Scooter Chronicles

I wouldn’t really say that I have the blogging blues, but I am not happy with my lack of blogging. I have found it very hard to find time. Part of this is getting adjusted to working again. However, unlike before, there is another child to take care, and Nigel demands more time of me. Also in this is the lack of ability to do internet things at work. I used to be able to check many of the sites during the day, taking a quick little break, or during lunch, if I wasn’t reading, or even if I was. However, my current employer has a block on forums and “social” sites. I totally understand what they want to do and accept it. But it takes more of my time when I get home to catch up with those sites, therefore taking...

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OK, here are some more answers to more questions.

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My friend Kate asked the following questions:

What are your top three new beer finds for the past year?

I am going to qualify this first. I had two beers that I would say were two of the three best, but they were both from Unibroue. Both of these were special beers that they don’t brew all the time. Given that I have had everything they brew on a regular basis, and how wonderful it all is, I buy these without thinking. Therefore, the beers that I am going to name here are ones that I never knew existed before.

1. Olde...

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Here is the first batch of answers for those asking questions.

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Internet friend Roger, who celebrated his birthday yesterday, asked the following:

First a statement from him (Admission: I recently asked the first two questions of someone else and the third question he asked of his readers):

Should any of the following be in the Baseball Hall of Fame: Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Rafael Palmeiro. Why or why not?

As much as I dislike him, and as much as I do truly believe he used HGH’s and/or steroids, Barry Bonds needs to be voted...

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Roger posted his answers to this meme a few days ago. Thought I would join in.

1. How long have you been blogging?

It will be six years on June 9, 2010.

2. What made you start?

I can’t remember exactly what, but I found some site that was a blog and mentioned it to my brother-in-law David. He then mentioned he had one. So I went to Blogger and set one up from myself.

3. Who inspired you?

David, to a point, and other blogs I read in those early days.

4. About how many hours a week would you estimate you spend on your blog?

Used to spend at least five to six hours a week. That included getting...

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It’s that time again. Or at least, I am making it that time. Ask me anything. And I’ll answer. Just leave your questions in the comments.

Here are some one panel comics that caught my attention over the last few weeks.

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This past Saturday we took a drive into Wheeling, West Virginia to visit the Toy and Train Museum. Marcia had seen a sign for it on the way to a doctor’s appointment. Given where we are at now, Wheeling is about a half hour drive from us, maybe a little more.

They have housed it in an old elementary school, which was rather interesting. Some of the school still shows it age, but other areas, especially the area by the restrooms, and what looked like an area to sit and have a snack, had been nicely remodeled. It also appeared that more remodeling was going on.

The main attraction for us, obviously, was the trains. Those took up most of the 2nd floor. They had an “O”...

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Honestly, I will get back to a regular routine. Someday.

I have a few book reviews coming in the next couple of days.

But foremost today, Marcia and I sign a lease for a townhouse we will be renting.

Oh, and YEAH! for the US Olympic Men’s Hockey Team on beating Canada. Now can they win the gold?

So things are going well so far. As I said, we have been set up in corporate housing, and it’s really nice.

This past Friday we went looking at a few places to be our more permanent home and was thinking we were in trouble. Only by luck did we come across a two bedroom townhouse we liked. We had been hoping for a three bedroom place, but this one has two very big bedrooms, with the master bedroom being very, very big. So our thinking was to put the boys in it, since it has plenty of room for two beds and other furniture, plus room to spread out toys. But we were worried about the amount of money we would have to put up front. They wanted first month’s rent, plus a security deposit, which is equal to one month’s...

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Here is a picture from this past weekend of some icicles hanging off the roof of our apartment.

The thickest one on the left goes down another five or six feet yet (we are on the second floor).