Archive for April, 2008
Winter Continues Up North
Just saw that Anchorage Alaska had a record snowfall a couple of days ago, now you might think hey it’s Alaska, of course they have snow in spring. Well, yes, their record for snow for April 25th was 1.8″, they had over 15″! Some areas had storm totals of 22″. The one day total was their 3rd most [...]
Cubs win! Weather Loses.
Went to DC this weekend to see my favorite team in any sport, the Cubs. Yes, I must be a glutton for punishment.
The forecast from Washington’s finest called for showers and storms during the game. (Over 80% chance.) Therefore, I was very concerned that we would get rained out. Despite the forecast, my family and [...]
Ask, and ye shall recieve.
I subscribe to Sports Illustrated and just got my automatic renewel notice for about $66 year. I had been sent from a magazine subscription company a preferred subscriber list of magazines. Now, I don’t know why I am on a “preferred” list, but they offered Sports Illustrated for $49 a year. So I called subcriptions at Sports Illustrated [...]
Salt salt salt everywhere
After visiting the doctor, and thinking about better nutrition; I decided to see if I could watch my sodium intake and still enjoy eating.
They say the average American consumes up to two times the amount of sodium recommended by the USDA.
Even though I don’t salt my food at the table, I am amazed at the amount of [...]
Young Workers
When I was in third grade, I knew what I wanted to be when I grew up. It was a baseball player (Go Cubs!), or was it an astronaut… or was it a fireman? I remember wanting to be all those things because I thought they were cool. I never considered the education requirements, I [...]
A Weatherman’s Look at gas prices
Well here it comes, gas prices will increase to $3.60 a gallon for regular unleaded within the month. It seems to me that speculators are running up the price of gas by investing in oil futures instead of our American dollar. The way I understand it, the dollar is too weak against other currencies, so [...]
Feels Like Football, Is It The Weather?
Besides getting down to 32 this morning, I’ve been thinking about cool temperatures; because cool weather reminds me of fall and football. Why is football on my mind? Well in case you missed it the NFL released their schedule for the upcoming season yesterday. This caused me to already start planning for viewing important games this [...]
Cooking with the Barn at home.
When my family wants to eat somewhere special the first place that comes to mind is the Angus Barn.
The Angus Barn is a wonderful restaurant where they know how to make you feel special. Owner Van Eure will see to that.
Well, when deciding what to cook for dinner yesterday, the thought of baby back ribs came [...]
Had A Bad Day!
My pick to win it all in San Antonio definitely had a bad day on Saturday night against Kansas. My daughter wanted to support the Tar Heels when they returned home to Chapel Hill On Sunday. So we headed over to the Dean Smith Center with about 50-60 other die-hards. The team bus from the [...]
A Mellow Drought Break
Just got back from a few days of spring break at the beach. Yes, the weather was wet and not very nice. We did have a bit of sun on Friday at Wrightsville Beach when I snapped this picture.
Our coast is NOT in a drought so even though the weather was not very “beachy”, it [...]
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