Mailstrom

Thank you, LifeHacker, for introducing me to Mailstrom. I am now down to under 500 emails in my inbox. I know it sounds like a lot, but I was close to a thousand (958 when I started).

Verdict: Recommended.

Much Better, but Not 100%

Over Thanksgiving weekend, I hurt my hand. In fact, t fractured a couple of fingers. I was in physical therapy for three months and things are much better. In fact, if it never got any better, or would not be all that noticeable. However, I am back at the exercises in the hope that I will get full functionality back.

Here are the latest and then the original x-rays.

Busy, Busy

Two weekends ago, I went to Pennsylvania because Peach turned six. I wasn't going to go because I was scheduled to go to Pennsylvania this past weekend for Beernut's Bar Mitzvah Weekend, but why should Peach suffer?
A couple of weekends before that, I was in California for a week and a half for Passover.

I did indeed go to PA for the Bar Mitzvah and in two days, I'm going to Texas for more family fun.

I'm kind of tired.

On the Road

Okay, not on the road, per se, but I am on the way to California for Passover.

I usually run late. It runs in some people in my family (you know who you are). I'm not proud of the fact and I try to compensate by building time into my schedule for being late. usually, the consequences are not dire, but when you are trying to make a plane, they can be, so I am usually careful not to be late when traveling.

Today, I overcompensated and actually got to the airport more than two hours early. What to do?

I could have stayed at the gate for the extra hour and a half, but instead, I gave myself an early birthday gift: a one day pass to the Admiral's Club. There are snacks, comfy chairs, and a little table. It gave me the chance to catch up on my correspondence.

Small Change Can Reap Rewards

I don't like throwing out things that work. That is why I have a tv from the nineties. Unfortunately for me, although it works with Time Warner Cable, I have been having a lot of issues with the remotes. After a lot of experimenting, it turns out that I need two TWC remotes to successfully work the machine. Okay, fine. Now that I know, it isn't a big deal.

Having two remotes, though, somehow made me lose track of them all the time. It was maddening. Last week I made one tiny change: instead of putting the remotes on my night table (which often turned out to be the ledge next to the bed or, sometimes, on the floor, or the kitchen table), I finally put a basket I had to use. Now, the remotes go in the basket and I haven't misplaced them since. Crazy how such a small thing can have a measurably large impact on my life.

For those wondering, I've been trying to find a good use for this basket for at least seven years.

Superbowl

I had no idea that, if you are not a sponsor of the superbowl, you cannot use the word "superbowl" in your commercial.

You Know You're Jewish When

From Archie McPhee

You know you're Jewish when what looks like a Matzah Beard turns out to be an inflatable beard of bees.

Pumpkin Decorating

FrankinPumpkin

We usually decorate pumpkins every year at work before Halloween. This is my effort from five years ago. We didn't do it this year because of Superstorm Sandy.