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2+2=5?

I heard from an old co-worker (as in I used to work with him, not that he is aged). I worked with Anthony at my last place of employment (which shut down) as well as the place I worked at prior to that (massive layoffs).

It was funny because I had noticed that one of our Sales Guys was showing someone around the place. I only saw the backside of the person he was escorting. They were about 30 feet away from me, which is a bit of a stretch for me to recognize faces, much less backsides.

But I thought the voice was familiar and wondered who would be asking our sales guy about sapphire (which is what we dealt with at the last 2 places of employment – and what Anthony deals with at his current employer), but of course I didn’t put 2 and 2 together (or at least I got the wrong answer).

Later, Anthony called me at work and said he had seen the back of my head, but didn’t know if it would be kosher to deviate from his guided tour to talk to me.

I wish I had realized who it was and gotten to talk to him in person instead of over the phone. I still feel somewhat like a stranger in a strange land where I am working now, and it would have been good to see a person that I know really well and could exchange a few “good old days” memories with.

Anthony promises that if he comes in again, he will throw a piece of candy at the back of my head. So, as long as he doesn’t miss too badly, I may get to see him sometime in the future.

Hope They Got More Snow

Just a reminder - only 52 days before the start of this year's Iditarod.

Playing Around

WS got several hours of play time with the sled on Sunday. But first he snow blew the driveway and then had to go help out Jimmy. Jim had broken his sled (no, the sled did not break down – he broke it) going over some railroad tracks. He called WS to bring his trailer so they could load it up and drop it off at the repair shop.

After he was done with the rescue mission, WS and Chris, the neighbor, went sledding. They have a decent network of trails between our property, Chris’ property and the D family property (which abuts Chris’ property).

Chris took Justin, his son, with him; sometimes Justin road on the back of Chris’ sled, other times they stopped to pick up Justin’s sled (a really cute little thing) and Justin would take up a position between the two adults.

Hope they had enough fun to last them a while. After snowing and sleeting on Wednesday, it is supposed to get in the 50’s on Thursday – which means bye-bye to most of the snow!

Another New Address

Great news for Jim, he now has his domain address transferred over to his new provider. So you can find him there.

White Stuff Abounds

Thursday the weatherforcasters finally got one right; they called for snow, turning to sleet / freezing rain. It certainly did all that prompting many businesses to send their employees early once the nasty ice started developing. WS and his crew were sent home early, we weren't (although many people just left anyway - I stayed). The state got lucky though and had no power outages that I know of.

The drive home was a bit on the nasty side, until I got about 8 miles from home. At that point, it never turned to sleet, we just got snow. That made shovelling the 6" of white stuff a lot easier!

Friday night they said Saturday would be partly cloudy, but on Saturday morning they changed their mind and called for snow; 2 - 5" in my area. I started snowing about 11 AM and didn't quit until after 10 PM (when I went to bed). The flakes were fairly small, and it was heavier than the last snow, so we ended up with about 6" of the white stuff.

I think WS is going to get to try the sled out a bit today.

Moved

JimSpot is now here. To say the least he has had a few problems from his old host. Hopefully he gets the domain name thing straitened out!

Thanks to the Weekend Pundit for pointing out Jim's new Spot.

Phishing

Fortunately I got an email today that saved me from not having much to post:

Dear valued TCF Bank member,

It has come to our attention that on the 5th of January 2005, there were a series of login attempts from a foreign IP address which has resulted in a temporary hold on your account.

However, failure to confirm your records may result in your account suspension.

Please click the link below to reactivate your account.

https://www.tcfexpress.com/internetBanking/RequestRouter?requestCmdId=Reactivate

Sincerely,

TCF Security Department

This notification expires in 48 Hours.

Please do not reply to this mail. Mail sent to this address cannot be answered.
For assistance, log in to your TCF Bank account and chose the "Help" link in the header of any page.*

This is plain and blatent phishing (Phishing attacks use 'spoofed' e-mails and fraudulent websites designed to fool recipients into divulging personal financial data such as credit card numbers, account usernames and passwords, social security numbers, etc. By hijacking the trusted brands of well-known banks, online retailers and credit card companies, phishers are able to convince up to 5% of recipients to respond to them).

Definition is from the Anti-Phishing Working Group.

Heating Up

We were talking about heated keyboards and mice a while ago. Someone sent me the link to this device. The sad thing is I'm not sure if it's real or a joke?

Laughing Matter?

This has been a singularly unexciting week. The biggest happenings so far is how the weather forecasters have really blown it – both on local stations and the Weather Channel.

Sunday night thru Monday morning, it was supposed to sleet and snow. A nice wintry mix was on its way but it was supposed to warm up Monday afternoon and turn to a steady rain. We did get freezing rain Sunday night, but by the time we got up to go to work, the temps had risen quite a bit and it was raining – with no trace of ice left.

Monday day, it did not rain as was forecast, although it was overcast. Tuesday morning we were supposed to get snow starting in the wee hours. When we got up it was raining. Both the local station and the Weather Channel changed the forecast to rain all morning and the low temp staying above freezing – the temp suddenly dropped and it started snowing as we left for work.

For Wednesday, the forecasters of both stations had given up and told us that we would have some sort of precipitation. The morning commute might be okay, because the form might be rain, or the commute might be a nightmare because of snow and sleet – BUT, we would definitely be getting precipitation starting in the early morning hours and lasting on-and-off thru the day.

So naturally, it was a dry morning and both channels changed the forecast to just a partly cloudy day. Yep, you guessed it, it started snowing later in the morning.

Somewhere, someone is getting a real laugh out of all this!

Go Back to Sleep

This has been such a boring week there has been nothing to write about. Come back tomorrow or Friday and I will have an absolutely masterfull piece on the current weather.

At least there are plenty of other people out there actually posting, so go visit all those people that I link to and have a great time.