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Having to ask a neighbor to turn down his music, which vibrates the floor and walls, at 9:30 am is not what I consider the most auspicious start to the morning. Of course, the fact that Jess usually sleeps in (depending on how late she had to work the night before) made it much easier to do.

This has been going on for a while, but today was the first day that I’ve gone down there; I almost went down there yesterday, but Jess was already up and it was kind of moot. He was quite amenable when I asked him to turn it down and explained that Jess usually works late. It’s nice when people can work out their differences like adults.

Peace.

Monday, the short version:

• Work.
• Gym.
• Home.

The end.

Peace.

Sunday (long story, short version):

• Spent most of the day getting the 100-odd pictures that I took resized and prepped for posting here. 89 pics, in all, were posted.
• Watched the Super Bowl. Bill came up and watched it here. The commercials were interesting; Bud Light had the best ones, overall, in my opinion… although I thought the M&M’s commericial was funny, too.
• Had pizza for a late dinner while Jess and I watched yestermorn’s taped Static Shock and X-Men: Evolution.

And that’s pretty much all the news from Lake Saline.

Today’s Quote of the Day is for : “How much?”

Peace.

Saturday: Long but good.

• Slept in. Sort of.
• Went to the reopened Hill Aerospace Museum; I got to see my favorite airplane – the SR-71 Blackbird. I have been informed that the plane at the museum is actually a hybrid trainer: Part SR-71/part Y-12. That’s okay, because if it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck (and isn’t a platypus), the odds are pretty damn good that it’s a duck. I took LOTS of pictures. 115 of them, to be precise; most of them turned out well. They will (hopefully) be posted by Monday.
• Hung out at Dee and Kim’s. We (and their sons) went out for dinner, also.
• Came home, after a side trip to B&N.
• Talked to my uncle and, after catching up on how each other is doing, we made our traditional Super Bowl wager. I’m pulling for the Rams.
• Larry and I bowled, while Jess and Bill watched. I won 4 out of 5 games. Then we grabbed a quick bite of late/early breakfast.
• Came home.

Quite a day. But, I have to admit: It was fun.

Tomorrow (today) is Super Bowl Sunday – the Rams vs. the Patriots. It should be a good game. But that shall have to wait for Lord Morpheus beckons and realms of The Dreaming await…

Peace.

cel·e·brate
v. cel·e·brat·ed, cel·e·brat·ing, cel·e·brates
v. tr.

1. To observe (a day or event) with ceremonies of respect, festivity, or rejoicing.
2. To perform (a religious ceremony): celebrate Mass.
3. To extol or praise: a sonnet that celebrates love.
4. To make widely known; display

v. intr.

1. To observe an occasion with appropriate ceremony or festivity.
2. To perform a religious ceremony.
3. To engage in festivities: went out and celebrated after the victory.

Sleep GOOOD! ::: gesture :::
More later.

Peace.

Stray Toaster Time….

I’m not a fan of country music. I’m not sure exactly what it is, but there’s something that I don’t care for in it. I do know that I dislike (bordering on hate) the whiny/twangy sound in many of the male artists vocalizations. Here are a few other points:

• Johnny Cash is almost always acceptable.
• Garth Brooks has yet to be completely forgiven for what he did to Aerosmith’s “Fever.”
• Some (operative word: some) crossover songs are all right.
• I like a number of 70s “Southern Rock” songs.
• I seem like some of the old western songs (like in old western movies).

I bring this up because I was listening to Jimmy Buffett the other day and realized that some of his songs have a definite country style to them. But I didn’t mind. “‘Curiouser and curiouser,’ said little Alice.” Oh well. Maybe someday I’ll figure out what it is.

The soundtrack from Cool World was the best thing about that movie… aside from the words “The End” at the end of the movie.

Songs from Animaniacs make me laugh. Most of them also make me want to bounce along with the beat.

The CDs made from the show Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego are good. Eclectic, but good.

Muzak is almost never acceptable. I think that the ONLY possible exception is in a doctor’s/dentist’s office… and even then it’s treading on thin ice.

“Lump,” by the Presidents of the United States of America, came on the radio tonight while I was driving. I had no choice but to turn it up and sing along. In the words of the Borg: “Resistance is (or ‘was,’ in this case) futile.”

Bedtime!

Peace.