Phone Dicks

Never, never, never get a phone contract with Credo Mobile (LINK). It will be the stupidest thing you ever do. I am two months from the end of a two year contract that has been nothing short of emotionally crippling. I am literally shaking with hate as I write this. What a bunch of fuckin' idiots. Enjoy bankruptcy you worthless fuckin' shit-monkeys.

Father, Daughter, Fire, Popcorn

Spring came to Minnesota this week. The lakes may still have a thin coat of ice on them but spring is here, end o' fuckin' story. Elise and I spent the evening out in the back garden. We both enjoy the occasional outdoor fire in the wood-stove. It's a thing we have together. Some people, namely my brother-in-law, have their garbage piles (LINK) but I have my father and daughter fires.

We made popcorn on the cast iron beast that Fran (LINK) gave me a few years back. Pure fun. I'm thinking that next weekend we'll make pancakes.

Fire has the same mesmeric effect on the young (her) as it does on the old (me). That really interests me. Elise is a typical kid; she is energetic and hard to pin down for any amount of time but once we are sitting by that blazing fire she becomes a philosopher, poet and observer of all things celestial. I love that kid.

Bag of Shite

I'm at home, sick, with a stomach flu that at its height was how I imagined those afflicted with typhoid must feel. Vomiting, diarrhea, sweating, confusion, falling over, talking with spirits were the order of the night. Comical at times, oh yes indeed. I'm on the way back now and should be able to return to work tomorrow.

The kids are in bed and the old lady is out buying thread for a sewing commission so I am feckin' around on the internet. Snow is falling heavily outside. There is nothing, and I repeat nothing, like persistent snow from November to April to lift a man's heart.

Anywho, a couple of links ((LINK), (LINK), (LINK), (LINK), (LINK)), for the craic.

I almost forgot the good news amid all that feces drenched misery... Next month I will finally, and I repeat finally, own an iPhone (LINK).