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Nancy booked a flight to Hawaii for February. From what I've been told she and her daughter will be staying with sister D in some lavish digs "somewhere on one of those islands." I'm not invited.

The old Whirlpool oven is making peculiar noises when the burner kicks in and sounds like it may explode. I decided to troubleshoot the beast last night and right now there are parts and pieces all over the kitchen. Gotta get that fixed before the kids come this weekend. Sure would hate to have a "Breaking News" incident.

I've got two major projects (when you become a geezer it seems everything is a big endeavor) in the works. The garage door and deck need to be rehabbed.

I began collecting knives a few months ago, buying one or two here and there willy- nillly on that Ebay thing. In order to defray the costs I've invented a unique display stand to sell on the Ebay. The prototype is completed but I need to get a drill press for mass production.
That's a .357 magnum cartridge as the "blade prop". I used the Dremel to slice a groove in the bullet. Note to self: use blanks instead of live ammo

Still haven't received the pics of huge fish from Basswood Lake as promised by two family members in Lake County. They're as reliable as an '87 Yugo manufactured on a Friday.

Firefox 3 came out on June 17th. I deployed it last week on the network, it's a significant improvement from FF 2. They fixed the memory leak and it seems to have an improved rendering engine. Go get it now!

Been geocaching with the new Garmin Venture HC mounted to the Sledgehammer. GPS is the best invention since thong underpants.

I'm done for now.