Seattle had more snow on the streets than I had seen before in the last 6 years I’ve lived here and according to older locals, the most snow since the early 1990s.‚ Below are a few pictures I took:
Also, below is a video taken two blocks down from my apartment building:
Merry Christmas to all of my blog readers!‚ I hope you all got what you wanted for Christmas… though you probably didn’t get it from the Grinch (me).
These days I have very few occasions when I feel nervous, insecure or embarrassed. Even at times when I probably should feel that way I strangely don’t. A few months ago, the results of my ridiculous behavior resulted in some fairly serious consequences. Even in that situation, I thought, “This is an embarrassing situation”, but I had little of the accompanying emotions of embarrassment, insecurity or nervousness.… read more “Dreams of Insecurity”
Plato made some tasty prosciutto-wrapped fish and a baked apple with cheese and goodies in it.
I live like a king.
Went to Suncadia Resort again with Nick, Nicole and Sonja.‚ Had a very fun time, even though it was freezing cold.‚ We spent a lot of time in the aquatics center relaxing in the hot tub, going down the water slides and playing water basketball.
I found this entertaining video of Syracuse’s basketball coach Joe Boeheim battling his recalcitrant microphone.
… read more “Syracuse Basketball Coach Joe Boeheim Battles Mike”
Extremely poorly chosen name for a 50+ retirement living community
Michael Yon reporting from Afghanistan had the following entertaining observations to make on the Lithuanian Special Forces troops who are part of the NATO forces giving the U.S. assistance.
“U.S. and Afghan soldiers in Zabul Province give high marks to the Lithuanian Special Forces, who like to ride these captured Taliban motorbikes to sneak up on, and chase Taliban fighters.… read more “Lithuanian Loonies”
My friend Nicole got stabbed in the eye by Nick’s African spear. Don’t ask.