Orrymain's Blog

The only good thing about the chore for the routine rabies and once-called 'yearly's' is that they are now all 3 year shots with two exceptions. The first is puppies. The first two years of life are like the old days and the second is that the yearly's used to include 5 all in one shots and now it's just 4. That's because...

This is an historic day in Egypt and the world. It's hard to say what the future holds, but the people of Egypt deserve to be heard. I hope their future is peaceful.

It's not easy to do things that are best for the planet. I've tried to do a few things that both help myself and reduce the need for energy resources. I am using some sensor lights now that keep me from having to turn on lights all the time, and I have reduced my use of central air and gas significantly, thanks to a whole house fan and a couple of...

I've had a couple of nice experiences lately over customer service issues and it has somewhat restored my faith in companies. They aren't all bad. There's hope for us yet!

If you've watched American soap operas in their heyday, today was definitely a day to turn on the tv and watch Oprah. It hasn't aired here yet, but the episode includes Tony Geary and Genie Francis of General Hospital, plus Susan Lucci and all of the actors who have played her husbands (and there are a bunch). I only regret that Larry Keith passed...

From a springlike weekend, we turned blustery today. We had winds up to 44mph. Tree limbs were blowing all over the day, but I liked the brisk weather. It felt clean and refreshing. Something about it just made me smile.

While people in the eastern part of America were digging out from a huge blizzard, in Northern California, we were breaking heat records. 74 in San Francisco of all places. It was very spring like, only isn't this February?