One down, four to go. These Santa Paws pet picture events are pretty familiar by now, but there are still some surprises. Today I photogra...

Here's how bored I was today. I pulled off most of the vent registers and proceeded to clean the heating and air conditioning vents wi...

It's amazing how often little things end up consuming large amounts of my time. I wanted to get November invoices out today. Everythin...

I went to get some lab work done this morning in preparation for my upcoming physical exam. On the way home from these mandatory blood tes...

Today was a light housekeeping day. I paid bills. I renewed my prescriptions at the pharmacy. I balanced my checkbook. I even found time t...

Occasionally, I look at the profiles of people who appear on my Google+ stream and become envious of how idyllic their lives seem. Then I ...

I don't think I'm a spokesperson for Paypal anymore. The Paypal Advantage program that I was helping to promote seems to have disa...

For the second time in two years, I received a letter from the Missouri Department of Revenue telling me that I was behind on paying my Mi...

I was delighted to receive a payment from one of my European clients today. Then, about two hours later, I was dismayed to receive a lette...

I went and visited with my watchmaker today. Although Kevin is technically a client, he seldom has much for me to do. Good watch repairmen...

The scariest thing about today was the total lack of activity. I felt like I'd fallen into a black hole. No calls. No e-mail. No work....

Does anyone else think that shopping has become way too difficult? I try my best to buy everything online, because going to a store is usu...

I've been watching coverage of Hurricane Sandy off and on throughout the day. I'm glad I don't live in a hurricane zone. We ha...

I need a new car. The old Defender is getting a little long in the tooth and it would be nice to be driving something reliable again. Unfo...

Janet and I went over to the neighborhood health food store to get our blood tested this morning. The store has these cholesterol screenin...

I passed a polling station when I was running errands today, so I decided to take advantage of early voting. As usual, my first thought wh...

I enjoyed going to the video production seminar today. They didn't have barbecue after all, but the catered tex/mex lunch was quite ta...