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BlogA freak gust of wind blew half a tree into my yard, and almost into my living room today as you can see at 8:38pm on the
webcam. The resulting rain and storm lasted less than an hour but also left me without power for 24 hours.
I'd spend some time referencing photos and describing what happened but I think
this Vine says all I need to. It also uses my latest obsession so I'll leave it to do my work.
I should also mention
Lila helped clean up since it's not clear on the Vine, but true Vine addicts would have already figured that out. My neighbor also had an
entire tree blow over that he said cost $2,000 to clean up. Suddenly that window investment doesn't feel like such a cash flush.
At
2:07pm today, Magic Windows arrived at my house to replace the window which has had a broken seal since I moved in. The resulting cloudiness between panes
finally angered Lisa into demanding I pay $1,200 for a new window. The Senator of course knew I was going to pay this amount all along, but decided to wait until today before revealing a
free method to simplay remove the moisture and clean the window. This would have pleased Lisa equally for significantly less than I'm currently flushing down the toilet
on a house I plan to abandon.
With my recent discovery of Vine, I've gone on full sharing overload posting over 30 videos in the first 3 days of using it.
After infecting the Senator, he recorded what is easily my
proudest vine with
this pool shot a close second.
I'm pretty sure it's my shrinking attention span that makes 6 second videos perfect for this point in my life, but as I get older I'm sure I'll return to the 30 second or more full Youtube videos once again.
For now, I'm proud to be hip with the kids on Vine again, as long as it stays far away from that Instagram madness.
For
Cougarfest 2013, the decision to add Contours to our dwindling numbers was made. My introverted social skills were very against this
change, but having given up control of the event several years ago I didn't make a fuss. I'm absolutely amazed that 14 years after
Drive Home I'm still
going to an annual Cougar event.
I'm only slightly more amazed my Cougar is still on the road, so I'll chalk both up to the unique fork in this dimensional timeline. I demanded Lila accompany me on what may be my last Cougarfest, which
meant pregnant Lisa was also coming along. Our first day involved a relaxing trip to the beach, then dinner with Melinda and Adriano. The evening was giving rides in my supercharged Cougar which was woefully
disappointing compared to my new Focus ST, but still exhilerating for those still driving the Cougar as their primary car. I decided to call it a night shortly after a cop arrived to ask about
a silver Cougar that was driving with excessive speed (and was subsequently greeted with shoulder shrugs). The next day was Lila pool day, Autocross and the main show. Despite my best efforts, I was unable
to stay awake the whole night. Instead, I passed out and claimed the first chalk outline of the night before heading in to end another enjoyable Cougarfest.
With a threatening letter from my cable provider that they would begin charging me rent for my cable modem, I decided it was time to demand a new one and get my monies worth.
When the technician arrived, I learned I had no choice but to accept a
wireless gateway modem that refused to talk nice with my existing router. A factory reset and an hour later, I had the admin password
to the new modem, which is a surprisingly full featured router. DynamicDNS, port forwarding and DHCP reservations are all supported. If it was in a better location I might even use the wireless capability,
but I know it won't come close to my upstairs access point. Satisfied with the new modems router performance, my trusty Linksys E3000 wireless router is now on eBay awaiting it's new home, and I have one less network device to power.
An
exciting letter arived today from the IRS informing me I owe $3,130 in back taxes. While not quite a full audit, it's equally exciting in that
I now have to prove I was insolvent during my multi-house short-sale adventure of 2011. Hopefully I can gather the metric ton of paperwork I'm sure will be required to prove my innocence.
While technically Lilas' second visit to Cedar Point, this was her
first visit free from Lisas womb.
After some disagreement on where we would eat, I made a beeline to the kids rides and was pleasently surprised to find Lila was all about them.
Sadly, she was still too short for some rides, but she didn't seem to care. A visit to Snoopy on ice and another round of kids rides gave me a completely different Cedar Point experience than I normally
have. I usually avoid the kids areas entirely, so this visit was like a whole different park.
Watching Lila grin as she was whipped around on the rides, and having her excitedly ask to go again was quite possibly the best feeling in my life so far. Sadly, heavy rain forced us to leave before
we got to try all the kids rides, but the tilt-a-whirl had done a number on me (Lila did not appear to be affected at all) so it was probably for the best. Can't wait for the next visit!
Lila decided it was high time she saw her cousins, so a trip to
Pennsylvania was executed.
It began with a trip to the grandparents, then some badmitton and board games. A trip to a local deer park for animal adventures, and finally a viewing of Despicable Me 2.
With the
success of last years firework show, we decided to bring Lila to Henry Ford for this years celebration. Her history of
dislike for loud noises convinced us a difficult to exit public gathering would be the best option for her third exposure. Fortunately, there was a full hour of loud music leading up to the
main event, successfully damaging her eardrums and numbing her to the main event. We quickly discovered the location we picked to sit put a tree directly between us and the fireworks, so I grabbed Lila and ran to
an open section as soon as I could. The numbing effect quickly wore off, and we made a premature exit which easily saved us an hour of waiting in traffic.
With the Senator still high from his
Honda purchase, we were invited to attend a pork loin pool party as a guise to show off his new car. Knowing it was a trap, I demanded 120% garlic infusion from the pork loin which is physically impossible, but he promised it would be done. After several hours of explaining to Lila why Hondas are evil, and explaining that touching one would immediately vaporize her, we headed to the house for the celebration. I of course
camoflauged my Fusion so as not to confuse the neighbors. On arrival, we discovered it was in fact a new gazebo that was the main attraction, allowing me to keep my elephant gun safely in my trunk instead of aimed at an engine block. Lulled into a false sense of security thanks to the pork loin and multipurpose frog ball pit/pool/raft, the Honda conversation crept up on me and suddenly I was standing in front of the abomination. Irate at the trickery, and suspecting a more realistic 95% garlic infusion rate, I whisked my family away from the insult before more damage could be done.
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