http://darkcloud.com/blog When bad luck is your only luck Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:55:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en ...big broken windows.  My kids have broken a small pane of glass in our door several times.  But recently my daughter was playing around and whacked the new (about two years old) double paned, inert gas filled, custom fit, vinyl window in her room.  The good news is I can't ... http://darkcloud.com/blog/?p=101 ...since they are mostly immobile and can't help it.  So in the last week or so the following has occurred:  My youngest who broke her left femur last August broke her left foot last Thursday.  We got one of those above ground summer pools.  It came with a ladder and ... http://darkcloud.com/blog/?p=100 So to make my life all that much more manageable I changed jobs.  Needless to say that did not help my already inconsistent posting.  The job is nice, more responsibility, minute and a half commute, but at the sacrifice of the work-life balance I had before.  I've discovered that similar ... http://darkcloud.com/blog/?p=99 Last night my wife took my daughter to the doctor for what she thought to be pinkeye.  I didn't think much of it as I had it a lot as a kid.  I also knew it to be very contagious.  As such I decided not to go to the gym this ... http://darkcloud.com/blog/?p=98 My friend and I were supposed to go riding on the west side of town at 1pm Saturday.  I was to drive myself.  I kept thinking in my mind of how to get to the west side trail head.  I became somewhat obsessed. We then changed to the east side of ... http://darkcloud.com/blog/?p=96 I have special shoes that clip onto my pedals for my bike, and the stationary cycle at the gym. I have forgotten them several times to bring them to the gym. This often results in a crummy workout because my feet hurt and my athletic shoe does not ... http://darkcloud.com/blog/?p=94 For some people dreams are a welcome addition to sleep.  For me they are an annoyance that often results in me losing sleep and missing and or ignoring an alarm.  Last night was no different in that regard.  However, the type of dream I had not had since I was ... http://darkcloud.com/blog/?p=95 I am gearing up for a trip to go mountain biking.  I do not get out much, and I have not put a whole lot of money aside from the bare essentials into this hobby.  So need a lot of gear.  Fortunately there are many sales as spring is emerging.  ... http://darkcloud.com/blog/?p=93 It was raining when I set out to build my fence, so I fabricated the panels in the garage. I have since moved them into the backyard. The goal was to have it follow the line created by the back wall of the house. Unfortunately my 10x10 ... http://darkcloud.com/blog/?p=90 My wife attended a field trip with one of the kids and came home to find our new dog missing and a message on the answering machine the day after the dog escaped the first time.  The message was from someone who had found the dog wandering around a busy ... http://darkcloud.com/blog/?p=88