This is my update for November 30, 2018. I would absolutely love to post this to my blog site as I write it, but apparently there is some sort of issue with either my DNS, my ISP, or my blog-hosting site that is preventing me from properly connecting and allowing me to post my daily …
November 2018 archive
Nov 29
Day 20,163
Good evening, every body! Fat old Grampa Bob here on a beautiful, crisp November night. The clock just rolled over to 9:00 PM. Lisa and I are sitting in the living room watching a playoff match between the Sporting KC soccer club and the Portland Timbers. Go Sporting! Today will be one of those news …
Nov 28
Day 20,162
Good evening, dear reader, whether guest or future grandchild. My name is Bob. I’ve had a pretty good day. My car is running better. My wife’s little hybrid got me back and forth to Leawood successfully over the last couple of days, and I appreciate her allowing me to use it. I’d tell her how …
Nov 27
Day 20,161
One of the things , one of my many flaws, is that I get attached to my vehicles, and my daily driver is sick. Ruby needs a fuel pump. That almost sounds like a lyric to a bad country song. Yeah, my brain goes there sometimes. I remember now my first college English teacher, Nancy …
Nov 26
Day 20,160
Good evening friends and future family members, it’s the old man again, dropping a clue here and there as to what’s happening in my slightly-above-average life on this fine day in November. It was cold this morning. And dangerous. Had to drive in to Leawood this morning for work, and stretches of the highway that …
Nov 25
Day 20,159
The snow came down today in rural Douglas County, 4-6 inches according to the weather reports. It was coming down as ice and snow today… and guess what? Tomorrow the expected high is 54 degrees, so all of it will melt off. It’s kind of crazy… that’s Kansas weather. They’ve already called off school for …
Nov 24
Day 20,158
It’s been a semi-eventful day here in rural Douglas County. Started of the day in a positive way, with a great breakfast, courtesy of my beloved Lisa. Then… well… things went a little downhill. I offered to go into town on a grocery run. I do love a good turkey sandwich after Thanksgiving, and I …
Nov 23
Day 20,157
Be right with you, 2 seconds left, KU tied with Tennessee… And the game ends tied at 69, so we’re heading into overtime. It’s been a pretty good game so far, and each side has lost key players, Doke for KU, and Williamson (?) for Tennessee. We started the day early, with Lisa, Bonnie, and …
Nov 22
Day 20,156
Today is Thanksgiving. Most people focus on the food, the history, the parades, the football and basketball games. I do too. I love the food, the family, gathering around a television set to watch the Detroit Lions and the Dallas Cowboys do their annual games (not against each other, but with other teams). I love …
Nov 21
Day 20,155
It’s a Wednesday night in rural Douglas County. Lisa is sleeping in the recliner adjacent to me, occasionally waking to tell me some random trip about her recent trip to San Diego, like “we walked by that Kansas City barbecue place that they filmed in the movie ‘Top Gun’”, then immediately falling back to sleep. …