A Day of Giving Thanks

Had a wonderful Thanksgiving. A friend of ours John had recommended a brand of turkey and it was fantastic! It is called Norbest. Try it, it was one of the meatiest turkeys I ever had (sorry vegetarians) . We dined on a meal of turkey, corn, sweet potato cassarole, mashed potatoes, green bean cassarole, sausage stuffing and bread stuffing. For dessert we had 3 kinds of pie - pumpkin, custard and pecan. We also had a chocolate cake.

What I'm Watching:
Kingdom of Heaven - Great movie about the Crusades

Turkey Day is Coming

I have had a cold the last week that has left me weak as a kitten. It's not like it's a really bad cold, I think it's the drugs I'm taking to combat it that are leaving me weak. Well, I can only hope I get rid of it before Thanksgiving. The day after Thanksgiving is the Festival of Lights Parade in Historic Downtown Crystal Lake. I am one of two DJs for the Parade. My friend Joe Bellavia is the other. If you live in the area and have never seen the Parade I highly recommend it. We have somewhere around 50 units all lit by various type of lighting. There is music, baton twirling, calliope playing and more. It's all topped off with the arrival of Santa and Mrs. Claus and the lighting of the tree. Very cool! It you stop by, make sure you say hi. I'll be the DJ by the Clock Tower.

Live in Crystal Lake? How would you like to own the first Downtown Crystal Lake Christmas Ornament. Theses are a limited edition depicting the Downtown Train Station. You can place your order at Uncle Fat's Attic. The price is $20 and the proceeds go to fund downtown programs.

We went Friday night to a Skateboard competition at Warp Skate Park in Woodstock, IL. It was great fun watching the kids do all their tricks. A friend of ours has a line of skateboards - Wiseguy Skateboards. Some of the members of his team placed in the competition. Go to his website for photos.

What I'm Watching:
Shaun of the Dead - A comical takeoff of Dawn of The Dead. If you like zombie movies, this is a must see.



Land of the Dead - The latest in George Romero's "Dead" series. Excellent!




What I'm Listening To:
WNUA Sampler Vol. 18 - 2 discs - One is great smooth jazz and the other Christmas Jazz

How to Clean Anything

Tiny Goes For A Swim

I work from home and have 4 dogs. They have to be let out every few hours or accidents happen. Yesterday afternoon, I went downstairs and let them out. I waited a few minutes and three of them were done. I went outside and picked up the little one (she's too small to climb the 2 steps leading into the house). The fourth dog - Tiny Dancer who is 16 walked up to me and then decided she still had to go. She turned around and walked back out into the grass. I thought OK, I'll give her a few more minutes. I went back upstairs to check my email. The phone rang in the meantime and I answered it. I went back downstairs and open the patio door and yelled... TINY! No response. This is not unusual since she is somewhat deaf (unless you mention the word food or cookie). I proceeded over to the dining room window and looked out.. no tiny. I went to the family room window and looked out... no tiny! Where was she? I walked out into the yard and there she was... in the Koi pond swimming with fishes. I quickly ran over and pulled her out. I dried her off with two towels. The poor thing was shivering from the cold.

She is now ok.

Koi update!

The Koi that was pulled from the depths of the our pond is still alive. It's swimming on it's side, but eating. I hope it survives the winter.

Welcome To The Retro Future

Welcome To The Retro Future

I thought this was kind of fun. It seems the future wasn't all it was cracked up to be.

A List Showing the Sony-BMG Rootkit Infected CDs

I would think twice about buying any of the CDs. They infect your computer with XCP copy protection software.

My Poor Koi

I had an episode about 1 week ago, where I let my dogs out in the yard and went back upstairs to work. I work at home and my office is upstairs. After about 5 minutes or so I went downstairs to let the dogs back in and when I opened the patio door, here is my little dog Jazzy standing over a Koi almost as big as she is on the brick pavers. Now this is about 5 feet from my Koi pond. I quickly picked the fish up and placed him/her back in the water. I also noticed a puncture mark on the top of the fish. Right away, I blamed my dog Kirby. This is something Kirby would do. He is an obnoxious dog that will eat anything that looks and smells like food. Now I have changed my mind. I don't think Kirby grabbed this poor Koi from his home. Friends of ours John and Melissa pointed these facts out to me. Was Kirby wet around his head when I found the fish? No! Would Kirby be able to sit patiently at the edge of the pond and then quickly reach in and pull out a fish? No! I don't think Kirby has the patience. I think he has A.D.D. What possibly could have pulled that poor Koi from the water? I think maybe a hawk and either the dogs scared it away or the fish was too heavy for it to carry.

What are your thoughts folks? Any theories?



Here is a picture of Kirby to the left and Jazzy below.

Memory Game

This is a fun memory game.