Baker's Dozen




- Ripping songs for spouse's MP3 player. I've been remiss in doing so and was tactfully reminded! LOL "Uh, your 512 meg card is full and you need a one gig card to fit your sixties collection."
Apprising spouse of the MP3 player situation. A gal can do only so much, you know.

- Checking my iSold It email for an update on the auction and realizing iSold It typed an incorrect email address for me. Doh! No update yet.

- Why are products so tightly shrink wrapped that a person can pull a muscle trying to open it!?!

- Damn, gas prices have decreased to $2.25 per gallon. Wow, such a deal. Hold me back!

- Swinging with Buddah and watching the birds tease him.

- "What do you think about the Michael Jackson trial?"
Neighbors: "He's gonna walk. There's not enough evidence. Of course, his image is forever tarnished. But it's not like we didn't already know what a freak he is!"
Discussion of Wacko trial.

- Eating a Tommy burger and realizing it's been ten years since I've eaten one. Punky had to quench her craving and no one would accompany her. We wanted to be good sports and ended up having a great time.

- I'm being stalked by a litter of kittens. One brazen fur boy has taken residence on my porch swing and just stares at me when I'm trying to intimidate and coax him to leave.

- Overcast mornings and high 70 days, make for the perfect day to wash cars.

- Watching spouse clearing brush the gardener didn't take care of. The gardener's days here are so limited.

- Punky's cravings continue and tonight was taco night. We enjoyed watching the women's softball championship. I had to be "filled in" on a lot, since I'm not a sports fan.

- Woo hoo, all new episodes of Family Plots and 4400 tonight and Six Feet Under tomorrow. Repeats of Desperate Housewives tonight too, since I missed most of the show during the first run.

Baker's Dozen




- Ripping songs for spouse's MP3 player. I've been remiss in doing so and was tactfully reminded! LOL "Uh, your 512 meg card is full and you need a one gig card to fit your sixties collection."
Apprising spouse of the MP3 player situation. A gal can do only so much, you know.

- Checking my iSold It email for an update on the auction and realizing iSold It typed an incorrect email address for me. Doh! No update yet.

- Why are products so tightly shrink wrapped that a person can pull a muscle trying to open it!?!

- Damn, gas prices have decreased to $2.25 per gallon. Wow, such a deal. Hold me back!

- Swinging with Buddah and watching the birds tease him.

- "What do you think about the Michael Jackson trial?"
Neighbors: "He's gonna walk. There's not enough evidence. Of course, his image is forever tarnished. But it's not like we didn't already know what a freak he is!"
Discussion of Wacko trial.

- Eating a Tommy burger and realizing it's been ten years since I've eaten one. Punky had to quench her craving and no one would accompany her. We wanted to be good sports and ended up having a great time.

- I'm being stalked by a litter of kittens. One brazen fur boy has taken residence on my porch swing and just stares at me when I'm trying to intimidate and coax him to leave.

- Overcast mornings and high 70 days, make for the perfect day to wash cars.

- Watching spouse clearing brush the gardener didn't take care of. The gardener's days here are so limited.

- Punky's cravings continue and tonight was taco night. We enjoyed watching the women's softball championship. I had to be "filled in" on a lot, since I'm not a sports fan.

- Woo hoo, all new episodes of Family Plots and 4400 tonight and Six Feet Under tomorrow. Repeats of Desperate Housewives tonight too, since I missed most of the show during the first run.

A Day in My Life
A weekend of feasting.

A Day in My Life
A weekend of feasting.

For years this city would celebrate spring with a springfest in May. In 2003, springfest was abandoned for the more lucrative and hip Taste of.... I hope today's $40.00 per person taste of ... is a huge flop.

Demise of Compact Discs

Spouse loves tapioca pudding, so I went to Costco buy Harry's brand (it's delicious and close to homemade) as a surprise. I usually don't mull about Costco, because it's always too crowded and I know long lines await me. It's like going to Wal-Mart on the premise of browsing. If I'm wading through Wal-Mart, I better have a specific item in mind, know where in the store it's located and be swift in execution! LOL

So there I am at Costco, tapioca pudding in hand, being cajoled to sample countless food items and not finding any of them particularly appetizing. I wander in search of the CD section and happen upon bestsellers, DVDs, children's books, office supplies .... wait...where's the CD section? Again, I wander through bestsellers, office supplies, children's books, DVDs, computer software and where are the CDs?

I pass a third time and there, intermixed among the DVDs, are two rows of compact discs. Two rows, people. I find this very, very discouraging and feel pain in my stomach. You all know I love my compact discs with packaging and liner notes and do not buy music online, so this latest development is very dismaying. Costco's a major distributor of consumables and if they're carrying a total of six CDs by various artists then, this spells death to the tangible compact disc.

I made a complaint to one of Costco's numerous supervisors and he non-chalantly responded that the future of music is online. With limited shelf space and demand for certain types of consumables high, CDs have been given short shrift. I'm in big trouble if all Circuit City's stop selling CDs. The Pasadena stopped selling them two years past.

Demise of Compact Discs

Spouse loves tapioca pudding, so I went to Costco buy Harry's brand (it's delicious and close to homemade) as a surprise. I usually don't mull about Costco, because it's always too crowded and I know long lines await me. It's like going to Wal-Mart on the premise of browsing. If I'm wading through Wal-Mart, I better have a specific item in mind, know where in the store it's located and be swift in execution! LOL

So there I am at Costco, tapioca pudding in hand, being cajoled to sample countless food items and not finding any of them particularly appetizing. I wander in search of the CD section and happen upon bestsellers, DVDs, children's books, office supplies .... wait...where's the CD section? Again, I wander through bestsellers, office supplies, children's books, DVDs, computer software and where are the CDs?

I pass a third time and there, intermixed among the DVDs, are two rows of compact discs. Two rows, people. I find this very, very discouraging and feel pain in my stomach. You all know I love my compact discs with packaging and liner notes and do not buy music online, so this latest development is very dismaying. Costco's a major distributor of consumables and if they're carrying a total of six CDs by various artists then, this spells death to the tangible compact disc.

I made a complaint to one of Costco's numerous supervisors and he non-chalantly responded that the future of music is online. With limited shelf space and demand for certain types of consumables high, CDs have been given short shrift. I'm in big trouble if all Circuit City's stop selling CDs. The Pasadena stopped selling them two years past.