Yeah, I’ve been missing

May-December romance - medI got a nice note from someone today asking if I had run off with a 16-year old or something like that.

It’s nice to be missed.

While the idea is intriguing, the answer is much more boring than that.

I went back to school.

At my age.
I must be stupid.

To prove it, here’s a bit of the gibberish I’m supposed to understand:

“Another example is given by Zp star for p prime. If p is prime, then Z*p is cyclic (of order p-1). So remember that Zp star is the multiplicative group, modular p. And if P is prime, then this contains every element from 1 to p-1. So this gives an example of a cyclic group. Now it’s easy to be confused here because p is prime, but the order of the group Zp star is not prime, it’s in fact, p-1 which for p greater than 3 will not be a prime. So this case is not covered by the previous theorem.”

I’m almost done.
With a 3.33 (B+) grade point average.

This proves the theory that guessing is a viable form of taking a test.

Not bad for not having any idea what the hell the professor talked about.

But he’s a grumpy guy so I like him.

I’ll be back.
Soon.

Real headlines from the ‘Net

headlines-sized

Just a time killer.
For me in finding this stuff…and for you in reading it.

Kim Kardashian confirms that she loves social media
Time travel and booze don’t mix
Woman pretty sure her knee looks just like James Corden
Criminal investigation after man records himself peeing in Kellogg’s products
Chinese school segregates cafeteria to stop PDAs and “food flirting”
10 ways to talk dirty without being embarrassed
North Korea threatens to wipe out Manhattan
Horse gets tailored, three-piece tweed suit (with pockets)
“The Walking Dead” is coming to life
Ryan Gosling saves dog on highway in ongoing quest to achieve sainthood
Donald Trump held a rally and nothing chaotic happened for once
Hell is up for sale, again
300-year old man looks 16

I didn’t provide the links because you’re better than that.

Going from $0 to $150 real fast

The wife, lovely person such as she is, always complains I spend too much money.

She’s a saver.
I’m a spender.

Such is the way of the world.

Sometimes I buy a toy for myself.
After all, he who dies with the most toys wins – and I still have a little room in the garage.

But most of what I do is an attempt to make her happy.

All men know it’s important to keep the wife happy or she’ll make sure you’re unhappy too.

That leads us to the story of the garage door opener…

Old-Genie-sizedThe one on our house is so old I believe it was first operated by a water wheel.

Not only do they not make parts for it any more, the model number stamped on the side is in some stone tablet language.

But it works and one should never mess with something that works or it might break.

Then you have to try to fix it.

You see this coming, don’t you.

The wife doesn’t like the remote control to open the door.
She says the stuff in her purse can push the button and open the door.

Considering what she has in her purse I’m not surprised.
I believe I once saw a frying pan and a 1931 Hoover vacuum cleaner in a side pocket.

She’s one of these ladies that has a purse the size of an overnight bag and still carries two other bags with her when she leaves the house.

I’m never sure if she’s going to the store or moving to Idaho.

But anyway…

I try to be a good husband.

So I figured I’d put one of those fancy keypad things outside the garage door.
Then she could push some buttons instead of spending 3 days trying to find the remote buried under the vacuum cleaner and three pairs of shoes in her purse.

Garage-door-ad-sizedExcept…

The garage door opener is so old they don’t make doohickies that’ll connect to the ancient wireless system that it has now.

I found this out after I bought the keypad and 3 brand new real small remotes.

That’s okay – Amazon.com has everything.

I just have to replace the entire wireless control system on the opener with a wiz-bang universal, work-with-everything black box the size of a small garbage truck.

Did I mention it’s expensive?

And I won’t know if the other stuff I bought will work with it until it’s installed.
Anticipation is a wonderful thing.

What started out as a loving attempt to make her life easier has turned into putting a Ferrari engine into a 1962 Ford Falcon.

Several weeks from now, after dedicating my life to this transplant surgery, it should be ready to go.
Hopefully.

Instead of “thank you” she’ll say…
How much did it cost?

Can’t win.
That’s why I’m grumpy.