Basil’s Blog

Last weekend, we took a trip to southeast and northeast Georgia, visiting family members. On Saturday, we stopped in Brunswick to see my son.
He was just getting off work when we got there, so, of course, The Wife wanted to run to Wal-Mart.
After leaving Hell-Mart, we ran over to my son’s apartment. After a quick [...]

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Lots of families have Christmas traditions.
I’m thinking I’ve developed a really bad one. Again this year, I was sick Christmas. And am just now recovering, although I haven’t fully.
A last-minute change in plans meant that my daughter and son weren’t able to come here for Christmas Eve, as was the original plan. So, I [...]

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I use my Visa Check Card a lot.
Well, not a lot. But when I buy something, I use it.
Gosh, I don’t remember the last time I wrote a check. Not even sure where the checkbook is. Or the checks, at least. I know where the check register is.
It’s real convenient to use. The commercials about [...]

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I mentioned the other day that we got a new car. It’s a Chevy Impala.
It replaced the Chevy Lumina.
Yes, I’m a Chevy guy.
The Wife? She’s a Ford girl.
She has a truck. A Ford F-150. Four door. Got it 4 years ago.
She likes her truck.
A lot.
Of course, I like the Impala.
A lot.
It’s the car I been [...]

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I have been known to do stupid things.
Sometimes, it’s because I thought something was funny, but it was just stupid.
Other times, it’s because I just made a bone-headed decision.
And then, sometimes, it’s because I wasn’t thinking. Or thinking about something other than what I was doing.
That happened recently. Again.
I mentioned how busy I’ve been at [...]

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I mentioned earlier about the ease of the drive to Athens this morning.
The drive back was not quite as easy.
Following the football game, the Little Princess took me out to supper at Weaver D’s. If you’ve been to Athens and haven’t eaten at Weaver D’s, you’ve missed some good eatin’.
Anyway, I got in the car [...]

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My daughter called last night. The Little Princess was asking about the Wife and me driving over to Athens today. Seems there’s a football game gong on. UGA is taking on Troy. Should be a blowout. But you never know.
Anyway, I could make the trip. But the Wife couldn’t. Oldest granddaughter has her 8th birthday [...]

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Porter Wagoner died this weekend.
I missed that. Didn’t find out until this afternoon. Been busy. Way busy. And still busy. 
But, I just feel I need to talk for a minute about Porter Wagoner.
If you don’t know who Porter Wagoner was, you missed a showman. You don’t have to like country music … heck, I don’t [...]

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The Little Princess called earlier this week. She was having problems with her computer.
Well, sort of.
She was having trouble getting on the Internet using her computer’s wireless connection.
Now, when she got her computer recently — it was a replacement Dell sent for one that went bad — she sat on the couch at the house [...]

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This week has been one heckuva week.
Work has been busy. And not just busy, but busy, busy, busy.
We’ve got a major project rolling out soon, and it’s taken a lot of my time. Working on weekends sometimes. Working late sometimes. Not taking lunch sometimes.
I don’t mind being busy, but being overwhelmed … that’s something else.
And, [...]

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