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The good folks at MacApper gave me a free license to GarageSale for simply leaving a comment. GarageSale is a beautiful Mac program for selling stuff on Ebay. If you are looking to purchase a branding iron I have one for sale. Thanks to MacApper and to the GarageSale team!

This book was on sale when I needed a couple extra dollars to get free Amazon shipping. It came in yesterday. I sat down with some tea only intending to read a few chapters, but I ended up finishing the entire book. The point of the book is that loosing weight should not be your […]

Every weekday I take attendance for each of my music classes. The options I have when I take attendance are: “here/not here” or “present/not present.” After several months of this teaching thing I’ve noticed that some students who answer “here” are never really all there. On the other hand, I have students who are sitting […]

I’m not sure if my health today is a result of taking cold showers. One of the supposed benefits of standing in freezing water is an immune system boost. That was not the case last night and today. I’ve been tending to my schnozzola for 20 hours or more. The drugs are not working, steam […]

In the past month I’ve decided to take cold showers every night. I originally got the idea from a blog that said to put three bags of ice in bath water and jump in. I didn’t have the guts to try this so I opted for the cold shower instead. This painful practice apparently has […]

I’m really exhausted. I’ve been teaching piano and guitar at Sanders Valley High School, working at the church, and completing miscellaneous camp stuff (totaling it all up I work 70 - 80 hours every seven days). We decided to just get away this weekend. Right now we are in Chino Valley, Arizona. It has been […]

I was automatically attached to Qade when he was born. I love him more every day. But I am also getting attached to our dog, Cisco. He is great with Qade. He travels with us everywhere. When I go running in the mornings Cisco will stay with me. We are becoming great buds because Cisco […]

About a month ago (before it started getting cold) I experienced what could have been a really bad script for a summer movie. I get in the cleaning “zone” occasionally and I just had to clean the garage. After closing the side door to the garage I was about to start cleaning up the garden […]

The stupid cat finally came back. He ran away and returned several times already. The last time he came back home he had an injured leg. After a couple of weeks his leg healed and he has already returned to his wild ways.
If you see him in your neighborhood please tell him to go […]