Hey there! Didn’t mean to skip last week. I decided to rearrange my office and NASCAR room so I was moving and re-moving (and in some cases re-moving) furniture. I’ll tell you, if you ever want to feel your age, just start moving day beds and desks and bookshelves.
I did recover enough this week to go get my taxes done at H&R Block. After trying to complete them online (to much frustration), I decided to follow my Mom’s lead and take it to the expert. It may have cost me some money out of pocket but I paid a fraction of what I expected to. (I got the taxes done one day, paid it off the next.)
I also stopped by the Shelf Life Magazine offices this past week to pick up the April/May 2025 issues. I will be working away this weekend to make the updates to the Shelf Life website so check that out sometime early next week.
One of the books I picked up when I stopped by Shelf Life was Blood on the Snow by Robert Service, about the Russian Revolution. I know very little on the subject, save that there were Canadian troops in Russia, even as the First World War was ending. Something about wanting to ensure the equipment that the Allies had sent to Russia didn’t fall into enemy hands, first from the Germans and then from the Communists.
I’ve been trying to set up my new WWF and MLB games. As per usual, I’m already second-guessing (if I’m allowed to admit to doing that) myself about buying yet another WWE game that has more bugs in it, and less of the actual features I’d want. (Sorry folks, but there’s no way there is even close to 300+ characters in this game, at least not just by purchasing the original game.) I’ve been creating my own original characters for the fictional indy fed, the Global Wrestling Federation.
Work has been “interesting’ to say the least for reasons I won’t get into here. I’m looking forward to the summer months when I hope I can get out on the weekends to the town-wide yard sales. We haven’t been able to do that over the past two summers but getting out of the house and hitting the road (and perhaps getting some “treasures’) will be a great way to spend a Saturday morning.
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