The end of an era |
A little over 10 years ago, I left my job after spending 2 1/2 years working in Peoria, Illinois. It wasn't my first job, but the time there was perhaps the most formative time in my career...
Posted by Mayor McCheese on Sun, 21 Oct 2007 10:40:00 PST |
Observations from a yard sale |
So, this Saturday I had my first yard sale (and likely last, considering I didn't make enough money to justify the amount of time and energy I spent on the sale). But if nothing else, I gleamed ...
Posted by Mayor McCheese on Mon, 15 Oct 2007 09:46:00 PST |
Glum |
No, the title of the blog doesn't describe my mood at the moment.
Does anyone remember a cartoon character named Glum? He appeared in the "Gulliver's Travels" cartoons on the "Banana Splits" sho...
Posted by Mayor McCheese on Fri, 28 Sep 2007 05:53:00 PST |
A new word |
I was thinking today (never a good thing) that we have a perfectly useful and acceptable word in the word "nonchalant". So, why don't we have a word "chalant"? If you can be nonchalan...
Posted by Mayor McCheese on Mon, 24 Sep 2007 06:54:00 PST |
Top 5 Days in the Scope of My Memory |
A friend of mine once asked me "What was your best day ever?" I couldn't answer the question on the spot. I've been lucky... I've had some definite great days... but I couldn't pick just o...
Posted by Mayor McCheese on Thu, 06 Sep 2007 06:18:00 PST |
Bonus!!! |
So, for the last few months I've been dealing with issues with my DirecTV dish. Basically, the arm is becoming detached from the dish, either due to being hit by my neighbor's kids when playing ...
Posted by Mayor McCheese on Tue, 28 Aug 2007 09:29:00 PST |
Fortune-ate Wisdom |
I love fortune cookies. In fact, one of my favorite all-time quotes came from a fortune cookie... "Your happiness is intertwined with your outlook on life." So, last week when I got Chines...
Posted by Mayor McCheese on Wed, 22 Aug 2007 09:21:00 PST |
Garbage disposal blues |
To buy or not to buy, that is the question...
So, the other day, I go to turn on my garbage disposal... no sound. Upon further examination, I pronounced my disposal officially dead. So, my...
Posted by Mayor McCheese on Tue, 21 Aug 2007 06:26:00 PST |
Brazillion |
Funny... but probably true...
Posted by Mayor McCheese on Fri, 03 Aug 2007 06:12:00 PST |
The Saga of the Dead Goose |
No, the title of this blog isn't a country song about the movie "Top Gun", it's a true story.
First, a little background. I live in a townhouse in the very front of my subdivision. The str...
Posted by Mayor McCheese on Sat, 28 Jul 2007 09:11:00 PST |
