Notes on life 2005

Last day of the year today.  2008 ground by - oh, wait, it didn't, mostly.  I'm so in the habit of a dim outlook on this life that apparently I have forgotten that this has been my best year, pretty much Ever. My Cali-Blue isn't new any more - I passed 11,000 miles yesterday (but…

Ok, let me say this right off:  I think I'm going to like this job. This morning (and later this afternoon) I rode-along on the bus route selected for me/by me. We picked up Elementary schoolers, Middle schoolers, (Jr. High in my day, lol) and High School students - three school's worth.&nbs...

The last entry for 2005, probably. I am a paid up OD plus guy until 07, so I feel "obliged" to write and post here until then, at least.  ("" should be seen as a smile) (Ironically, I am paid up until 4-23-07, the 8th anniversary of wrecking my car and dramatically changi...

Holy shit, the end of the year snuck on me and is Tomorrow! Omg! * I got all the brakes done on the van.  I paid for the front ones and charged the back brakes.  What a difference good brakes all around makes!  They told me to take it easy for the first 1000 miles,…

I got tagged by wyndchaiser PRIDE What do you brag the most about? Driving, writing, and taking pictures.  Oh, and surviving car wrecks and getting my degree after that. ENVY What is one thing a friend has that you would like to have too? A steady girlfriend/wife. GLUTTONY What's one food yo...

Well, from this point of view, the brake job only cost me 45 bucks.  44 and some change.  That's added to the 150 I had for gift money, of course. While it's not the boots I was thinking of, or a hard drive for this computer, it is peace of mind and a settled soul. …

So, K* sent me a hundred bucks to get myself a Christmas present.  I took that to Walmart and bought an external hard drive to store more stuff, but it did'nt work out and I took it back and got the money back.  Then I thought I was gonna buy this set of boots I've…

I've sung praises for my willing beast, my Voyager minivan. Remind me of that, willya? Turns out the driver's side front brake is toast, that one of the boots on the cv joint on that side is bad, and that both wheel cylinders are bad on the back. Hundreds of dollars are necessary to restore…

This Christmas Day, as with last year's I delivered the papers to various stores and street racks. Christmas this year was on a Sunday, so almost all of my big stops (supermarkets) were closed and got no papers.  There were boxes of Krispy Kreme donuts in the loading dock office (I had five!...

Merry Christmas everyone! and, like, Seasons Greetings for everyone else. For me it's pretty much the usual weekend- today is the Sunday First Edition, which I will go get in 20 minutes or so, and tonight will be the Sunday Final Edition. I was hoping that my papers would be skinny, and they are,...