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Molecular Science (Or Something)

You are an enzyme. You are powerful, dark,
variable, and can change many things at your
whim...even when they're not supposed to be
changed. Bad you. You can be dangerous or
wonderful; it's your choice.


Which Biological Molecule Are You?
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Weekend Happenings (And Beyond)

Sunday, the Wonderful Spouse got the storm door put in (which makes it a project that only took about a month). We had bought the new storm door, due to the demise of the old storm door, a week before Thanksgiving (actually 11 days before Thankgiving, but who's counting?). Every time WS has planned on installing it, the wind would kick up, which would make installation a bad idea (can you say para-sailing?). Anyway, all systems were "go" on Sunday, except for that little itty-bitty problem of temps in the teens - with installation requirements that guaranteed that you couldn't wear gloves. WS could work on it for about 7 minutes before running in and warming his hands by the woodstove for 5 minutes - it was slow going. So the storm door was installed, just in time for the, uh, storm.

* * * * The storm brought a little bit of everything (except warm weather): snow - a bit over a foot (except where it has been blown into drifts a couple of feet high - like right in front of the slider out to the deck); freezing rain - enough to put a crust of a couple inches on top of the snow; rain - just for good measure; and more snow - just a dusting. Oh, and did I mention the wind howling gale? Spent 1 1/4 hours shoveling this evening. That produced a mostly clear deck (3/4 of it anyway) and clear steps to the deck and to the house. Tomorrow I get to finish the deck and shovel the path to the dog pen, which obviously the dogs did not get to use today. WS got home so late that he didn't even get to do any snowblowing (although he did remove the burm at the bottom of the driveway before going to work), so hopefully he'll have reasonable hours at work tomorrow! * * * * The drive in to work, Sunday night, was special, but at least there wasn't any traffic on the roads (literally). I stayed on main roads as I knew that plow drivers would concentrate on them. That adds a bit of time (not distance) to the drive, but in bad weather it is worth the ability to even tell where the road is! The drive home was even more special after the sleet. But, it seems that people have dug their snow and ice driving abilities out of the boxes in the attic, and no one seemed to have much trouble. * * * * Missy refused to go out Sunday until just before I left for work (about 8:15 PM). She was restless and edgy all day, I assume that the changing preassure was really upsetting her. The Nor'Easter started a couple hours before I left for work, which would presumably mean that the pressure stabilized somewhere in that time and she was okay after that. All I can say is, man, that is some bladder control that dog has! (definitely not complaining).

Happier News

Dawn has finally had her baby (a boy). Go leave your congrats!

Lay Offs

This is the second time in three years that I haven't had a job during the Christmas holidays. On September 27, 2001, I was laid off from a company that I had worked with for 13 1/2 years - along with enough people that that company's work force was reduced by 40%. I was somewhat anticipating that I would be laid off (depending upon how deep the cuts went) and company gave me a really good compensation package. I was out of work for 7 months, which gave me time to finish the bulk of the classes needed to recieve my Bachelors Degree.

Ghost Rider Pic

I happened to save the picture of the Ghost Riders, who are deploying to a secret location soon (since most of the trucks don't need repainted, and they were last painted for the Gulf War in 1991, we can surmise their general area of service).

Photo is curtesy of The New Hampshire Union Leader.

Happy Holidays

As of the end of my shift on December 19, I will no longer be employed. Although technically the business is not closing, the machines have been sold to another company and our West Coast salesman will be taking anything we have in stock and storing it in his garage. He will be able to sell this stock on a comission basis. When the stock is gone, he will have to buy more fiber from the company that bought the machines.

Although this isn't a huge surprise, it would have been nice if they had waited until the first of the year, but instead it is a

MERRY FUCKING CHRISTMAS

to the production and support staff.

P.S. Posting may be light (or may not, who knows) for the next week as I will probably spend my free time job searching at Monster, newspapers and company websites.

P.P.S. I'm sure I'll be the life of the party as WS's company Christmas party tomorrow night!

Word Association

Found this word association thing at Da Goddess' website (who got it elswhere, but I'm too lazy to trace it back). The first word is give, the second word is my association.

1. Blizzard:: Snow (duh!)
2. J:: Ahn (makes no sense unless you realize I am giving a last name)
3. Control:: Freak
4. Blood:: Sweat and Tears
5. Mysterious:: Hidden
6. Annoying:: Boss
7. Throat:: Frog
8. Condom:: Drugstore
9. Search:: And Rescue
10. Heartfelt:: Earnest

Random Thoughts

We're supposed to start getting freezing rain sometime early this morning - should make the drive home fun!

* * * * I should have left the dogs in the pen when I got home this morning instead of bringing them in to spare the neighbors having to hear Prince's incesant whining. Missy tried to wake me up to go out, but I told her to go lay down. Later, she tried again, and I finally got up and let her out. When I got up this afternoon, I found out why she wanted out so badly; she had the runs - all over the carpet in the den. Good thing I have a steam cleaner! * * * * Got to watch the second half of the first half of Babylon 5 Battlestar Gallactica Wednesday night (watched the first 45 minutes on Tuesday). Even though I've heard some negative stuff from purists (those who clearly remember the first series), I'm enthralled. It should only take another 2 nights to watch the last 2 hours of the mini-series. * * * * This week's Carnival of the Vanities is over at Signal + Noise and is based on a lower life form; insects. Even if you don't have time to read any of the entries right now, go check out the illustrations! * * * * NZ finally figured out that I certainly didn't belong in the "Large Mammals" catagory of his Ecosystem and found a way to correct it. I'm actually surprised that I'm still up there a bit in "Slithering Reptile" land.

Banners

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Someone to Watch

I recently got a comment from James Walsh, on one of my Country Living posts. James has started a new blog to chronicle his experience of moving out of the city and into the country. It should be interesting to watch as he gets used to this change.

Go over and say hello!