The Blog of The Dave

…and stuff.

Return to Work… Yeah, Right

Since returning to work on Friday the 19th I’ve worked a total of two and a half days. Luckily I kind of foresaw this and didn’t stop filing for unemployment. As long as I’m only working intermittently I can still file for unemployment, I just get less. It sure would be nice to go back [...]

Happy Festivus!

Rosetta Stone and Returning to Work

Does anyone have any experience with the use of Rosetta Stone software to learn a foreign language? There are a couple of languages which would be useful in my line of work, Russian and Spanish (the Latin American variety). The software is rather expensive though – $549 for the three levels of either language. One [...]

More Snow Pics

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A Few Snow Pictures

This is just a link to a few pictures of the snow in Enumclaw which I took yesterday. I know some of you have it way worse off than us Washington folk, but I think it’s just pretty. Take a look.
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A Not Unusual Text Exchange With Sara

Me: Be sure to drink your Ovaltine.
Sara: Daddys gonna kill ralphie
Me: You used all the glue… ON PURPOSE!
Sara: I triple dog dare ya!
Me: I want an official Red Ryder, Carbine Action, 200-shot, Range Model air rifle, with a compass in the stock, and this thing which tells time.
Sara: Fffuuuuuudge
Me: Deck the halls [...]

Thoughts of Memories

I’m one of those people that thinks that people need to get over their old childhood horrors and move on. Even so, I still recall my awful experience during a period of my childhood commonly referred to as “School Age.” It was a miserable time for me. I’ve lately been adding (and been added by) [...]

O’ Christmas Tree, Part Trois

Just in case you weren’t quite tired of pictures of my glorious tree(s), here’s some more. This should be it though…

Each image is 800 X 600 pixels.

O’ Christmas Tree, Part Deux

…and the usual Dave-style Christmas tree.

Beware, the actual image is pretty damn huge.

O’ Christmas Tree

While at Fred Meyer tonight I found the perfect Christmas tree for under $10…