humor.

 

Have a great day!

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Sep 292009
 

I expect to be especially scarce today, so please don’t feel ignored.  We’re having an extra-long session in the therapy group where I help watching and discussing a series of films on domestic violence.   Since it is factor in the upbringing of so many men who subsequently become criminals, it is important for those who have suffered in this way to understand and come to terms with their past, in order to become good neighbors and productive members of the community.  In any case, I’ll be gone most of the day, so I’ll fall behind in replying to comments and visiting blogs.

Today’s Jig Zone puzzle took me 4:41.  To do it, Click Here.  How did you do?

Here’s a bit of humor.

Enjoy the day!!

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Sep 292009
 

I expect to be around most of the day and will keep catching up on blog visits.

Today’s Jig Zone puzzle took me 4:59 to complete.  To try it, Click Here.  How did you do?

And here’s some humor for the day.

It’s an open thread.  Sound off, and have a fine day!

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Sep 282009
 

I expect to be around most of the day and catch up on answering comments and visiting blogs.  I had a busy weekend fixing a database error on the 7th Step blog and getting the website back online.  In addition I thoroughly enjoyed watching football, and actually got to see the Broncos play.  If anyone had told me they would be 3-0 at this point, I would have questioned their sanity.  But here it is.

Broncos23-Raiders3

Next, they play several quality opponents in a row, so I’d better enjoy this before it blows up in my face.

Today’s Jig Zone puzzle took me 7:11.  To do it, Click Here.  How did you do?

Have a great week and feel free to sound off.

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Sep 272009
 

I expect to be around all day, but I’ll be away from the computer for religious purposes for the First Church of the Ellipsoid Orb.  That’s right, it’s NFL day.  My gelded Broncos (impossibly 2-0) are playing the Raiders.  Could there be another miracle?

There’s some bad news on the economic front.  The labor department just released its July numbers.  There are 14.5 million workers officially unemployed in the US.  The real number is much worse, because the official statistics do not count millions more officially deemed “discouraged”, because their unemployment has expired.  For all these workers there are only 2.4 million full time jobs available.  This is the worst jobs:workers ratio ever recorded.  This is the legacy of the only successful Bush/GOP undertaking: No Millionaire Left Behind.  Let us hope that improves as the numbers are two months out of date, and because in a recovery, employment is the last thing to recover.

I completed today’s Jig Zone puzzle in 6:21.  To do it, Click Here.  How did you do?

Have a great weekend and feel free tro sound off here.

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Sep 262009
 

I should be around most of the day, but I have a bit of volunteer work to do on the 7th Step blog.  I set it up in on their web site with WordPress.  When I went offline, nobody else knew how to run it, so it lay dormant for over a year.  When I returned, it could not be accesses due to a database error.  I know nothing at all about how to fix that, but I guess I’ll have to learn.  I hope you all have a great weekend.

I completed today’s Jig Zone puzzle in 4:56.  To do it, Click Here.  How did you do?

Feel free to speak your mind.

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Sep 252009
 

In the best laid plans of mice and men, I didn’t go to prison yesterday.  It’s 70 miles away and my ride there had something come up.  I felt bad, because the guys behind bars look forward to support from the outside, especially from people who have been where they are and are now maintaining freedom.  So it was a sad day for me.

I feel armed and dangerous, because I can now grip my weapon of choice in my right hand.  It’s an optical mouse, and I hope it lasts longer than the last one.  I may be just a little scarce today, because I spent several hours researching the editorial that is today’s top story here.  Six year old info is hard to find.

Today’s Jig Zone Puzzle is a tough one.  It took me 7:11, and that’s not even lucky!  To try it, Click Here, and  tell us how you did.

What do you want to talk about?

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