Grace and I went to see "Hero" today. Wonderful film with a great story well told. A joy to feast your eyes upon, too. Aside from our outing to the cinema, this has been a lazy weekend. After last weekend and the Fallen Tree From Hell, we reckoned we deserved some relaxation. Tomorrow marks the … Continue reading Rollin’ And Ramblin’
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The Squirrels Are Watching Me
The latest from the insurance company: No problem paying us for the repairs on OUR electrical stuff/tree removal. However, all the electrical repairs done on our white trash neighbors house seems to have been THEIR responsibility, not ours. Acty Of God and all, don'tyaknow. Now the big trick will be getting the $3,500.00 out of … Continue reading The Squirrels Are Watching Me
WE HAVE POWER!!!!!
As of about 6:30 this evening, our power was finally restored. The electricians have to come back tomorrow and put in a ground on our box AND fix our neighbors stuff. Cost of all of this emergency shit on Labor day weekend? $7,200 so far, with as much as $3,000 more if they have to … Continue reading WE HAVE POWER!!!!!
Life Sucketh!
Spent all day with my brother cutting up and removing the bigass hunk of tree that fell into the white trash yard nex door. Worked my ass off. Electrician never did a fucking thing to restore power, so called an electrical contractor who will be here to fix everything in the morning. Borrowed my mom's … Continue reading Life Sucketh!
AARRRRGGGHHH!!!!!!!!
High winds in the valley today. Got home at 5:00 to find that part of the tree in the backyard had broken off, falling across the power lines to my house and the neighbors house. Local utility could restore half of his power, but our damage happened on the wrong spot to be the utilities … Continue reading AARRRRGGGHHH!!!!!!!!
Doc And Grace On The Road: Home at Last
Got home last night (Friday) about 9:30, roughly a day ahead of schedule. Good to be back. Roscoe was glad to see us. Lots of unpacking to do soon. Had a very fun trip home on Route 66, but Grace and I agree that we will take no more long driving trips (long being more … Continue reading Doc And Grace On The Road: Home at Last
Doc and Grace On The Road: Update
Quick update before I collapse into bed. 1: The trip TO GenCon had about a 85% suck rate 2: GenCon itself, all 7 hours total I got to spend at it, was ok. Still, my boredom with things gaming has infected GenCon and I have decided not to return for at least 3 years. Next … Continue reading Doc and Grace On The Road: Update
Doc and Grace On The Road: Part Four (Saturday, August 14th)
In which Your Humble Narrator posts a brief note about the NEXT posting. Well, my friends, today started out well...but then the Gods of Vacation decided to piss merrily upon us. Not like they did on John Kovalic on his recent Air Canada Fun Day, but a healthy whiz nonetheless. I'll post the whole sad … Continue reading Doc and Grace On The Road: Part Four (Saturday, August 14th)
Doc and Grace On The Road: Part Three (Yes, Still Friday, August 13th)
In which we arrive at days end tired, hungry and NOT camping I’m writing this from a motel in Provo, Utah. Grace and I decided that getting up way early and then driving all day thru the desert was not conducive to setting up a camp for the night. So just call us lazy old … Continue reading Doc and Grace On The Road: Part Three (Yes, Still Friday, August 13th)
Doc and Grace On The Road: Part Two (Still Friday, August 13th)
In which we finally practice our videography, deal with the heat of the desert, see wildlife and enter Utah. We have finally gotten some video footage under our belts and when the eventual 2004 Road Trip DVD appears, some of you may get to see our handiwork. Actually, a few of you may get to … Continue reading Doc and Grace On The Road: Part Two (Still Friday, August 13th)
Doc and Grace On The Road: Part One (Friday, August 13th)
In which we leave late, find our video attempts confounded and cruise across America’s loneliest road. Well, friends & neighbors, despite my getting out of bed at 1:30 this morning (and Grace arising a half hour later), we still managed to hit the road 45 minutes late. Which isn’t bad for us, I might add. … Continue reading Doc and Grace On The Road: Part One (Friday, August 13th)
You Can’t Escape From The Spy Dogs
Busy busy busybusybusy weekend. Grace and I both had many errands to run and things to take care of here at home in preparation for the Big Trip. We worked our asses off on Saturday, then did more stuff (including packing up enough supplies to outfit a journey up the Nile) until we fell into … Continue reading You Can’t Escape From The Spy Dogs
She Has A Light In Her Eyes That Explodes My Soul
My Faithful Hound, Roscoe, is feeling much better today. His vet vist earned him some antibiotics and a day of testing. He was glad to get home. Just over a week until Grace and I begin our roaming route across America. I'll post daily trip updates and GenCon reports here every day that we are … Continue reading She Has A Light In Her Eyes That Explodes My Soul
We Have Dog Activity In Sector 52
Damn...another week between posts. Well, there isn't much news anyway. My tomatos have been hit by hordes of aphids, but seeing as how the heat is beginning to slow tomato production down anyway, I may just harvest what's out there, then cut the plants off a few inches above the ground and dispose of them … Continue reading We Have Dog Activity In Sector 52
Yes The Nightshades Is The Right Shades
Hoo Boy, it is Tomato Season here at Farmer Doc's Organic Front Yard & Garden! We have them ripening at an insane pace (especially the overachieving cherry tomato plant) and Grace and I are eating them every night with dinner and often for snacks. The big Cherokee Purples, the Black Krims and the Brandywines are … Continue reading Yes The Nightshades Is The Right Shades
And So I Nicknamed Her “Squinky”
Well, after an afternoon of running hither and thither and comparing prices, I bought a Canon ZR85 digital camcorder. And then I bought a better battery for it...and a case...and a Mini DV to record on...and a firewire card for the laptop...and a cable to connect the camcorder to the firewire card. Thus departeth over … Continue reading And So I Nicknamed Her “Squinky”
The Great And Powerful Turtle Live At Fillmore West
I just added it up and the Doc & Grace Meander Across America/Go To GenCon 2004 Tour will total about 5875 miles. Whole lotta travellin' going on, baby! In other news, after conferring with my players, we've deciced that we are going to completely redo the "kingdom building" game when starts back up after GenCon. … Continue reading The Great And Powerful Turtle Live At Fillmore West
She Was Sexy, But The Thing With The Squid Turned Me Off
Yowza! Over a week with no bloggage, but I'm back now. Much of the past 3-4 days has been taken up with either working or trying to figure out the most fun route to take to GenCon. We have pretty much decided on this one... Sacramento to ... Ely, Nevada ... Nephi, Utah ... Dinosaur … Continue reading She Was Sexy, But The Thing With The Squid Turned Me Off
The Rare Lithuanian Sneezing Clam
We saw "Spider-Man 2" tonight and it was very very good. Not my #1 all time best comic book movie, which would be "X-Men", but it's surely #2 on the list. The story was excellent and the fights between Spidey and Doc Ock were just...WOW! The only thing bad about the whole experience tonight was … Continue reading The Rare Lithuanian Sneezing Clam
It’s Zero Hour And We’re All Outta Booze
Came home yesterday to find that four of my 8,000,000 cantalopes were ripe. Picked 'em, sliced one in two and ate half of it. Hot damn, these are some delicious melons. I reckon Grace and I will be eating them for quite awhile, since the vines show no sign of slowing their production. This coming … Continue reading It’s Zero Hour And We’re All Outta Booze
Attack Of The Killer Zuchinnis
4th of July here at Chez Cross was much like any other Sunday, except I hauled out the barbecue and made some Docburgers and grilled corn on the cob. Very tasty stuff. We also had suteed chanterelle mushrooms as an appetizer and ice cream for afters. The rest of the day was occupied by gardening … Continue reading Attack Of The Killer Zuchinnis
Doc’s Head Explodes! Film At 11:00!
Ok, this right here is just TOO FUCKING STRANGE. I'm looking thru the American Map 2004 Road Atlas of the United States (large scale, large type edition) doing some vacation planning and as I'm checking out Iowa, I'm seeing points of interest listed and right there by Riverside(just south of Iowa City)I see an entry … Continue reading Doc’s Head Explodes! Film At 11:00!
Is That A Real Poncho Or a Sears Poncho?
Title courtesy of the late great Frank Zappa. All of the con reports I've been reading about Origins 2004 kinda make me want to go to Origins some year in the near future. Probably not next year, but maybe the year after. GenCon is fun and all, but a change of pace might be nice. … Continue reading Is That A Real Poncho Or a Sears Poncho?
When Good Teddy Bears Go Bad
Just a quick bit of bloggage to let y'all know that I've FINALLY started posting entries in my new fiction blog over on Blogger.Com The URL is: http://tfse.blogspot.com/ Check it out and let me know what you think. More entries ARE on the way
Yo Ho Ho And A Bottle Of Jose Cuervo
Another fun weekend here at The D&G Cross International Home For Aging Gamers:) We PVRed "Return of the King" off of pay per view, so now we have the whole trilogy saved. Soon, we'll set aside a Saturday and watch the whole shootin' match from start to finish. I spent the bulk of Saturday driving … Continue reading Yo Ho Ho And A Bottle Of Jose Cuervo
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