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Stuff I finished up this blog post on Monday late afternoon, still sitting in my car working off the inverter. My plan to keep the large fridge/freezer running failed — the inverter was not powerful enough — so we are trying plan B. I plugged in the small stand-alone freezer in the laundry room. If […] Stuff We lost power last night, Sunday September 11, 2017, at 8:11pm, courtesy of Hurricane IRMA. I was in bed by 8:30 with one bedroom window open. The wind was pretty much howling by then. I was asleep before 9pm. I woke at 1:45 am, fired up the computer (wearing the blue blocker goggles that […] Stuff I prepared this blog post on Sunday morning to ensure against a power outage later today or tomorrow messing up the streak. I finished it at 10am and am planning to swim at 11:30 if there is no lightning … As I type Jim, is assembling out new Weber barbecue in the living room […] Stuff It is Sunday morning and it is raining hard here at ILE. But it is strangely calm. Dead calm. The calm before the storm. My good wishes go out to my fellow Floridians and to all who wind up being affected by Irma. Right now there are 100mph gusts in the lower Keys and […] Stuff On Friday morning I just about finished the jigsaw puzzle that is my 2016 tax return. I am waiting for my accountant — now on vacation somewhere — to answer a single question. After that I can wrap everything up and have it to him on 20 SEPT when he gets home. I […] Stuff On Thursday Jen came early and we finished up the groundwork on my 2016 taxes, Pretty much all that is left now is filling in the blanks and writing a letter to my accountant. I do 98% of the return and then send it all to him to check everything over, do the Capital […] Stuff I got a bit more work done on my 2016 taxes on Wednesday and Jennifer will be here again today to help 🙂 Jen has been working part time as a lactation counselor at a local hospital for the past year. She absolutely loves it. I swam just before my very late lunch and […] Stuff I got lots more work done on my 2016 taxes on Tuesday, again with Jennifer’s help; three is still lots of work to do, but the end is in sight. I swam after lunch and got in some core exercises and stretching as well. I was glad to learn that the sale of Lisa […] Stuff I got a ton of work done on my 2016 taxes on Monday morning. I swam before lunch and then relaxed with golf and then tennis on TV. I was glad to learn on Monday that the sale of Ron Paulk’s Canon 600mm f/4L IS II lens to an overseas buyer is pending. […] Stuff I worked on several blog posts on Sunday, exercised and stretched a lot, and enjoyed my swim. Tomorrow the plan is taxes, taxes, taxes. Folks who are have gotten into comparing the two Razorbill images below will surely find the BPN thread with the same two photos to be quite interesting. See here. […] BAA Sunday Afternoon Stuff I hope that you are having a nice holiday weekend. Important Blog Subscription News Many folks have been e-mailing recently stating that they have not been receiving blog notices via e-mail after having received them for years. They are actually still subscribed. But, since we went to a new server, […] What’s Up? With Jen’s help, I got lots of work done on my 2016 tax return on Saturday and will get lots more done in the coming days as the end is not yet in sight. I did some stretching and core exercises, and enjoyed a late-afternoon swim. Canon 100-400 II On Sale The […] What’s Up? I was hoping to get some more work done on my 2015 tax return on Friday afternoon … Also in my plans were some stretching and core exercises, and a mid-afternoon swim. I am glad to say that I have been eating well since my return from the Galapagos. Thanks to all […] What’s Up? I took another break from taxes on Wednesday; I get back to work on them today. I swam in the morning and headed into town to run a variety of errands at 1:30. I was glad to learn that Ivan Kuraev’s 100-400 II and his 5D Mark IV sold within days of being […] What’s Up? I took a break from taxes on Wednesday and spent most of the day exercising and answering a slew of e-mails that had been on the back burner. I enjoyed my easy half-mile swim at 4pm. Canon 100-400 II On Sale The Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM lens is on […] What’s Up? On Tuesday I finished going through all of my credit card statements for my 2016 taxes. Three days of that left me bleary-eyed. I still have lots of work to do. I need Jennifer’s help but she is flying back from Boston today having flown up with Sam to get him settled in […] What’s Up? On Monday I got lots more work done on my 2016 taxes. I did some stretching, some core exercises, and enjoyed my easy half-mile swim. I was glad to learn that two more folks signed up for the Fall DeSoto IPT. We are up to four. Canon 100-400 II On Sale The […] What’s Up? On Sunday I got lots more work done on my 2016 taxes. I did a bit of stretching and some core exercises but skipped my swim. The Streak Today marks thirty-five days in a row with a new educational blog post. This one about 1 1/2 hours to prepare. With all of […] What’s Up? On Saturday, I finally started work on my 2016 Federal tax return. I did lots of stretching and core exercises and enjoyed an afternoon half-mile swim. I met Jennifer, Erik, Sam, and Maya in town at 6pm where we enjoyed dinner at Crazy Fish to celebrate Sam’s heading to Boston with Jen on […] What’s Up? I spent most of Friday on the couch vegging out, resting, and watching the last of 30 hours of the coverage of all four rounds of the PGA golf tournament on Tivo. Congrats to yet another twenty-something winner, Jordan Speith look-alike Justin Thomas. The win was his fourth of the year. This […] |
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