New at Backwash: “Toledo, Meet Wal*Mart”. Yes, not only is Toledo getting its first Wal*Mart, but it’s being built less than a mile from my house. Come read about all the reasons to boycott Wal*Mart, as well as my general bitching about living in Toledo.
One of the biggest problems about being called to be a leader of any group of people is that you’re never able to satisfy all of their desires. This is something I’ve been through enough in my life (pre-.org readers should know exactly what I’m talking about here), but the lesson never really sinks in. Working on stuff today, I realized that a whole lot of people out there are about to hate me a lot more than they already do. And the worst part…
Thankfully we only got into the low 80s today after three straight days of 90-plus degree heat (no reports yet on geezers passing out from heat stroke at the golf tournament), so that enabled me to do some shopping. Most notably, I picked up the case for my new computer, and all that leaves to purchase is the processor and then I can start assembly. There’s a Replay weekend going on, but I was not able to participate that much because of the ongoing computer…
I wanted to give you all an update on the situation with my grandmother yesterday, but Blogger was down. Anyway, the initial diagnosis of the paramedics was that my grandmother had had a stroke, but at the hospital they said it was an aneurysm. Yesterday they helicoptered her from Jackson to Detroit so a neurosurgeon could perform on her. The surgery was earlier today, and although there’s still a risk of complications from some leftover blood between her brain and skull (it could trigger a…
Nothing like spending a day wallowing in self-pity and then getting a phone call to find out that your grandmother just had a stroke to put your so-called problems in perspective. More later.