For over two years, an anonymous person has been entering snide comments on this blog, often to my amusement.
Thanks to the "analytics" feature provided by Google, the "Commenter" has now been revealed to live in Beverly Hills, Michigan. Although I know the name of the person, he/she shall continue to remain "Anonymous".
Monday, April 26, 2010
Thursday, April 15, 2010
What's up with me?
4/15/10
The great thing about a blog is that you can write to yourself. If others read it, fine, but that's not the main point. It really is like a personal journal. Hardly private. So this is what I am doing today.
Tax Day:
I paid my taxes early, no refund, even owed money. My accountant couldn't understand why I paid early, but then he is a Republican.
Learning Turkish:
With headphones, CD player, and instruction book, I am once again trying to learn a little Turkish for our trip to Turkey this June.
Ne haber? "What's up" in Turkish.
Exercise:
I walk almost daily over 5 miles round trip to the health club, workout for another 1 1/2 hours, come home and weigh myself. So far I have gained about 15 pounds from what I weighed when I came back from Samoa.
Reading:
The return to the joy of reading novels and the short walk to the library are now rituals. I don't seem to have enough time in the mornings for this pleasure.
Blogging:
I am trying to create a super blog from the closeted boxes of photograph albums and journals of past trips, adventures, events, and whatever. This is a bigger task than I orginally thought, taking longer than I thought. However, I am releasing my progress to date soon.
Trip planning:
Mary and I are invited to five weddings this summer. We are planning trips to Turkey in June, a train trip to Philadelphia and points East in July, a trip to Belgium and some other Eastern Europen countries in August/September, and trip to the bank for a loan soon.
Foreign exchange students:
Today, two of the German exchange in my program are joining some others for a trip to the Black Hills. Unfortunately I am unable to join them. However, I am planning on taking them on a trip to Duluth.
Samoa:
Samoa never seems to disappear. There are daily blogs, email, Facebook, text messaging, Skype, and "Survivor" on TV. All help to keep me in touch.
Well, there is probably more. But enough already!
The great thing about a blog is that you can write to yourself. If others read it, fine, but that's not the main point. It really is like a personal journal. Hardly private. So this is what I am doing today.
Tax Day:
I paid my taxes early, no refund, even owed money. My accountant couldn't understand why I paid early, but then he is a Republican.
Learning Turkish:
With headphones, CD player, and instruction book, I am once again trying to learn a little Turkish for our trip to Turkey this June.
Ne haber? "What's up" in Turkish.
Exercise:
I walk almost daily over 5 miles round trip to the health club, workout for another 1 1/2 hours, come home and weigh myself. So far I have gained about 15 pounds from what I weighed when I came back from Samoa.
Reading:
The return to the joy of reading novels and the short walk to the library are now rituals. I don't seem to have enough time in the mornings for this pleasure.
Blogging:
I am trying to create a super blog from the closeted boxes of photograph albums and journals of past trips, adventures, events, and whatever. This is a bigger task than I orginally thought, taking longer than I thought. However, I am releasing my progress to date soon.
Trip planning:
Mary and I are invited to five weddings this summer. We are planning trips to Turkey in June, a train trip to Philadelphia and points East in July, a trip to Belgium and some other Eastern Europen countries in August/September, and trip to the bank for a loan soon.
Foreign exchange students:
Today, two of the German exchange in my program are joining some others for a trip to the Black Hills. Unfortunately I am unable to join them. However, I am planning on taking them on a trip to Duluth.
Samoa:
Samoa never seems to disappear. There are daily blogs, email, Facebook, text messaging, Skype, and "Survivor" on TV. All help to keep me in touch.
Well, there is probably more. But enough already!
Outdoor Baseball
4/14/10
Today is an historic one. It marks the second day of the Minnesota Twins playing in their new outdoor ballpark (Target Field), their first loss in the new stadium (6-3 to Red Sox), and the first time it rained at a Twins home game in over 20 years. It is shirt sleeve weather to boot. All this history for only $400 million.
You may ask youself why an outdoor ballpark after Minnesota built an indoor stadium (Metrodome) so the Vikings and the Twins would not have to contend with the region's Klondike weather? I am a mere motal, unable to answer these types of questions. I am happy to report there are lots of heaters located at the food concourses, just outside of the beer stands, for those wimpy fans from visiting teams.
Today is an historic one. It marks the second day of the Minnesota Twins playing in their new outdoor ballpark (Target Field), their first loss in the new stadium (6-3 to Red Sox), and the first time it rained at a Twins home game in over 20 years. It is shirt sleeve weather to boot. All this history for only $400 million.You may ask youself why an outdoor ballpark after Minnesota built an indoor stadium (Metrodome) so the Vikings and the Twins would not have to contend with the region's Klondike weather? I am a mere motal, unable to answer these types of questions. I am happy to report there are lots of heaters located at the food concourses, just outside of the beer stands, for those wimpy fans from visiting teams.
Friday, April 2, 2010
Mystery Person
4/2/10
Some anonymous person is spending hours reading this blog and writing thoughtful comments. Mary and I wonder who this person may be, amassing clues and using techniques from Mary's favorite TV sleuths, The Mentalist and House.
Here is what we think:
The person is a native Samoan, but now living in the US, probably near Lake Zurich, Illinois.
Our best guess is the person is female.
Whoever you are, it is nice to get a Samoan's point of view.
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Who are you?
Some anonymous person is spending hours reading this blog and writing thoughtful comments. Mary and I wonder who this person may be, amassing clues and using techniques from Mary's favorite TV sleuths, The Mentalist and House.
Here is what we think:
The person is a native Samoan, but now living in the US, probably near Lake Zurich, Illinois.
Our best guess is the person is female.
Whoever you are, it is nice to get a Samoan's point of view.
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Sports Nut
3/27/10
Nicholas with his good friend, Hiedi, from the State of IowaMy son, Nicholas III (30) is a sports nut. Just how this came to be I suspect is from the aquifers supplying the drinking water to the people of Iowa where he went to the University of Iowa. It can be the only explanation, genetics having been denied.
No month is nuttier than March (They don't call it March Madness for nuttin). You name it, March is the closest time a sports nut can get to nirvana, and the sports bar is the temple where a sports nut can slake his/her taste for unadulterated bliss.
In a sports bar I sit with my son, surrounded by seemingly hundreds of huge TV screens projecting every kind of worldwide sport from seemingly hundreds of sports networks amongst clustered groups a fans yelling at images. Passions run high as if each game, each play, might change the face of mankind.
After all it is NCAA basketball tournament time, my Michigan State Spartans just won, and little time to bond with my son. So what if I am wearing my Michigan State T-shirt, hat, and underwear. I am smug, confident that I am not one of THOSE.
Friday, March 26, 2010
Не България
3/25/10
"Not Bulgaria" for me. The Peace Corps selected someone else for their six month assignment to assist the Bulgarian Boy Scouts. A disappoint, yes, but this one and the one to work with the Diabetes Association on the Caribbean island nation of St. Lucia, seemed to fit so nicely into my background. When another such opening comes again, I don't know. Maybe it is time to set my sights on another adventure.
Не България is "Not Bulgaria" in Bulgarian. Time to return my Bulgarian tapes to the library.
"Not Bulgaria" for me. The Peace Corps selected someone else for their six month assignment to assist the Bulgarian Boy Scouts. A disappoint, yes, but this one and the one to work with the Diabetes Association on the Caribbean island nation of St. Lucia, seemed to fit so nicely into my background. When another such opening comes again, I don't know. Maybe it is time to set my sights on another adventure.
Не България is "Not Bulgaria" in Bulgarian. Time to return my Bulgarian tapes to the library.
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
SPAM
3/23/10
THE KING of MEATS
SPAM RegularTop Row: SPAM Lite, SPAM Hickory Smoked, SPAM Bacon
Middle: SPAM Turkey, SPAM Black Pepper, SPAM Garlic
Bottom: SPAM Less Sodium, SPAM Hot & Spicy, SPAM with Cheese
How could it have been this long to visit the SPAM Museum in Austin, Minnesota? It took being in Samoa to appreciate where SPAM is served to honored guests and where I was informed about the SPAM museum. I could go on and on about SPAM facts, but the fact the 44,000 cans of SPAM are made every hour should give you some idea of its importance.
Hawaii eats the most SPAM in the US (A lot of Samoans live in Hawaii).
For lunch we went to a nearby restaurant for, what else?, SPAM sandwiches (every eatery in Austin, MN serves SPAM).
Mary at SPAM Museum in Austin, MN
SPAM burger with chips, please.
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