Why is it when you get some time off you can never get anything done?

The weather keeps teasing us. Just when oil prices go through the roof, with the situation in Venezuela and the Middle East, we have on of the coldest winters on record. As Grandpa said, "It never rains but it pours." Today the sun came out, and tomorrow it is supposed to snow.

I've found a new game to play: It's called backing up your files on your home server to your hard drive at work, which is underutilized anyway. With the huge drives that have been around now for a couple of years, it's a wonder anyone can utilize them fully unless they're downloading every possible piece of music and video on the internet.

They're already discussing a "post Sadaam Hussein Iraq" on the news. Sadaam is still in power and the war (if there's going to be a war) hasn't even started. The news boys are chomping at the bit. It's hard to say who is more interested in having a war: the career officers who need it to get promoted or the news guys who need it for the same purpose.

My father is 85 years old today.