Posted by Brad on January 31st, 2010 — Posted in Journal
Yesterday was Peggy’s birthday. I was watching the date get closer and closer, then completely forgot it when it finally came. Sorry, Peggy. I love celebrating people’s birthdays, especially when they’re good friends.
Yesterday was also a Middle School wrestling tournament. I left my cell phone at home. I’ve never been such a nervous wreck. When they invent implanted cell phones I will seriously consider it. We took nine boys to the tournament. It was a lot of fun. There was supposed to be some snow in the morning, but it didn’t come, so the tournament wasn’t canceled. Yay!
The snow we were supposed to get in the morning came late. It snowed steadily for several hours, leaving an inch and-a-half or so. But the tournament kept on going. We had three medal winners!
The trip home was perilous, but I had to get to my phone. What if the president was trying to call me? Or even more important- what if Ron Paul was trying to call?
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Posted by Brad on January 30th, 2010 — Posted in Journal
About two weeks ago, my hot water suddenly stopped being rocket-hot and just went to regular-hot. It was a pretty clear indication that my oil heat wasn’t working any more. The boiler is connected to my hot water heater, so in the winter the hot water out of the tap is hot enough to cook with.
So two weeks ago the boiler wasn’t working, but my little space heaters seemed to be doing a good job. It wasn’t that cold outside anyway. I never posted a picture I took of the camellia. It was blooming a several days ago! The last time it bloomed was November.
But lately, it’s been really cold. Over the course of several days, the temperature inside my house got colder and colder. Sitting on the living room couch required a blanket and a distance of one foot or less from the space heater. And it was really hard to get out of bed in the morning. My house was cooold. Yesterday I didn’t have wrestling practice, so I was home early. Turning on the heater reminded me to call the repair man:
After a very nice conversation with a helpful lady at PETRO, a repair man was on is way. A short while later he arrived. It was the “flame sensor”, whatever that is. The heat has been running all night, and now my house is blazing hot! Thank you, nice PETRO lady. Thank you, repair man. Thank you, Santa (if you had anything to do with this).
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Posted by Brad on January 29th, 2010 — Posted in Journal
Yesterday for wrestling practice I wore my Canadian shirt. It says “Montreal Canada” on it. I have no idea where I got this shirt. Did I get it at a thrift store? Did somebody leave it behind in a hotel room I stayed in? Did it used to be Lloyd’s?
I distinctly remember wearing it in the Caribbean and someone seeing me with it on and asking me if I was from Canada. I said “Ya, you hoser. Why are ya asking me aboot it?” Hehe… Actually, I said no. So this is an instant Canadian disguise? Put on this shirt and I’m from Canada? Cool.
Except none of the wrestling boys asked me if I was from Canada.
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Posted by Brad on January 28th, 2010 — Posted in Journal
Last night for dinner I ate most of a tube of Pilsbury crescent rolls. Dough in a tube is awesome! I also had a little chicken just to get some protein. After dinner, I had some cookies. I had seen these when I was looking for Deluxe Grahams… you know, the Keebler cookies that are graham crackers dipped in chocolate? Well, they make a version now that has chocolate on just one side. And they’re healthy!! At least, that’s what the package says. They’re REDUCED FAT*. I don’t know what that asterisk is there for, and I don’t care. Healthy cookies? Only a fraction of the fat? I ate a fraction of the bag.
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Posted by Brad on January 27th, 2010 — Posted in Journal
I have finished Assassin’s Creed II. I was just going to play for an hour or so last night, and it ended up being the last hour of the game. I’m kind of bummed. Aside from some gratuitous swear words, this was a really good game. I was solving a mystery as I went along. It ended up being aliens. Isn’t it always aliens now-a-days? I long for the days of good ol’ supernatural explanations. I guess that’s not what the young people want these days.
Anyway, I really got my money’s worth out of this one. I may play around with it a little more, but for all intents and purposes, I’m finished. Thanks for the ride, Assassin’s Creed II. Thanks for the game, Ubisoft.
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