8-11-05
Congratulate me, if you would.
Why? Because I survived the traffic at the first day of school. I took the youngest son to school today and of course, the traffic was terrible. People were trying to go down the alley the wrong way and were parked every where, making sure their little ones were okay.
It is always a madhouse and this year, it seemed worse. Of course, it might just be because I haven't gone through this in a year.
My peace and quiet in the mornings are gone. I'll miss summer for that, more than anything. Now, the still of the morning is disturbed by loud noises coming from the wife and the children.
It doesn't seem possible that school is already starting. It just seemed like last week that it was the last day of school and we left for a trip to Branson. I can never remember a summer going by so fast. It's fairly appropriate that the summer is over, I guess. I should finish my book within the last two days. I started it early in June so every work day since then and a couple of Saturdays, I have gotten up early and cranked out a chapter.
The ending will lead into another one that I plan to write later this summer, so I need to figure out some slam bang ending. It has been enjoyable, but tough to handle, writing two hours in the morning then going through a normal work schedule.
This time was usually reserved for exercise, so that has slacked off a bit. I have another book that I will start publishing chapters, probably next week.
Last night, we went out to eat as kind of a last-day deal with the kids before they started school. We ate at some buffet in Fort Smith. We ate there a couple of weeks ago and it was much better.
That makes two trips to Fort Smith in two days. I have a quota of Fort Smith trips for a week that has been exceeded. It will be nice to stay home tonight.
Okay, here are the top news items for the day:
*A Swedish company is offering insurance for parking and speeding tickets. Seriously. For a fee of 850 crowns ($112 American), drivers are coverered up to three speeding tickets a year, provided none of the tickets are for going 19 miles an hour faster than the alloted speed limit.
So far, several thousand people have signed up. No word on plans to offer insurance for stupidity, however.
*At a California apartment complex, a man did what many of us have often considered doing after hearing a car alarm blaring. He went out in the parking lot and put three bullets in the car, silencing the alarm.
Sadly, the shooter was arrested instead of the owner of the Camry who did nothing to silence the irritating noise.
*Bad news out of Florida. Humpty Dumpty didn't fall off the wall. He was stolen!
The three-foot bronze Humpty was adorned outside a Florida beachfront home, minding his own business when thieves had the gall to steal him.
Humpty weighed 60 pounds and cost the owners $5,112 when they bought him a few years ago.
No word on ransom demands.
*Poor Palenstinians! All they wanted to do was set a record for the world's longest sandwich.
They planned on building a 750-metre long sandwich to feed the poor. Sadly, their project was abandoned after health officials warned them there was a good chance the sandwich was rotting in the blaring sun.
The previous record for a sandwich is 634 metres. They lost out on their bid to make the sandwich, but maybe they can at least learn how to spell "meter" out of the deal.
Enough for today. May you have an excellent one.
Why? Because I survived the traffic at the first day of school. I took the youngest son to school today and of course, the traffic was terrible. People were trying to go down the alley the wrong way and were parked every where, making sure their little ones were okay.
It is always a madhouse and this year, it seemed worse. Of course, it might just be because I haven't gone through this in a year.
My peace and quiet in the mornings are gone. I'll miss summer for that, more than anything. Now, the still of the morning is disturbed by loud noises coming from the wife and the children.
It doesn't seem possible that school is already starting. It just seemed like last week that it was the last day of school and we left for a trip to Branson. I can never remember a summer going by so fast. It's fairly appropriate that the summer is over, I guess. I should finish my book within the last two days. I started it early in June so every work day since then and a couple of Saturdays, I have gotten up early and cranked out a chapter.
The ending will lead into another one that I plan to write later this summer, so I need to figure out some slam bang ending. It has been enjoyable, but tough to handle, writing two hours in the morning then going through a normal work schedule.
This time was usually reserved for exercise, so that has slacked off a bit. I have another book that I will start publishing chapters, probably next week.
Last night, we went out to eat as kind of a last-day deal with the kids before they started school. We ate at some buffet in Fort Smith. We ate there a couple of weeks ago and it was much better.
That makes two trips to Fort Smith in two days. I have a quota of Fort Smith trips for a week that has been exceeded. It will be nice to stay home tonight.
Okay, here are the top news items for the day:
*A Swedish company is offering insurance for parking and speeding tickets. Seriously. For a fee of 850 crowns ($112 American), drivers are coverered up to three speeding tickets a year, provided none of the tickets are for going 19 miles an hour faster than the alloted speed limit.
So far, several thousand people have signed up. No word on plans to offer insurance for stupidity, however.
*At a California apartment complex, a man did what many of us have often considered doing after hearing a car alarm blaring. He went out in the parking lot and put three bullets in the car, silencing the alarm.
Sadly, the shooter was arrested instead of the owner of the Camry who did nothing to silence the irritating noise.
*Bad news out of Florida. Humpty Dumpty didn't fall off the wall. He was stolen!
The three-foot bronze Humpty was adorned outside a Florida beachfront home, minding his own business when thieves had the gall to steal him.
Humpty weighed 60 pounds and cost the owners $5,112 when they bought him a few years ago.
No word on ransom demands.
*Poor Palenstinians! All they wanted to do was set a record for the world's longest sandwich.
They planned on building a 750-metre long sandwich to feed the poor. Sadly, their project was abandoned after health officials warned them there was a good chance the sandwich was rotting in the blaring sun.
The previous record for a sandwich is 634 metres. They lost out on their bid to make the sandwich, but maybe they can at least learn how to spell "meter" out of the deal.
Enough for today. May you have an excellent one.
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