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Steelers lose!

I'm still sick, and Dr Hamblin died this morning . (So I guess there really isn't any difference between hospice and palliative care ). This year is definitely not starting out on a good note , and there's still 358 days left to go. The optimist in me is telling me things can't get much worse. Unfortunately, the pessimist in me doesn't believe that for a minute. GREAT BIG SIGH!!!

2012 - Not off to a good start!

WOW! We're only 3 days into 2012, and already it's not looking that good. It actually started New Year's Eve, when I thought my surround sound audio receiver was malfunctioning [Dolby Digital wasn't being displayed]. It took me 3 days to figure out the problem, which turned out not to be such a problem. Still it was stressful, especially since over the holiday weekend no one was available to contact for support. Then yesterday the termite inspector came by, and said the house needs to be tented. Jeez, we just had it tented barely 16 months ago, and the termites are [supposedly] back already. I'm not about to go through another tenting. It's not the cost so much, which isn't cheap at about $2K, as much as the hassle of moving out of the house for 3 days, costing at least another $500, dealing with 2 cats, plus having to double plastic wrap all the food and wine to boot. It's just not worth the hassle. The termites can have the house! So I contacted anothe...