Personal posts

Yesterday I got a letter from the IRS, a form CP5071. It said I had to verify m…

I won two art pieces from my Uncle Tom's estate auction. They will go on my wal…

Another of my uncles, Tom, passed away, and they're now having the first auction…

Done with another tax year. I was hoping to get it done a little earlier, but a…

We got quite a bit of rain the last couple days. I went by the Cuyahoga River t…

I finished watching the final episode of Stranger Things tonight. I had watche…

I've discontinued my Amazon Prime membership, opting for just the regular accoun…

I finally got my exhaust fixed on my Subaru Impreza (2013). As I mentioned befo…

For a couple weeks there it didn't get above freezing and there was some fairly …

My car (2013 Impreza) wouldn't start the other day. It had been near 0°F over…

Lots of snow today. I went to take Duncan for a walk at the park, but they were…

It is perhaps deferred maintenance, but I had to put $2000 into my car (2013 Su…

The end of last week proved to be somewhat troublesome for me, with extra work a…

Hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving. Mine was good, good food and lots of peo…

My brother's dog, Duncan, got skunked recently while I was walking him. They w…

R.I.P Uncle Tom. He passed away today after a couple years in a nursing home. …

I went to the baseball (Guardians) game with the family last night. My parents …

I went to a Guardians game last night with my brother, sort of. It got rain del…

Yesterday evening I went to Blossom to see the Cleveland Orchestra perform Carmi…

I have read the last novel in the Expanse series, Leviathan Falls. It was good,…

Yesterday evening, I lit a candle while watching an episode of Columbo. It's o…

This year, my larger redbud tree has only a few blooms on it and seemingly has g…

Doing my federal (US) taxes this year, I was finding myself unable to create an …

Last Monday, my car's (Subaru Impreza) low oil light came on while I was drivin…

In January, I made another of my cinnamon roll cheesecake's. I was in a rush an…

I'm late to posting this, but I hope y'all had a merry Christmas and new year. …

RIP Indy the dog. He was a mostly good dog. He was my former roommate and fri…

Happy Thanksgiving. Had a good Thanksgiving with a long visit to cousin Paul's.…

I have deactivated my Twitter account, as of last night. I hadn't posted since…

I sold all my Tesla stock. I've no doubt that it will go up well above what I s…

I voted today and am glad to have gotten that important duty taken care of. I h…

This past weekend, I planted the last of four arborvitaes that I bought back in…

My friend Dwight and wife Grace came up from Texas to visit last week. We hung …

Last Thursday, I got about 4.5 inches of rain at my house (Akron). A good groun…

Yesterday, a storm came through. Knocked some trees down and knocked out power …

Finally getting some decent rain. This past week we had over two inches. I thi…

R.I.P., Uncle Al. He passed away last week, after a long, tough battle with he…

Weird commute home tonight. Thunder, no: fireworks. Car flashing brights. Tre…

Another bird incident happened today. I was walking my brother's dog, Duncan, w…

Had a weird bird incident the other day. I was going around a turn on a residen…

I'm really happy to see that my larger eastern redbud tree has fully bloomed. …

Yesterday, I got a new phone, a Samsung Galaxy S24. Jade green, ordered from s…

Happy Tax Day, all. Hope you finished in time. I finished mine mostly yesterda…

Eclipse totality has come and gone where I am. Good show, worth the price of a…

Happy Eclipse Day. As I unterstand it, it has recently started over somewhere i…

Being stuck on my Moto X has somewhat forced me to use my phone less, which has …

My Moto X phone, a stand-in for my non-functioning Pixel 3a, scared me by force …

My "current" phone (4.5 year old Pixel 3a) may be dead. I now can't …

I've had a single GMail account for over a decade. I've thought of creating a s…

It is only the end of February, but an outsized number of recent days have been …