All the ghost stories I’ve been publishing links to on Facebook came from The Haunted Looking Glass, originally published forty or fifty years ago. It’s a collection of ghost stories selected and illustrated by Edward Gorey. The full table of contents with links to the stories on the web can be found in this 2009 …
I figured it out eventually. They unscrewed the radio antenna to run it through the automatic car wash.
$1,724.10. That’s what the total to get the car out of the shop was. $1,071.41 of that was the price of a new seat cushion for the passenger side of the Mini. The airbag sensor is integrated into the seat, so the whole shooting match had to be replaced. The courtesy check of the car …
The Mini is in the shop waiting for the mechanics to determine how to fix the passenger airbag sensor alarm. Will it be the $1,400 charge to remove the seat altogether and replace the sensor? Will it be something simpler? Stay tuned! Oh, and it’s due for its 60,000 mile checkup, which includes a full …
If you’re not up for baseball or football, let me take you back to 1968 and the second album by Laura Nyro, who died of ovarian cancer at age 49 in 1997. You might say “Who?” Well, look at the track listing and see what you recognize: Side one “Luckie” – 3:00 “Lu” – 2:44 …
The only thing different about this one is there’s baseball to be watched between loads.
Abby’s got some loose teeth and a lot of plaque buildup. The vet sold me some Oral Care Spray and told me to dose her with it twice a day. Fortunately she’s about as laid back a dog as you can imagine. I sprayed some onto her teeth when we got home and she shook …
Taking the dog to the vet tomorrow will be the fourth day I’ve made a trip to the office of a member of the medical profession this week. Mom’s getting eye drops and Abby’s getting her teeth looked at. Ain’t we got fun?
Got a phone call from the NRA this afternoon. They played a recording of their VP Wayne LaPierre in which he spouted his usual scary stuff about politicians shredding the Second Amendment and taking away guns from proud owners like me. Then a lady named Susan Skinner came on the line to say “What did …
Our water bill shows a daily usage chart for the month being billed along with historical data, and for the past two months our total gallons used have been declining. I thought that was odd, so I looked at the controller box for our automatic sprinkler system. Sure enough, there was an error message showing …