UMTravels

Wow — a glorious day in the Northwest. Sun, sun, sun! A bit of� a chore getting the cabin in working order. Never let a straight man and his high-maintenance girlfriend shut down a cabin. Dust bunnies were the minor flaw. Closed (and rotting) fridge, previous linens not pulled, gas cans not filled, boat covers [...]

Work in the morning, then heading out to the Lake mid-day. Lake? What Lake? Lake Cushman. Property of Tacoma Power and Light, and most of the property around it is on 99 year leases — not unlike what Duke Power does in North Carolina around it’s reservoirs. I understand a public utility doing this, I’m [...]

After a truly crappy night sleep — it was the marketing meeting after a quick steak and eggs breakfast. Thank the gods I had done my meeting notes yesterday. At least I was prepared for the meeting. A minor 15 minute nap before heading to Jimmie’s place for round two of getting his new computer [...]

How can you have a crappy day when it includes a massage. How can you have a crappy night when it includes dinner with friends. I managed to have it. [221.3]

So today’s amusement — I should have taken pictures — was going on a tour with Jill of a new condo complex coming on-line. 1111 E. Pike should you want to check it out. Stunning views from the roof deck — but the penthouse unit opens onto the shared deck, and the bedroom looks out [...]

Well, changes keep happening to Son of Bob otherwise known as SOB. Today silver stripping got add to one of the sides — with the other side to come later this week. ���� � I think it adds a little interest to the side. Breaks up the mass of black paint. An additional monitor shows [...]

While trolling one of my more successful Internet dating sites, I ran across this Tennessee Williams poem in one guy’s profile. I hadn’t ever read i before, but it rung a bell with my recent dating spree: Life Story by Tennessee Williams After you’ve been to bed together for the first time, without the advantage [...]

And we start our post late in the evening: � This would be the view from the boat chartered by Events and Adventuresfor the Lake Union fireworks display. Great location, good food, great people (including the club members and other guests). A little problem with the bar but it just meant you had to order [...]

I didn’t think that is was possible, but four of us polished off eight pounds of pork ribs… so much for my theory of having leftovers for tomorrow. The ribs when on a little after 4pm and came off at a little after 7pm. A nice slow smoke on those ribs. Maybe that’s why they [...]

I must be exhausted. I got back from the marketing meeting and errands and immediately laid down and totally zonked out for an hour. My guess is that I was snoring up a storm. Don’t know what is was, but I needed that down time. Luckily I didn’t have to worry about dinner this evening [...]

Nothing like spending all day reformatting one computer and updating another one. July 1st spelled the end for Windows7 on my main machine. Back to Vista, but the only way to do it was with a clean install. On the upside, at least now Internet Explorer works again. On the downside, my disc was so [...]