Sometimes The Littlest Things Can Make Someone Happy - 01/23/11 11:19 PM
Sometimes the littlest things can make someone happy. Take for example the other day. I had a paint order to fill at the local Lowe’s Home Improvement Center. As it turned out the base that was needed to mix my paint was not available in a 5-gallon bucket.
This was the case for 3 of the colors I needed. The gentleman mixing my paint said he could do it in 1-gallon cans and charge it at the 5-gallon price. This was fine for me but a lot of extra work for him. I needed a total of 25-gallons of custom paint … (4 comments)

Gerbil-Minded Fool - 01/23/11 09:38 PM
Sitting here in the warmth and comfort of my home with my two dogs laying by the foot of the couch I am reminded that there are all kinds of people in this world. My thermometer is currently reading –3, yet hear a dog howling outside somewhere. What kind of gerbil-minded fool would leave their dog outside at 9 PM in this weather? 
… (3 comments)

Pay It Forward – Helping A Friend Of A Friend - 01/16/11 08:45 PM
Most people who know me know I repair computers, configure networks and design an occasional website. So it’s not uncommon for me to get a referral from time to time. This one was pretty simple, her operating system corrupted. It was pretty obvious that she wasn’t living large and I found out she was attending collage while holding down two jobs. So I reinstalled her operating system, drivers, software and data in exchange for a quiet pleasant afternoon, coffee and a turkey sandwich. Except for a few dollars worth of gas it didn’t cost me any out of pocket money and … (6 comments)

A Little Morning Inspiration From Roy Kelley - 01/15/11 11:11 AM
This morning I logged into the Rain as I try to every morning. I saw a post by Roy Kelley titled: Are you ready?. What I like most about his post was the beautiful array of colors in the photographs, so I left a comment. Roy in turn visited my blog to find that I haven’t posted a single thing since early December 2010 and spoke right up. He told me to get my daily posts up for 2011. Even if it was just going out into my neighborhood and taking a few pictures I could post for localism.
Now, while … (11 comments)