Tom's Diary

Today’s Activities

• Shower. DONE.
• Cat duty.  DONE.  Cat duty involves cleaning the litter boxes, bagging the excess, feeding, and house cleaning cat dirt of all types.
• Wash (3) loads of pending laundry.   DONE.

Log

08:35 AM: I’m up.

08:55 AM: Facebooked for a bit. Friend count: 632 (unchanged). Fan count: 113 (unchanged).

09:45 AM: ‎2.3 miles on the treadmill today, at 4.0 MPH, 4.0% incline (up 0.5%), 68 degrees F room temperature, for 33 minutes, 4000 calories burned, with heart rate peaking at 151 BPM for walk / workout 9 of 130 in 2012.

02:00 PM: Watched today’s episode of    The Young and the Restless   via the DVR.

03:00 PM: Sister Mary Ann arrived with her children and Jojo’s daughter for a visit.

03:45 PM: I showed them the basement windows that I installed and the curtains I’ve put up recently.  They were impressed.  Now, we’re heading to Meadows for some ice cream.  Back later.

05:00 PM: I’m back home and sister Mary Ann is on her way back to Happy Valley.

05:20 PM: Watched last night’s episode of   NBC’s Nightly News   via the DVR.

06:10 PM: Watched today’s episode of   Dr. Phil   via the DVR, called   Deadbeat Dad?

07:00 PM: Watched the 2012-02-15 episode of NBC’s   Rock Center   in-depth news broadcast via the DVR.

10:00 PM: Spent a couple hours surfing the Internet and listening to my iPod Touch.

11:00 PM: Talked with   [Emmy], and we watched tonight’s episode of   Hawaii Five-0   while we chatted.

11:15 AM: I’m heading to bed.  Good night and do stop back tomorrow for more content.     Good night.

Tom Hesley

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• Today’s Diet: 2012-02-20

Today’s Activities

• Shower. DONE.
• Cat duty.  DONE.  Cat duty involves cleaning the litter boxes, bagging the excess, feeding, and house cleaning cat dirt of all types.

Log

07:00 AM: I’m up.

07:10 AM: Facebooked for a bit. Friend count: 628 (up one). Fan count: 113 (down one).

07:50 AM: Leaving now for shopping and to visit Mom with sister Jojo.  Today’s shopping schedule: Wal Mart, Dunkin’ Donuts, JC Penney for some drapes for the house here, and the last stop will be Lowe’s to pick up a couple 40-pound bags of cement for filling in the hollow window columns here in my office.  Back later.

03:00 PM: I’m back home.  Got the tools and a couple surge protectors besides.

03:15 PM: I bought four sets of Light Shield drapes for the living room and workout room from JC Penney, along with rails from which to hang them.  I’m going to spend much of the rest of today installing the drapery rails, ironing the new curtains, and hanging them.

07:00 PM: Thawed and enjoyed the last of the buckwheat pancakes I made last Monday.  Delicious.

08:30 PM: I’ve put up three of the four curtain rails, ironed the curtains, and hung them up.  They look very good, as the match well the rest of Mom’s decor in the living room.  Unfortunately, the window in the sitting room has some plaster damage around it.  So this must be repaired before putting up the rail on this window.  Therefore, I’ll put this rail and the curtains that go with it in my bedroom.  Then once I fix the plaster in the sitting room, I’ll buy some curtains and a rail for in there.

Posted a picture of two of the newly decorated windows on Facebook; the windows beside my television.

10:00 PM: Listened to my iPod Touch in front of one of the newly decorated windows in the living room while enjoying a couple ounces of gin.  Pleasant.

11:00 PM: Talked with   [Emmy].

11:15 AM: I’m heading to bed.  Good night and do stop back tomorrow for more content.     Good night.

Tom Hesley

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• Easy Spaghetti Squash Recipe
• Today’s Diet: 2012-02-03

Today’s Activities

• Shower. DONE.
• Cat duty.  DONE.  Cat duty involves cleaning the litter boxes, bagging the excess, feeding, and house cleaning cat dirt of all types.
• Wash (1) load of pending laundry.  DONE.

Log

08:15 AM: I’m up.

08:30 AM: Facebooked for perhaps fifteen minutes. Friend count: 626 (unchanged). Fan count: 114 (unchanged).

08:45 AM: Beginning the upgrade / replacement of the last two of ten windows in the basement to glass block units.  This should keep me busy most of the day.

10:00 AM: Removed the lattice work under the south porch just now.  Unfortunately, it was nailed in place, and so I had to break a bit of it to gain access to the windows inside.  But repairing it should be no big deal once the weather warms a little.

11:00 AM: Both of the old windows 9 and 10 have been removed.

12:00 PM: I’ve chiseled out the loose old mortar in both windows.

01:00 PM: Both of the new glass block window units have been set in the window wells, leveled, and positioned for straightness.  Now, I’m applying the new mortar.

02:30 PM: About half-way through the new mortar application to the glass block windows, I’m checking both windows again for proper level and “plumness” and correct measurements around the edges.  Sometimes, these can shift a bit once the mortar begins to set.  A few minor errors found.  So I used a rubber mallet to bump them back into the proper locations.

04:00 PM: New mortar has been applied to both windows, shims have been removed, and the holes left behind by the shims after removal have been filled in.

05:00 PM: I’ve wiped any excess mortar off the windows both inside and out.  Now, to cleaning up the basement from today’s installation.

06:30 PM: All ten windows in the basement have now been replaced with much quieter and more energy-efficient glass blocks.  I love them.  This project was therefore, well worth the effort, and it really wasn’t that bad.  I’ll fix the lattice work on the porch outside on an upcoming warmer day.

07:10 PM: Watched tonight’s edition of    NBC’s Nightly News   via the DVR.

08:00 PM: Watched the 2012-01-27 episode of   Dr. Phil   via the DVR, called    Coming Clean.

09:00 PM: Facebooked for an hour and shared info about the basement window replacement project that I’m so pleased to report now, is finished. 

10:00 PM: Listened to my iPod Touch while unwinding with a couple shots of Ice 101 peppermint schnapps.

11:00 PM: Talked with   [Emmy].

11:10 PM: I’m heading to bed.  Good night and do stop back tomorrow for more content.     Good night.

Tom Hesley

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• Today’s Diet: 2012-01-28

Today’s Activities

• Shower. DONE.
• Cat duty.  DONE.  Cat duty involves cleaning the litter boxes, bagging the excess, feeding, and house cleaning cat dirt of all types.

Log

08:15 AM: I’m up.

08:30 AM: Facebooked for perhaps fifteen minutes. Friend count: 625 (unchanged). Fan count: 114 (unchanged).

12:30 PM: Balanced all five checking accounts under my management.

01:15 PM Vacuumed the first floor.

02:00 PM: Watched today’s episode of   The Young and the Restless   via the DVR.

03:00 PM: Requested a disbursement from the    WPSBC Alumni Association’s   investment account.  Their checking account is getting low, and we must assure that we have sufficient funds on hand for the upcoming alumni convention this summer.  The amount I requested should not only stop those low-balance monthly service fees that the bank who hosts our checking account charges us, but should also provide enough liquid capital for all alumni business for 2012 and beyond.

04:15 PM: Watched today’s episode of   Dr. Phil   via the DVR, called   Starving To Death.

06:30 PM: Next long-running project: Phase out all cloth-insulated, two-wire fifteen-amp circuits here at my home; upgrading those still needed to three-wire twenty-amp circuits that employ state-of-the-art insulation.  This house really shows its age when you see its deteriorating original cloth-covered wiring.  I’m working on the first circuit now.  I don’t need a new box yet, as it was last replaced in 1997 with a 200-amp service.  I would however, love a 400-amp service, on MY OWN transformer !

07:30 PM: Watched tonight’s episode of   The CBS Evening News.

08:00 PM: Watched tonight’s edition of    NBC’s Nightly News   via the DVR.

10:00 PM: Listened to my iPod while watching tonight’s Florida Republican debate.  I’ll watch this again over the weekend via the DVR; this time, without the iPod, so I can pay full attention.

11:00 PM: Talked with   [Emmy].

12:30 AM: I inadvertently cut out the supply line for the first circuit I’m upgrading before realizing that that wire fed the overhead lights in the kitchen as well as those on the south porch.  See   [Emmy]?   I do indeed make mistakes.  So I spent some time upstairs in the crawlspace, looking for a new place to get power for those lights.  I found one.  I must say that I was surprised to find that clipping the old wires inside an outlet box in the living room, deprived power to lights so far away (in the kitchen).  But 65 years ago, they did not run as many circuits as they do now in houses.  I believe that before our service upgrade in 1997, this place only had six or eight circuits.  Now, we have roughly thirty-four.

12:55 AM: Listened to my iPod and facebooked for a couple hours, and fiddled around a bit more with the wiring upgrade project.

01:05 PM: I’m heading to bed.  Good night and do stop back tomorrow for more content.     Good night.

Tom Hesley

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• Today’s Diet: 2012-01-26

Today’s Activities

• Shower. DONE.
• Cat duty.  DONE.
• Wash (1) load of pending laundry (blue jeans).  DONE.  148 loads done in the washer now.

Log

07:30 AM: I’m up.

08:15 AM: Facebooked a bit.  Friend count: 581 (up two).  Fan count: 111 (unchanged).

11:00 AM: Attempted to set up my HP 3300 combo printer on my Dell XPS 8300 computer. However, I encountered an error message during the software installation process that said that the file copy operation had failed.  I got this message at the same place in the installation process.  So, thinking that the software CD was scratched or finger printed, I tried cleaning it.  No luck however.  The error persisted.  So then I attempted an install on my much older Windows XP machine.  This installation went fine. So this version of the HP printer software I have apparently will not install on Windows 7.  I checked around for a revised version on the HP web site but could find nothing conclusive.  Hmmmm.  I do hope I’ll be able to print from my new computer.  I’d hate to be forced to buy a new printer.  HP does have a universal printer driver that can be downloaded.  I’ll try that soon and see if I can at least get basic printing functionality on this computer.

12:00 PM: Posted the   WPSBC Alumni Association –> Bylaws 2011    piece.  In this revision, I’ve added the current slate of officers’ names.

01:30 PM: Packed for my upcoming Pittsburgh trip.

01:40 PM: Leaving now to visit Mom and to travel to Pittsburgh.

03:55 PM: Visited with and had a Mexican lunch with Mom.  Now, I’m leaving the nursing home for the train station.

04:30 PM Arrived at the train station.  The train to Pittsburgh is running roughly a half hour late.  So I’m listening to Dr. Joy Browne on my iPod to pass the time.  I’m well into the December, 2008 episodes now.

05:45 PM: Leaving Altoona now on the train that just arrived here.

08:40 PM: Arrived at Pittsburgh.  Listened to Dr. Joy Browne the whole way.  I’m smarter as a result.

09:15 PM: Arrived at   [Emmy's].

09:30 PM: Started the music drive sync process to copy my latest additions to my music library, to the satellite drive.

10:45 PM: Made my bed of blankets and quilts on [Emmy's] bedroom floor.  For the past hour and a half, we watched some TV and talked about everything and nothing too. 

12:05 AM: Reviewed the daily traffic stats from yesterday for my blogs.  The monthly keyword hit count rose this time, and currently stands at 1081; down from 1091 at last check.  The record high for this dimension remains at 1788.  The next goal: 2000.

12:10 AM: Bed time.  More tomorrow.  Good night.

Tom Hesley

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• Today’s Diet: 2011-09-22
•  WPSBC Alumni Association –> Bylaws 2011

Today’s Activities

• Shower. DONE.
• Cat duty.  DONE.

Log

08:00 AM: I’m up.

08:15 AM: Facebooked a bit.  Friend count: 576 (up two).  Fan count: 111 (unchanged).

09:30 AM: Listened to   Dr. Joy Browne   on the iPod.  Now, I’m at 2008-11-25 in my collection.

09:30 AM: This, my oldest iPod (the iPod video) has a 30 GB hard drive.  As such, it’s better for podcast listening, where you’re not typically skipping around very much.  Unlike the flash memory in the newer iPods, each skip forward or skip backward operation draws significant battery power to reposition the heads in the hard drive.  With these Dr. Joy Browne shows, I just let ‘em play, without much skipping around.  So, I probably get fifteen hours of play time per battery charge.

09:40 AM: Leaving now for my physicians’ appointment.  Back later.

11:30 AM: I’m back home.  They want me to take blood pressure readings every day for a week and report those back to them.  No medication at this time, and the doctor felt that my BP was not terribly high.  They also drew blood to check cholesterol and triglycerides.  I’ll get those results when I return.

02:00 PM: Nap time.  Back later.

03:00 PM: I’m awake.

05:30 PM: Watched today’s episode of   The Young and the Restless   via the DVR.

05:35 PM: Heading out to the yard to cut the grass (the lawn tractor portion of it).  This is cutting #6 for 2011.  Back later.

07:35 PM: I’m back.

09:00 PM: Downloaded today’s batch of fifteen new songs from Promo Only’s Express Audio online music subscription service.

11:00 PM: Talked with   [Emmy].

12:00 AM: Watched tonight’s episode of   NBC’s Nightly News   via the DVR.

12:05 AM: Reviewed the daily traffic stats from yesterday for my blogs.  The monthly keyword hit count rose this time, and currently stands at 1176; up from 1171 at last check.  The record high for this dimension remains at 1788.  The next goal: 2000.

12:10 AM: Bed time.  More tomorrow.  Good night.

Tom Hesley

Received Mail and Shipments

• Membership offer in Triple-A.  No thanks.
• 1 get-well card for Mom.
• Coupon mailer.
• Promo Only’s Modern Rock Radio music series; the 2011-09 edition.

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• Today’s Diet: 2011-09-13

Today’s Activities

• Shower. DONE.
• Cat duty.  DONE.

Log

08:45 AM: I’m up.

09:50 AM: Got caught up on the blogs and Facebook.

11:00 AM: Leaving now with nephew Garrett for Grant’s graduation party.  Back later.

01:00 PM: Hung out around sister Christine’s pool for a couple hours, just shooting the breeze with family and friends.  Kind of reminded me of that song last year from Nickelback, called   This Afternoon,  that talks of spending the afternoon, the evening, and well into the next morning just chilling with fond friends and relatives, and how much fun that can be.

01:15 PM: I ordered 56 pieces of square pizza (two big flats of it).  I was hungry and so apparently, were all the kids.

01:45 PM: Nephew Grant went to pick up the pizza and upon his return, he was mobbed by us folks with the big appetites.  Yep.  The pizza was a big hit.  They may have even liked it more than the sounds of my music.

01:45 PM: Set up the DJ equipment in the lower yard, under the trees near the fire pit.  So far, everything is working well.  This is the first time I’ve used Windows 7 at a gig.  So I’m a bit nervous.  However, I’m not anticipating any problems, as I’ve worked it pretty good on my bench at home and found no bugs.  Just in case the main computer experiences non recoverable difficulties, I’ve brought two iPods.  I can play from them in a pinch.

02:00 PM: I began music play; a mix of mostly new dance tunes but interspersed with numerous classic rock pieces so that the older folk among us (including me) would not grow bored.

03:00 PM: Mom and her friend Jeff arrived in the wheelchair van about ten minutes ago; both of them smiling ear-to-ear.  Getting them through the breezeway out to the patio proved a bit of a challenge; but probably more for them than for us who were assisting.

06:00 PM: Lots of people have come; near a hundred I think.  I left the music table for a while to mill among them and catch up with friends I haven’t seen in a while.  I sure miss [Emmy] being here.

08:00 PM: One lady asked if I’d be interested in DJing her Halloween party in a few months.  I told her that I’ve all but stopped DJing professionally. But I invited her to give me a call and see what exactly she has in mind.  I might do it if I could pay for a significant part of this year’s music subscriptions withe the proceeds.

10:00 PM: I began gradually lowering the master volume on the music; that’s how I ramp down from an evening of fun-filled dancing in the volleyball field.  I also switched over to softer music of the adult contemporary variety, to further cement my message that there will be no more loud music tonight from this point on.

12:00 AM: I’m back home.  Too late to chat with   [Emmy]   tonight.  So I’ll call her in the morning.

12:05 AM: Reviewed the daily traffic stats from yesterday for my blogs.  The monthly keyword hit count moved higher again this time, and now stands at  1691; up from 1669 yesterday.  The new record high is now 1691.  The next goal: 2000.

12:30 AM: Bed time.  More tomorrow.  Good night.

Tom Hesley

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• Today’s Diet: 2011-07-02

Today’s Activities

• Shower. DONE.
• Cat duty.  DONE.

Log

07:00 AM: I’m up.   

08:30 AM: Beginning this week’s blog system backups. 

09:00 AM: Installed the 32 bit version of Windows 7 Home Premium on my Dell Inspiron 9100 laptop.  This machine does not support a 64 bit OS.  So I’m stuck with 32 bit.  Not bad though.  It’s still quite fast. 

09:30 AM: Blog system backups have finished.  Details here.

01:00 PM: Carried several trips worth of junk and garbage out of the basement and placed them on the junk pile out back.

02:00 PM: Washed the business area of the basement floor with bleach; cat cleanup duty. 

03:00 PM: Nap time.  Back later.

04:10 PM: I’m awake again. 

07:30 PM: Ordered a Dell XPS 8300 desktop computer for   [Emmy].  We’re both getting new computers this year.

09:35 PM: iPodded for a couple hours with the new 6th generation Nano.  Nice machine, but it’s very small.  Not sure I like it.  But perhaps I’ll get used to it.  Admittedly, it’s easier to use than I had imagined when I first saw it in the store.

10:00 PM: Watched tonight’s episode of   NBC’s Nightly News   broadcast via the DVR.

11:00 PM: Talked with   [Emmy].   Hmmm.  Now I think I feel a summer cold coming on; the left side of my throat feels a bit irritated and scratchy.  That’s the only symptom so far. 

12:00 AM: Browsed around on the Internet, reading some of the Google blogs to which I subscribe. 

12:05 AM: Reviewed the daily traffic stats from yesterday for my blogs.  The monthly keyword hit count moved higher again this time, and now stands at  1608; up from 1592 yesterday.  The new record high is now 1608 key phrases therefore.  The next goal: 2000. 

12:15 AM: Bed time.  More tomorrow.  Good night.

Tom Hesley 

Received Mail and Shipments

• Consumer Reports magazine; the 2011-06 edition.
• Promo Only’s Urban Radio music series; the 2011-07 edition.
• Promo Only’s Modern Rock Radio music series; the 2011-06 edition.
• Senior Scope newsletter from Blair Senior Services; the 2011-3Q edition.
• Mom’s monthly prescription summary from her medical insurance company.  No suprises.
• Misc. banking papers.
• Misc. insurance advertisements.
• Misc. and numerous medical bills for Mom.
• Sewage bill.
• PNC Flex VISA credit card offer.  Not at this time, thanks.
• MFJ ham radio catalog.
• Gas bill.
• Chase Freedom card offer.  Not at this time, thanks.
• Weekly coupon mailers (2).
• Bank of America VISA credit card offer.  No thanks.
• Metlife auto insurance offer.  No thanks.
• Rubbish collection bill.
• Mom’s Disney Rewards card.  Hmm.  I’ll have to cancel that account.
• Notice of a fare increase from $2.90 to $3.00 for each one-way trip on the Blair Senior Services van.  This will take effect on 2011-07-01.
• Credit card offer from Citi.  Not at this time, thanks.
• Co-payment bill from eye specialists for Mom’s 2011-04 visit.
• Grand opening for Planet Fitness gym in Altoona.
• Co-payment medical bills from Mom’s primary care physician (2).
• The Writer magazine; the 2011-06 edition.

Related Posts and Links

• Today’s Diet: 2011-06-25
• Weekly Backups: 2011-06-25

Today’s Activities

• Shower. DONE.
• Cat duty.  DONE.

Log

04:00 AM: I’m up, temporarily.   

05:30 AM: Identified 61 more extra long posts to shorten and tighten up on the   Tom’s Love Quest   blog.

05:45 AM: Nap time.  Back later.

07:00 AM: I’m awake again.

08:00 AM: Leaving now to visit mom and to perform the weekly grocery shopping. Back later.

01:00 PM: I’m back home. Notable purchases today: A 6th generation iPod Nano, and I found some iPod wall chargers for $5 apiece.  Normally, these goe for north of $20. 

02:00 PM: Watched today’s episode of   The Young and the Restless   via the DVR.

03:30 PM: Ordered a Dell XPS 8300 desktop computer.  Originally, I’d wanted to go with 16 GB of RAM.  However, that would have added $360 to the total cost.  So I decided to purchase the stock 8 GB instead, which did not raise the price at all. 

04:30 PM: Unpacked my new iPod 6th generation Nano and added the Walking playlists to it.  Man, it’s small; little bigger than a watch actually.  I hope it’s not too hard to access.

05:20 PM: Skimmed today’s rerun episodes of   Dr. Phil   via the DVR.

08:00 PM: Watched the 2011-06-06, 2011-06-12, and 2011-06-19 episodes of the CBS news show    Face The Nation   via the DVR.

09:55 PM: Upgraded my primary DJ music computer from Windows Vista 32 bit Service Pack 2 to Windows 7 64 bit Service Pack 1.  No issues or problems encountered.  The upgrade went about a s smoothly as expected.  This is the first I’ve ever used a 64 bit operating system at home.  So I’m eager to see how much faster it is.  Indeed there have been some noticeable speed improvements. 

10:00 PM: Watched tonight’s episode of   NBC’s Nightly News   broadcast via the DVR.

11:00 PM: Talked with   [Emmy].   

12:05 AM: Reviewed the daily traffic stats from yesterday for my blogs.  The monthly keyword hit count moved higher again this time, and now stands at  1592; up from 1580 yesterday.  The new record high is now 1592 key phrases therefore.  The next goal: 2000. 

12:15 AM: Bed time.  More tomorrow.  Good night.

Tom Hesley 

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• Today’s Diet: 2011-06-24

Today’s Activities

• Shower. DONE.
• Cat duty.  DONE.
• Wash (2) loads of pending laundry.  DONE.  92 loads done in the washer now.

Log

05:30 AM: I’m up.

05:40 AM: Found that the CHKDSK operation I began on this computer last night also hung.  So this hard drive is apparently beginning to fail, and CHKDSK cannot repair it.  Thus, I’ll look into replacing it in the coming days.  I think I’ll go SATA this time; this motherboard supports SATA but the current drive is still IDE.  This faulty drive will likely be among the last IDE drives I employ for my computing.

05:50 AM: Got caught up on my blogging in the   Tom’s Diary   blog.

07:50 AM: Posted the   Tom’s Views –> How Blind Men Find Women Attractive   piece.

08:40 AM: Posted the   Tom’s Views –> Radio Shack NOAA Weather Radio Cube 12-500 (12500) Review   piece.

09:35 AM: Posted the   Tom’s Views –> Radio Shack Composite AB Selector Switch 15-312 (15312) Review   piece.

11:10 AM: Posted the   Tom’s Views –> Less Quid Pro Quo, More Unconditional Love, Please!   piece.

11:55 PM: Posted the   Tom’s Views –> Against NFB’s Self Sufficiency Philosophy   piece.

01.55 PM: Purchased a nine-year renewal for the wpsbc-alumni.org domain.  Cost: $55.36.

04:00 PM: Posted the   Tom’s Views –> What Is Sound Check in iTunes and iPods?   piece.

04:30 PM: Posted the   Tom’s Views –> How To Copy Songs From Multiple iPods Into iTunes Library   piece.

05:00 PM: Baked some fish fillets for supper.

06:00 PM: Watched the 2011-06-10 and 2011-06 12 episodes of   NBC’s Nightly News   broadcast via the DVR.

06:50 PM: Watched today’s episode of   The Young and the Restless   via the DVR.

07:15 PM: Leaving for walk 25 of 100 for 2011, over to Logan Valley cemetery.  Back later.

08:00 PM: I’m back home.  Nice walk.  Partly sunny and a bit hazy.  Warm, but not overly so.  Still, I broke a healthy sweat.  Yep.  At my age, walking indeed makes me break sweats. 

08:45 PM: iPodded for a half-hour or so on the east porch.

08:50 PM: Ouch.  Rocking perpendicular to those widely-spaced porch slats makes for quite the bumpy ride.  Grrrrr.  I feel like I just got off of a bull.  Time to lay some plywood, for sure. 

09:40 PM: Today and tomorrow are the longest days of the year.  Yet it’s barely 9:30, and it’s almost dark here.  Must be all those darn clouds.  I remember when I lived in Dayton, at the extreme western edge of EST, that you could see the last remnants of daylight in the western skies as late as 10:30 PM.  But I’m too far east for that here.

11:00 PM: Talked with   [Emmy] and we watched tonight’s rerun episode of   Hawaii Five-0   live on CBS.  In some cases, I enjoy the reruns more than the first runs.

12:05 AM: Reviewed the daily traffic stats from yesterday for my blogs.  The monthly keyword hit count moved way up this time, and now stands at  1414; up from 1359 yesterday.  The new record high is now 1414 key phrases therefore.  Next goal: 1500.

01:00 AM: iPodded and Facebooked simultaneously.  Hmmm.  I guess that makes me a true multi-tasker.

01:05 AM: Bed time.  More tomorrow.  Good night.

Tom Hesley

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• Today’s Diet: 2011-06-20
• Tom’s Views –> Against NFB’s Self Sufficiency Philosophy
• Tom’s Views –> How Blind Men Find Women Attractive
• Tom’s Views –> How To Copy Songs From Multiple iPods Into iTunes Library
• Tom’s Views –> Less Quid Pro Quo, More Unconditional Love, Please!
• Tom’s Views –> Radio Shack Composite AB Selector Switch 15-312 (15312) Review
• Tom’s Views –> Radio Shack NOAA Weather Radio Cube 12-500 (12500) Review
• Tom’s Views –> What Is Sound Check in iTunes and iPods?