I put up the Christmas tree this morning, aided by a pot of coffee and Trans Siberian Orchestra cranked up on the stereo. I’m still not feeling like Christmas, but the Christmas Spirit has a lot of muck to wade through to get to me this year. The tree is a fake. When I bought it, I rigged the lights so that I can pull the tree apart for storage without removing the lights. (Yes,…
For some inexplicable reason, the name of my last piano teacher popped into my head. I haven’t thought about him in about 25 years, so I Googled him. He wasn’t your average schoolteacher enduring dissonance to make a few extra bucks after hours. He was supposedly some former musical child prodigy. To study with him, you had to have references, and you had to attend both a group session on music theory and a private…
A Kansas City news station reported a 20-cent per gallon increase in the price of gas today and showed pictures of stations selling at $2.09. I scurried right out to Costco and filled up at $1.84. I suspect they will raise the price before they open tomorrow. While at Costco, I picked up a roasted chicken for dinner, gifts for the two brothers-in-law and the man my mother married, and a gift for my sister.…
I bought the tan trench coat. I like the way it fits, I like the price, and I think I can learn to live with the color for the next few years. It’s water-resistant. (I wonder if that means it will also be coffee-resistant? There is a practical reason I wear black.) I really don’t want to drag out the search into the weekend holiday shopping madness.
The job search continues. The two opportunities I mentioned a few weeks ago didn’t work out. I lacked a key piece of experience on one, and the other just wasn’t a good fit. Things are understandably quiet at the moment due to the holiday season. That said, there is some activity. I did a phone interview this week with a good company for a position that is definitely within my skill set but which would…
