Browsing Category: "Rant and Raves"
When I first bought my house the old owners left behind an old crappy set of industrial hand wheels. I am surprised I never threw it out but it has saved my bacon a few times lugging things around the house and today was no exception. I had to move some boxes around for the wife's mother and I have my trusty set of wheels to get the hob done for me.
Tags: offbeat news
I don't think his hiding spot really worked out though, you can see his head sticking right out of it.
"NEAR SNOHOMISH, Wash. — A man suspected in a stabbing was found inside the toilet in a Port-A-Potty on Friday. Snohomish County sheriff's spokesman Rebecca Hover said the man was found just hours after the stabbing at a condo in the 14200 block of 69th Drive SE.
Deputies responded to the condo at approximately 3 p.m. and found a man who had been stabbed in the stomach lying on the driveway. The 30-year-old man was taken to Harborview Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries.
The attacker ran off, but a suspect was found in the portable toilet after a witness told investigators a man had gone into the toilet, but had not come out. The two men knew each other, but it is not clear what prompted the stabbing, Hover said. The unnamed 28-year-old suspect was to be booked into the Snohomish County Jail for investigation of first-degree assault."
Do you ever get so bored that you find yourself doing things that you never imagined yourself doing? I would be interested in finding out what. I just found myself so bored that I went online looking for auto insurance quotes. It doesn't come any more bored than that. Maybe that annoying lady with the fifties hairdo is starting wear me down. I find her incredibly irritating by secretly maybe I have a tv crush on her. Maybe I wouldn't go that far but I am somewhat bored. I think I will go look for some funny videos or stupid criminal stories to share.
The next few weeks I will busy trying to get my house in order as a result of having a home energy audit done. Basically a planner with weatherization training came to my house, did a few tests and made recommendations to improve the energy efficiency of the house. If I complete them then I am eligible for government grants, we save money and reduce our carbon footprint. It's a win, win situation all the way around. I have to get cracking replacing doors, windows and adding insulation. I know nothing about what I am doing so it should be interesting. As you can see I have the proper equipment and look like something hanging out in the canteen in Star Wars.
I saw this at the golf course over the weekend. I have to say it looked pretty neat seeing this driving down the fairway. Kind of puts my old three wheel push cart to shame.
This afternoon my furnace came on. It was a little chilly out but I was suprised when it fired up. Right around that time I saw a commercial for an Amish fireplace. They look pretty cool and I imagine they could heat my whole house up and cut down on my energy bill a little. I have to wonder. If the Amish don't have electricity, how do they know if the damn things work before they ship them out to the market? How are they shipping them out? How did they know if their commercials are running on tv? There are lots of questions to be asked.
Sometimes I don't think I mind the winter time at all. Besides doing a little snow shoveling you get to sit around and do nothing. It's only April and I had to spend a couple hours after work, working in my backyard. It's kind of a ripoff really. It's nice out and I have to spend time cutting the lawn, taking care of weeds and draining really nice water off of my pool cover. I even found a couple of nice rotted outdoor rugs beside my shed. They were nice to pick up and throw away.
I guess on the flip side summer has it pluses.
Tags: tim hortons
So I blogged awhile back about winning $100 Tims card in the Roll Up the Rim to win contest. Well I have used the card a few times with no problems. The people working there were actually nicer than usual when I pulled it out.
That was up until last Thursday when I walked into a Tim Hortons, ordered a couple of coffees and was then told they don't accept the cards at their store. What kind of lame company has stores that don't accept their own cards? Unreal, I had to pull a five out of my pocket and pay for my order when I was holding onto a $100 gift card from the store I was in.
When the card is out of cash I am out of Tim Hortons.
Tags: rants
That is unless you have photoshop or a few pounds of wrinkle filler on hand. I must be getting older. I ran into an old timer I used to work with. I mentioned to somebody he looked like million dollars, crumpled up and put in your pocket for ten years. I was watching the news tonight and just realized how a one time hottie news woman is now doing stupid human interest stories and should be out getting her mug in zombie movies. They would be hire her because of the savings in make up. She doesn't need any anymore. Just random thoughts so here is a picture to make you think about how time makes fools of us all.
How about having to go to a second or third wedding? I found out a person we know is getting married for his third kick at the can. Great, I can't wait. I am really praying that I get left of that guest list. I can't bear to have to sit through another one. If you can't get it right the first time then just give it up and don't bother people with another full ceremony. The only way it would be remotely interesting is if the ladies looked like these pretties. The dresses are wild and I couldn't imagine what kind of bridesmaid gifts they would be handing out.
