Author: leilani

Some days things go well.  Some days you kind of cringe even if things are (theoretically anyway) going well. G’s new ‘puter, the one we bought him just a few months ago?  Toast.  Seriously.  We spent $50 we couldn’t really afford today to buy a replacement power supply get him back online and operating.  Except…

It’s been a couple of months(-ish) since we bought the new bed.  It’s been far longer that we’ve realistically needed new sheets.  A couple of years back I bought one of those high-thread-count sheet sets at the equivalent of the swap meet, just happened to be at work.  And they were and are, hands down,…

Sometimes the spammers beg for commentary.  Aside from the grammar so obviously culled from free online translation software, the subject matter is always fuzzified to the extreme.  Case in point: Hello there, just became alert to your blog through Google, and found that it’s truly informative. (An alert?  Is a Google alert anything like an…

Our right to peaceably assemble has, over the years, turned into a tragic joke.  The latest example is with the Occupy movement, in whatever part of the country it occurs.  Police and politicians routinely assault peaceful demonstrators, using chemical and physical force to disburse the legal demonstrations.  The latest movement is a statement against the…

A day later everyone has cooled off, I’ve had a couple of changes of perspective and more determination in one category. Poolie and Hiss, your assessments were right on target and you’re right: it is not a marriage when there is constant interference by the kids.  The youngest daughter and the baby were literally left…