It has been one year. On January 25, 2011, my father passed peacefully in his sleep. A lot has transpired since that night. Tim Shannon arrived at my mother’s house in the morning, and thankfully took care of details that we were not in any condition to tackle.
My father and I didn’t always see eye to eye. But I prefer to dwell on the many good times we had.
Liz and I hit an auction in Burlington City today. We like this auction, even though it is more than an hour drive to get there. Unlike the Elmer auction, they don’t rip you off with a buyers’ premium. Elmer charges you 15% buyers’ premium, which is substantial. I mean, even the friggin’ governor doesn’t take 15%!
The selection, of course, is nowhere near as extensive as Elmer. But, the buyers are, for the most part, are dealers. They don’t bid everything up to insane prices. I have seen silver dollars that list at $80 each sell for over $100 at Elmer because of idiots that have no clue what they are doing out bidding everyone. Read the rest of this entry »
Last night was Third Friday in Millville – well it was third Friday just about everywhere, in Millville is was our monthly 3rd Friday Art Walk. Liz took over as interim director of the RRCA. Her own personal stalker showed up, apparently in an attempt to intimidate – yeah right, what a laugh.
The Pat Witt Gallery displayed Center Members’ art. There was some wild and interesting stuff. Tommy Graef had a series of truly weird and disturbing photographs. One series were photos of dioramas that staged and photographed. I talked with him at length about his process, he is turning assemblage into 2-dimensional art form. Read the rest of this entry »
Last night Liz and I were looking for something a little different to do – something other than vegetating in front of the television set watching re-runs of NCIS or Law and Order SVU.
The Bayshore Discovery Project is hosting a monthly Second Friday event. For those of you that are not familiar with the Bayshore Discovery Project, it is the home base of the A.J. Meerwald, New Jersey’s Tall Ship.In the hey-day prior to the Civil War and up until our oysters were wiped out by disease just after the turn of the 20th Century, Port Norris was the oyster capital of the world. Read the rest of this entry »
Yesterday, Liz exchanged digital cable boxes at Comcast. The people working at the local office are great, too bad they work for a shitty corporate rip-off.
Once again I installed the equipment, and whatever happened it was still not setting itself up correctly. I removed myself from the situation because after this much bullshit, my first urge is to throw the equipment through the window. Liz hates when I do that because it usually takes several attempts before the window panes actually break. Read the rest of this entry »
Comcast. Do I need say any more? Maybe I can wax poetic about the time on hold, the channels that do not work, the customer service people that do not speak English. Well, that is IF you can actually get a hold of a real person instead of sitting on hold after having to punch 126 different buttons on your phone as you navigate their abysmal customer (n0n) service system. Read the rest of this entry »
I wanted something different for lunch today, so I whipped up a batch of my Down and Dirty Oyster Stew. Fine cuisine it ain’t, but it sure hits the spot on a nippy day.
Ingredients:
4 Ounces Raw Oysters
1/4 Cup Butter or Margarine
2 Cups Whole Milk
1 Small Onion, finely chopped
2 or 3 Stalks Celery, chopped
1 tsp Worcestershire Sauce Read the rest of this entry »
This photo is the answer to today’s Google Challenge of the Day – it was way too easy!
I don’t know! I don’t know why I did it, I don’t know why I enjoyed it, and I don’t know why I’ll do it again!
Bart Simpson
Wow, December 31, and it is 56° F this morning. It isn’t even noon yet. In 12 hours we will bid 2011 goodbye, and welcome 2012. That is if you use the Gregorian Calendar, otherwise, all bets are off. Read the rest of this entry »