Monthly Archives: December 2017
Under The Weather . . .
Not much of a blog today, since I’ve been under the weather since early this morning. Seems to be the same stuff that hit me last Thursday before our Trans-Siberian Orchestra concert.
In fact I stayed home from work today and just moped around.
We did finish off the last of the Christmas dinner leftovers tonight, so it’s back to regular food tomorrow.
Not sure what’s on tap for tomorrow. Guess it depends on how I feel.
The Word of the Day is: Hortative
Thought for the Day:
Merry Boxing Day . . .
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Jan and I really enjoyed our day at home, feasting on some of the Christmas dinner leftovers we had.
We caught up on some TV shows we’d recorded recently and also got in a nice nap somewhere in there. Really nice.
I’m still trying to figure out what’s going on with Social Security next year. According to the letter I got from them, we got a 2% increase this year, which for me should be about $30 per month. But on my checks next year I’m getting a $3 a month.
Now my first thought was, that as has happened in the past, the Medicare charge had increased. But according to the web, the Medicare Part D charge for 2018 is the same $134 it was in 2017.
So where’s my other $27?
Even stranger is the fact that Jan’s check, even with the 2% increase, will be exactly the same as last year.
What’s up with that?
Looks like the USPS is still working at their peak efficiency. Well, peak for them, anyway.
Last Monday I mailed off three Flat Rate Priority Mail envelopes; one to Athens, AL, one to Vernon, IL, and one to Ashville, NC. All three were supposed to be delivered by Friday, December 22.
But by the next day, tracking said the delivery date for all three had slipped to Saturday. And if that were how it turned out, it would have been OK. But no, that’s not what happen.
The two going to IL and NC did make it on Saturday, but the one going to the closest destination, Athens, AL, just disappeared for six days, somewhere between Houston, TX and Birmingham, AL, with no tracking whatsoever, only to show in Birmingham early this morning and to be delivered in Athens late this afternoon.
Great Service! /sarc
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And even better, it’s free.
It’s pretty much a handheld Alexa, so you can ask it questions, interact with it, etc., just like its big brothers and sisters. But it’s optimized for adding things to your shopping list, and even ordering items directly from Amazon. It even has a built-in bar code scanner for that purpose,
It’s $20, but when you make your first order through it, no matter what, you get an instant $20 credit.
Check it out.
Jan and I have gotten to the point that we don’t give each other much in the way of physical things for Christmas, but instead, things like our Trans-Siberian Orchestra tickets a few days ago. But this year I got her a small item, almost a gag gift. But it turned out to be one of her all time favorites.
It’s a LumiLux 16 Color Motion Sensing Toilet Bowl Light.
When you walk into the bathroom in the middle of the night the light switches on for two minutes and starts cycling through the 16 colors. Or if you like you can set it for your favorite. And it makes it easier to find in the dark.
Jan says she likes all the colors, even the bright red that she says makes it looks like the Bowels of Hell. Bowels, get it. Nudge, Nudge, Wink, Wink.
The Headline of the Day : Pennsylvania Woman Mistakenly Gets a $284 Billion Electric Bill.
Just another reason I don’t do AutoPay on anything.
Thought for the Day:
“When you can’t make them see the light, make them feel the heat.” – President Ronald Reagan
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