Boven

I washed the sheets and such yesterday. When I was putting them back on the bed I discovered a pillow case missing. I have searched everywhere I can imagine. I can only come to two possible explanations: 1) Someone broke in and stole it out of the washer or dryer 2) Pillow Case Gnomes took it

There were some workers trimming/pruning the trees outside the building this morning. In the past, they've somtimes cut (in my opinion) way too much off the one outside my patio. This year they only trimmed the bits that were too close to the building.

After they were done, however, I noticed something in the tree. I don't think Mrs. Mourning Dove is too happy about having her nest partially exposed.

Cleaning up some random pictures on the computer... When I was laid off, I had to ship the work laptop back. Normally, they tell you to keep the box in which they originally sent it to you. When I got mine, though, I was still in the office, as was IT, so they just brought it over.

So I asked if should just ship it in the factory box it'd been in. They said no, had to be a FedEx box. It took them ages to decide what to do. In the end, they FedEx'd me an empty FedEx box. Just one problem, though...

Whew. So there was maybe 6 inches of snow on top of the car when I went out to do shoveling a bit ago. While I was clearing things out, another quarter inch or so came down. That's the first of multiple digging sessions today.

I'm very glad I listened to some advice a few weeks ago and got a pair of wool glove liners to wear under the work gloves.

I finally got around to watching the rest of Dracula AD 1972. Such a 70s movie, with a pretty decent soundtrack. I kept thinking I'd seen the woman who played Van Helsing's granddaughter before, so I looked her up. She played Moriarty's girlfriend on an episode of Star Trek TNG.

And Caroline Munro, a future Bond Girl, was one of her friends!

Well, since it's October and officially one can post Halloween stuff. Here's a great cover of the theme from a silly, but fun old movie: www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3P_...

During my lunch break, I had the tv on. TCM was showing 'The Conquerer,' which I've never actually seen. What little I watched of it confirmed my assumption that isn't a great film.

I was finally able to purchase this, after a long wait. It arrived yesterday.

On todays episode of "What Ancient Stuff Did Boven Find in an 'Empty' office?"

The accounting people at work have to clear out a file room with documents that go back to, like, the beginning of time. I spotted this absolute unit of a bookshelf stereo sitting on the floor in the hall outside the room yesterday. It was gonna be trashed, so...yoink.

The accounting people at work have to clear out a file room with documents that go back to, like, the beginning of time. I spotted this absolute unit of a bookshelf stereo sitting on the floor in the hall outside the room yesterday. It was gonna be trashed, so...yoink.

There were a couple 'new' blank cassettes I'd found in an empty office a while back, so I tried it in the tape decks. Deck A does nothing at all. Deck B spins only worked with Play, but spewed tape into the compartment.

It's rained the past couple days, but not enough to get bird poop off the car. It might be time for a trip to the Carwash Rave:

One of the few people who still come into the office knocked on my door. He had a couple pictures of a snake that was down in the parking garage. Naturally, I had to go down to see if it was still there. It wasn't.