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Yesterday was new car day for me. I’m not a great shopper for cars, as cars are a basic tool for me, and not the dream machine it is for some. I use Consumer Reports to help me decide which car I want. I wanted a mid-size car that gave me a good ride and…

Tonight is Oscar night! Oscar night! Do you care, because I don’t. I was never a big Oscar night fan anyway, but as the years go by I find I care less and less. In the last couple of years my wife and I have cut back on the movies that we go out to…

This morning we’re attending the funeral mass for my yia yia, Dee Angelpoulos. Dee was my sister-in-law’s husband’s mother, and as part of a very extended family I was adopted by this small Greek woman. She died at age 94. For many years we lived near her, and would pick her up and drive her…

Looks like we’re going to have a lot of snow this winter. Got nailed with over a foot last week, 5-8 inches today and a blizzard with now 14-20 inches predicted for tomorrow (and maybe more on Wednesday). Been awhile since we’ve been hit with this much snow (well, memory’s not working great on this…

I went to the Dentist last week for my normal cleaning, and the hygienist said. “Oh, dear” and told me I had an abscess on my gum. She then showed it to me with a mirror, as if I didn’t trust her (I let her shove sharp metal objects and poke around in my mouth…

Are you a light sleeper? Do you have troubles falling asleep, or do you wake up often in the night? I’ve never really had any sleep problems – I can close my eyes just about anywhere and fall asleep, and when I do fall asleep I’m out for as long as is needed. I can…

I think that we’re at a place in the world where we have choices to make – we either focus on that which we have in common, or we divide by that with which we disagree. I have chosen to look at what I have in common with people and avoid the areas of disagreement…

Happy snow day! The snow turned out to be not too bad today – school delays, but that’s the extent of it around here. I’ve had this podcast kicking around awhile. I don’t do a best of 2016 for music – hard for me to rank music in diverse genres. I love reading the year-end…

Getting a bit of a late start today, as I watched my football team play last night. There’s a question of whether we should be watching football anymore, but the playoffs is not a time to discuss such things. I am a true fan of my team, who although they are known now as one…

Before I go out to shovel what looks like a nuisance amount of snow (not a lot, but enough that it needs to be pushed around a bit), I’m going to examine what I am doing every week. Putting together a podcast is a labor of love and a hobby that I am happy to…