Facebook Catholics
I decided to join a group on Facebook.com today: "We're not Crazy, We're just Catholic" Using Buddy Jesus as their icon, their main page starts with reasons why people think we're crazy, including ... Whenever anyone in Star Wars saga says "May the Force Be With You", we get the urge to say "And Also With You" Pope Benedict XVI scares you. Badly. "Offer it up!" = "Quit bitching!" We actually get all the jokes in...
LinkedIn & Other Sites
To expand my networking, I finally started using my LinkedIn account, looking up anyone and everyone I could think of. It really made me take an inventory of how few people I really know (compared to what most people would think) but then again, a lot of them simply aren't online as much or just don't have an account. I have accounts on and explored some other sites, but apart from LinkedIn and Facebook, along...
Astronomy Fun
A few days ago, I finally used the telescope Merry's dad found for me. It really captured the three-dimensionality of the craters on the edge of the almost-full moon. Couldn't find any planets, though, so yesterday I went to www.HeavensAbove.com and set up an account. To within two feet, I set the Earth coordinates for the sign out front of the complex. I'm a bit anal that way.
10 Year Anniversary
For our anniversary, we stayed over at the Mansion on Delaware, and dined at India Gate for lunch, then had Tapas, etc., at Toro! with Amy and Brain. We mostly watched TV, and had a relaxing heavily-bubbled bath together in the morning ... yes the tub was big enough for two. Later Friday we had a Tupperware party, and decided to change our travel plans to Sunday when the weather would be less wet and warmer. ...
Some Days …
Today I rescheduled my Tai Chi class to be able to go to a BNI meeting in Dunkirk / Fredonia. Half-asleep at the wheel and in the dark, I used the EZ-Pass lane by mistake and now have to wait for a violation notice to resolve it. However, it was a good meeting and I got to stop at St. Hedwig's Cemetery as well as drive by a few nostalgic spots. I even had pleasant conversations with the grounds-keeper and an...
Me by Me
Tomorrow I submit my self-portrait for inclusion in the "Faces of D'Youville Centennial Mosaic" produced by a client of mine, Brian Nesline. I got it on the first try, and my wife said it was definitely "essence of Ken". I chose crayola markers -- my favorite drawing tool from way back -- and made due with the odd-shaped tips. What do you think?
Sure … Now they get around to it.
We wondered for years why thre was no sound barrier for our neighborhood from the thruway noise. I even wrote to the appropriate people about putting up a "No Jake Breaks" sign, to no avail or even a response. Now that we decided we want to own our own house as soon as possible (yet a ways off), we receive a letter from the Thruway Authority announcing the construction of sounde barriers. I went to the link in...
Godspell
My daughter will be playing a stripper-or-something-or-other as one of the lead players in Godspell this Fall. I think I liked it better when she was a nun in Sound of Music, but it's a step up from being a horse in Man of La Mancha, I suppose. I didn't know what to do for my usual 1/2 page ad in the program, which combines my business with a personal note. Here is one of the ideas I DIDN'T go with: Subtitles...
It’s Official – Fisher Park Apartments
Over the course of this last month, stewardship of my apartment complex passed hands from me to Todd, the now full-time maintenance person. The owner has health issues that wont allow him to take care of a lot of the miscellaneous stuff at his properties, and the only way to provide full-time work for someone to take over such things was to give them my duties as well. No hard feelings ... it was great while it...