LA’s Soapbox

Background: In 1996 my Mom had a cancerous lump removed from her breast. She went through radiation therapy and took cancer medicine for over five years at which point it was delcared that she was cancer free. That was a great day!
Mom suffers from Parkinsons, she is diabetic, has high blood pressure, a touch of […]

Kindness in words creates confidence.
Kindness in thinking creates profoundness.
Kindness in giving creates love.
Tao Te Ching

A relationship is like sand in your hand. Held loosely it stays there, close your hand tightly and it slips through your fingers.

The person one loves never really exists, but is a projection focused through the lens of the mind onto whatever screen it fits with least distortion.
Arthur C. Clarke

An Irish Blessing
May love and laughter
Light up your days
And warm your
Heart and home.
May good and faithful
Friends be yours
Wherever you may roam.
May peace and joy
Bless your world
And may all life’s
Passing seasons
Bring the best to you and yours.

We have a big interblock driveway… we can fit three cars comfortably, four if we have to. It’s really nice, but it’s a pain to keep clean with just a regular hose. Sooo… two years ago I bought a small Karcher pressure washer. Used it once the summer I bought it (to clean the driveway). […]

 Scuderia Toro Rosso driver Scott Speed has been demoted to 11th position in the Australian Grand Prix results, losing his and the team’s first points as a consequence.
The American driver, who finished eighth in the race, was judged to have passed Red Bull stable-mate David Coulthard under yellows following Tonio Liuzzi’s crash.
To add insult to […]

Just spent 3.5 hours pressure washing the entire outside of the house to get rid of all that winter grime. I *really* miss my condo today lol! Why did my ancestors settle here in the first place?! heh I seem to have muscles that I only use when pressure washing things… like the house and […]