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Assorted Ramblings

Balance

The universe is made up of opposites. Complementary pairs.

  • Every electron with a negative charge is matched by a proton with a positive one.
  • Every sunrise has a sunset.
  • Whatever goes up eventually comes back down.
  • Every left has a right, particularly in New Jersey.*
  • Every top has a matching bottom**.

In January, the furnace stopped working.
In August, it’s the air conditioner.

* In the case of socks, lost in the laundry doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist.
** They might not be clean at the same time, but that’s balance too.

Assorted Ramblings

Nice and Toasty

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I’m a little concerned about jinxing it, but it would appear that I’ve survived into the second week of January.
The furnace guy was here again today, and this time he had the part to fix my furnace. So now, for the first time in several years, I have a programmable thermostat that actually follows its program and for the first time this winter, the furnace is actually able to keep up with the program. The house is once again toasty warm.
The past eight days have also been a mini job fair:
Emergency Locksmith: $55 to come out; $185 to open the door. All told, less than 30 minutes work. The downside of course being, it’s really cold at 2:30 AM on New Year’s Day.
Furnace Repair: $85 to come out (includes the first 30 minutes); $45 for each additional 15 minutes.
I’m in the wrong line of work.

Assorted Ramblings, Stories

Starting Off With A Bang!

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My wish for one and all is that so far your year has been better than mine, and that the rest of it be at least as good as I expect mine to be. And in the immortal words of Dave Barry, I swear, I am not making any of this up.
Today is January 6th. It is the sixth day of 2009. So far this year, I have…

  • …snapped the key off in the lock (with me on the wrong side of the door) at 2 AM New Year’s Day.
  • …replaced a broken thermostat.
  • …woken up shivering the following morning because the furnace was also having problems.
  • …stayed the following night with friends because the house was still too cold.
  • …had my Christmas cold return.
  • …spent two hours sitting at the car dealership only to learn that they’re not sure whether they’ve fixed the problem.
  • …had the problem with the furnace turn out to be easy to fix, except they don’t have the part in stock!

My take on all of this is that I’m getting the entire year’s worth of crap out of the way at the very beginning. Once I get past this, look out! The rest of this year is going to be fantastic!!!!!
Assuming, of course, that I survive January.