Icewind's Ramblings

It has been one of those weird Saturday’s with various things going on and nothing in particular. It was a bits and pieces kind of day with morning coffee and waiting for the concrete guy to show up to start his forms for pouring a slab in the garage.   Needless to say it was about noon before the phone call came in that he would not be here until Monday.   Possible morning golf missed before the weather turned, typical for this summer so far.   Then it was debated on heading out to the lake with golf tomorrow but the boat is still in for a tune up and not ready until next week so again no golf. Have a tee time for noon tomorrow so it allows time to piddle around finish laundry and other chores so not totally a wash plus I went to Lowe’s this afternoon and bought a BBQ grill and a couple chairs for the deck. A friend of mine emailed me this joke once he heard I was installing drains in the garage and possibly was going to install a urinal along with a slop sink in t...

There is great news today being reported that the two US journalists were released from North Korea by North Korean leader Kim Jong Il. Kim Jong Il ordered the journalists released after meeting with former president Bill Clinton, who arrived in North Korea earlier in the day on an unannounced visit. Mr. Clinton left the country with both journalists aboard his plane, his spokesman Matt McKenna said. Laura Ling, 32, and Euna Lee, 36, were making a television documentary about North Korean refugees for former vice-president Al Gore's Current TV when they were detained on the border between North Korea and China in March. Now I don’t know about anyone else but I thought “Hell Would Freeze Over” Before I ever saw a news story that mentioned Bill Clinton and Happy Ending in the same sentence again. Just my thought’s on this rainy Alaskan evening. Ice