Sick day! 
But it gives me time to be on here. 
story 1:
My neighbor almost killed his wife. And not by accident. I've only met the man a few times. He always seemed a little goofy, but not capable of this. He glued his wife's feet together and hit her on her head with a hammer. I'm not sure how hard. But I get the impression that he was going for torture, not murder. Somehow, she managed to free herself and ran to a different neighbor's place and called the police. He's currently home, out on bail. She hasn't been heard from. And no one expects her to ever return.
next story:
One of my coworkers was having a very pleasent breakfast. When his wife heard a strange sound coming from the living room. She peered around the corner, half expecting to see a masked intruder. But, she simply saw an empty room. Just as she turned to leave, she heard this gentle 'flop'. Wheeling around, she zeroed in on the sound and saw a fish, gasping for breath, in her fireplace! How the Hell did a live fish end up in her fireplace?! The fish flopped once more. But that wasn't the only noise. Coming from the chimney was a fast series of clicks and squaks. She went outside and saw one perturbed owsprey sitting on top of the chimney, flapping it's wings and making a racket.
This story was published in the Day newpaper, but I can't find the story to link.
end of stories
I went up to Boston Thursday for the Red Sox game. I hadn't drove through Boston University in several years. WOW!! Things have changed a lot! There are huge new buildings. And where I used to live in Allston is different too. About 80% of the stores and restaurants are different. You can always count on Blanchards though. Crazy. Doesn't feel like my home anymore.
I've been put in charge of being prepared for an emergency/disaster at my work. I've seen some interesting things out there on the web. Like this.. I've also gotten some good info. This is the most comprehensive booklette I've found. But beware, it's 21MB. Me, for home, I think I'm going the cheap route and get A couple of these and some water. But I'm not really sure how much to buy. FEMA and the Red Cross say to plan for at least 3 to 7 days for food and up to 2 weeks for water. That's kinda broad. I've never been without power for more than a week. And I've only been stranded by snow for a couple days. Hmmm. Now, how much water is up for debate too. The Coast Guard says you can get by on as little as 4.227 oz. of water a day! Man, I'd be thirsty if I had it live on that for any amount of time. The Red Cross says one gallon per person per day. That seems like overkill to me. Not to mention that could be a huge amount of water. For my work, having enought water for us and potential guests for 7 days could be 700 gallons of water!!! Where would we even put that?! Anyway, if anyone needs me when the bird flu hits, I'll be in my basement eating rations and sipping 4.227 oz of water.
But it gives me time to be on here.
story 1:
My neighbor almost killed his wife. And not by accident. I've only met the man a few times. He always seemed a little goofy, but not capable of this. He glued his wife's feet together and hit her on her head with a hammer. I'm not sure how hard. But I get the impression that he was going for torture, not murder. Somehow, she managed to free herself and ran to a different neighbor's place and called the police. He's currently home, out on bail. She hasn't been heard from. And no one expects her to ever return.
next story:
One of my coworkers was having a very pleasent breakfast. When his wife heard a strange sound coming from the living room. She peered around the corner, half expecting to see a masked intruder. But, she simply saw an empty room. Just as she turned to leave, she heard this gentle 'flop'. Wheeling around, she zeroed in on the sound and saw a fish, gasping for breath, in her fireplace! How the Hell did a live fish end up in her fireplace?! The fish flopped once more. But that wasn't the only noise. Coming from the chimney was a fast series of clicks and squaks. She went outside and saw one perturbed owsprey sitting on top of the chimney, flapping it's wings and making a racket.
This story was published in the Day newpaper, but I can't find the story to link.
end of stories
I went up to Boston Thursday for the Red Sox game. I hadn't drove through Boston University in several years. WOW!! Things have changed a lot! There are huge new buildings. And where I used to live in Allston is different too. About 80% of the stores and restaurants are different. You can always count on Blanchards though. Crazy. Doesn't feel like my home anymore.
I've been put in charge of being prepared for an emergency/disaster at my work. I've seen some interesting things out there on the web. Like this.. I've also gotten some good info. This is the most comprehensive booklette I've found. But beware, it's 21MB. Me, for home, I think I'm going the cheap route and get A couple of these and some water. But I'm not really sure how much to buy. FEMA and the Red Cross say to plan for at least 3 to 7 days for food and up to 2 weeks for water. That's kinda broad. I've never been without power for more than a week. And I've only been stranded by snow for a couple days. Hmmm. Now, how much water is up for debate too. The Coast Guard says you can get by on as little as 4.227 oz. of water a day! Man, I'd be thirsty if I had it live on that for any amount of time. The Red Cross says one gallon per person per day. That seems like overkill to me. Not to mention that could be a huge amount of water. For my work, having enought water for us and potential guests for 7 days could be 700 gallons of water!!! Where would we even put that?! Anyway, if anyone needs me when the bird flu hits, I'll be in my basement eating rations and sipping 4.227 oz of water.
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I'd love to go to Ireland someday. And the Gaelic is really, really fun. I found my class here.