• Shirley is in the hospital. In an earlier posting I’ve listed the highly technical terms for all to peruse. 
• The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain. Why do plain people in Spain always get wet? Oh well, this isn’t Spain but we’re getting rain here too. I spent a few hours yesterday grading my driving surfaces that suffered because of Spain’s rains hitting my place.
• Then Joe came and borrowed my tractor. As God as my witness, I never thought that he’d destroy my tractor again, but he managed to do so. “Honest Glen, I was driving with the blade raised all the way up and it wasn’t dragging on the ground. I checked repeatedly and I know it wasn’t on the ground, but all of a sudden BAM! it snagged on an invisible rock that was never there before and I sheared this huge thick pin that carries the box blade.”
• He brought Steven with him to tell me because he knows I won’t beat a friend in front of his kid.  Well played Joe.
• Lucky I had a few spares lying around here. I gave him 5 to make sure he was able to finish grading his road. I haven’t checked how many he used.
• These pins are 1 inch thick, solid case hardened steel pins. Maybe they were Chinese.
• Last night Nina and I walked into el Rialto around 7 p.m. We never go out to eat that late, but with Shirley in the hospital and that hospital’s efficient admissions procedures, late was when we ate. All the employees asked if we were ok. I guess a 2 hour late arrival worried them. It’s nice to be known at a favorite haunt.
• We get home yesterday around 8:30 and Tori was livid. She immediately knew that we’d been drinking and took my keys from me. Too late, I was home and headed to bed. I found my keys on the kitchen table this morning. Two drinks each and Tori turns to a prohibition maven, talk about overkill!
• Nina’s going to the foot doctor today. Maybe she’ll be without a brace again? I think it’s been a year since she broke her foot on our vacation and she’s still limping around in a brace. Weak bones come from weak genes. Just saying . . .  don’t hate the messenger. I wish we had taken her to the hospital in London.
• Facetime is fun and I found out that Apple has versions of it for Window’s machines and people running alternate operating systems. Free downloads too! Pretty cool of Apple to make this happen.

Always remember that you are absolutely unique… Just like everyone else…

Disclaimer: Not all of the above is 100% true. I was feeling a bit creative this morning and that results in bullshit being added to facts. Ain’t I a fun guy?