It's out!

http://www.themidnightdiner.com/

For sale at:

http://www.themidnightdiner.com/

Weeeee, I got an ISBN!

Sundays and Sam Adams

Ok, I had Friday off so tomorrow will be Sunday II.

I decided to take Friday off for a sanity break. Things have been about as crazy as they have ever been in my life, and I needed a day off that didn't revolve around someone being in the hospital or mortuary.

We moved my oldest daughter into her first big girl bed, which means it frees up my office to be . . . drum roll . . . my office. Already bought a desk like the cherry desk I had in Pratt. Problem is, it takes about 4-6 hours to assemble. I'm in no hurry.

I feel like singing praises about Sam Adams Spring Seasonal. A white Belgian ale with citrus overtones. Hell, I believe I might have another.

Started storm chasing last weekend. Caught a good wall cloud out near Newton last week. The meteorologists that I have talked to have confirmed what I feared. The wet winter up to the end of 2008 and the dryness since may shift the dryline further this way. I may be chasing close to home.

yup, can't wait for spring

Although California had a brief tornado today that ripped the roof off a shed.

Other than that, nothing going on.

CNN

Sometimes I love CNN.

Gu Gu is not your typical soft and cuddly giant panda.

For the third time, he's tasted the flesh of an unwitting intruder in his pen at the Beijing Zoo.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/01/09/panda.attack/index.html

Something more to waste your time

You are The Magician

Skill, wisdom, adaptation. Craft, cunning, depending on dignity.

Eleoquent and charismatic both verbally and in writing,
you are clever, witty, inventive and persuasive.

The Magician is the male power of creation, creation by willpower and desire. In that ancient sense, it is the ability to make things so just by speaking them aloud. Reflecting this is the fact that the Magician is represented by Mercury. He represents the gift of tongues, a smooth talker, a salesman. Also clever with the slight of hand and a medicine man - either a real doctor or someone trying to sell you snake oil.

What Tarot Card are You?
Take the Test to Find Out.

Brian goes to S-Mart

The forces of Wal-Marx have done it again. I went to the store, not one of my prouder moments anticipating the purchase of a Zune music player. I've been after this device for a few years, now the ducks are in a row, I've been a good boy for Santa, and the stars have aligned.

The Wal-Marx site had the Zune 120GB player $25.00 cheaper than at the store. I've been told by those who are in the Wal-Marx know to bring proof of pricing from the Internet and they will give you the Internet price.

Well, Mr. can't grow a beard but decided to take his lipstud out for work to leave the open gooey hole told me that and I quote (notice the little marks)
"I'm sorry sir, we can not honor the online pricing in our stores."

This brought me to my first "huh?"

"But if you want it shipped here you can buy it for that price and it should be here for Christmas."

"So in other words, I could send it here online, come back, and get the same damn piece of merchandise here for the cheaper price . . . three days later vs. doing this now?"

The next part of the conversation has been tastefully deleted.

Listen folks. This is what cause the mess during Katrina, this is what's going on in the corporate world getting ready to crumble the economy, this is naked politics.
For some reason people have lost the ability to go from Point A to Point B and I'm about ready to start the bloody revolution over on aisle three.

Billy Lip Stud . . . bring a mop, because there will be the need for clean up.

Needless to say, If I wouldn't have stepped in there, walked across a frigid parking lot. etc, I still could have ordered the damn thing online and had it shipped to the house for less than what I still could have bought it there.

Rant over. . . getting too close to X-mas.

Joy to the World