01022010

Happy palindrome day.
I had to go to the office for something just now, and upon opening the door, I discovered a note from Alice, which stated that she had lost $1.25 in one of the dryers because it wouldn't get hot. The dryer she blamed was the one we just had repaired. This made me feel a little sick. I grabbed some quarters and stuck them in the dryer to see for myself. Sure enough, there's nothing wrong with it. I'm trying to decide if she's just trying to get me to give her money or if she just pushed the wrong button.
I was about two blocks down the road from the apartment complex earlier, when an ambulance flew past me. I didn't really think about it until I glanced in my rearview mirror and saw it turn into the apartment parking lot. I quickly turned around to see what the deal was. The EMTs seemed very indecisive about what they were doing, and when they finally got out of the ambulance, I asked them for whom they had come. They didn't know. Whoever had called had not given a name or apartment number, just the building. Then Beulah stuck her head out and announced that she was the one who had called. Once that was figured out, I went ahead and let the EMTs do their thing. I guess Beulah had another panic attack.
Tomorrow will be the end of the Broncos' season. Sure, there are roughly ten scenarios which could get them in the playoffs, but none of them are likely. The most likely scenarios involved the Broncos winning tomorrow combined with the Jets and the Steelers losing or the Jets losing plus the Texans winning. As I said, there are other scenarios, but those are exceedingly unlikely (such as the Ravens losing to the Raiders). As it is, the Jets are not going to lose tomorrow. The Bengals are just going to lay down and hand the Jets the game, and the Broncos' miserable season will be at an end.
Anna had lunch with some old high school friends today. I think they had a good time.
We were in sore need of an oil change, so we took the Explorer to the "express lube" at Wal-Mart last night. When they announced that the car was done, we went to the counter to pay and overheard one technician ask another if he had noticed our car idling funny when he brought it in. Yeah, that worried us. When we went out to star the car, it started right up, but it sputter out in about five seconds. I gave it a bit and tried to start it again. The same thing happened. I got the attention of one of the techs and had them take a look at it again, while Anna called her father for advice. The techs couldn't understand why it would suddenly stop working like that, but they had a mechanic on premises that they brought out to look. The mechanic looked at our engined for about ten seconds and then said, "let me go get a screwdriver." I thought that sounded like a ridiculously simple sounding tool for whatever catastrophe had befallen our car. When he returned, he refitted our air intake hose to the engine and had me start the car again. It purred to life like the day it rolled off the assembly line. Anna and I thanked him, and we left, baffled that a lose hose connection could actually make our engine stop like that.
We're starting with real children's church in the morning. We're just going to start from the beginning (as in, "In the beginning..."), and we're going to make sure they get indoctrinated properly before they enter the world and start hearing all these heresies about Creation not being a literal six day thing.
I'm really thirsty, and I'm fresh out of AriZona Pomegranate Green Tea. I think I might die.
I need to take Daisy out and then take a shower.
People who read this blog: Person googling "back of legs sting"
Our dear visitor comes to us from Lima, Ohio and has most likely been stung by a poisonous spider on one leg and bitten by a poisonous snake on the other. He or she may also have a variety of ant, flea, mosquito, fly, and any number of other insect bites. The combined force of all this various venoms and possible bacterial and viral infections will surely lead to his or her demise. Who knows. He or she may even have had an encounter with a rabid raccoon being chased by a rabid dog being chased by a rabid buffalo. This all goes to show that everything wrong in the world comes from dogs who can carry rabies as well as fleas.