Being an account of some things I'm interested in, what I'm doing, and reflections on my past, especially music.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 8
Donovan's Reef for trivia.
THURSDAY, MAY 9
Breakfast with retired Magee teachers at Bristol 45 Diner. Fox Lake Legion.
FRIDAY, MAY 10
Johnny's Cafe in Fox Lake for fish fry. Fox Lake Legion for 50-50.
SATURDAY, MAY 11
Saylor Mick's in Spring Grove for the band Peter & the Versatiles.
SUNDAY, MAY 12
McHenry Legion and Sunnyside in Johnsburg.
--RoadDog
MARCH 14, THURSDAY
I met seven other teachers I used to work with at Magee Middle School in Round Lake at the Bristol 45 Diner in Bristol, Wisconsin, for breakfast. It is always good to get together with old friends. Stopped at my State Farm agent to see if I could get an adjustment on my vehicle insurance on the '05 Dodge Dakota and '85 Firebird since I don't drive either very much, but already was getting the lowest amount I could.
Bought an apple pie at Jewel for $3.14. I wonder why that price?
MARCH 15, FRIDAY
Drove to Arlington Heights, Illinois, to replace the flowers on my mother and father-in-laws' graves, stopping along the way in Lake Zurich to get the tax information on my Charles Schwab account. On the way back stopped at Sunnyside in Johnsburg and the Fox Lake American Legion.
Pi Is 3.14. --RoadO'Green
THURSDAY, JANUARY 5
Met the Magee teachers at the Bristol 45 Diner in Bristol, Wisconsin. I had found a list of Magee principals and administration from 1983 to 2001 and we had a quiz, Name That Administrator. This could be a new show on the Game Network. We sure had a lot of them. Maxine was principal's secretary for most of that time.
Sorry to say that Big Oil's gas gouge is back. Gas in Illinois is up to $3.10 to $3.40 since a week ago. Gas in Wisconsin also went up and was $3.06 to $3.10. By the way, when I say $3.10, that is actually $3.99.9.
Did some shopping at Wal-Mart and Menard's in Antioch. Met Kevin and Kelly at Half-Times in Johnsburg, Illinois, for the half price pizza and those $1 pints of Lite.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 6
The big question this morning was, "Is this to be the day of the Smart RoadDog?" Would I get the phone working, or, actually, would Kelly get the smart phone working. This was way beyond my meager technological ability. And, it challenged Kelly because switching from a flip phone to a smart one involved difficult steps and especially when the old flip AT&T account was in Liz's name and she had a secret password, which of course I didn't know.
I eventually had to drive over to the AT&T place in McHenry with her death certificate and they gave me a temporary code so I could switch over to Consumer Cellular. After that, switching over was easy at Kelly's house and now "I are Smart." Well, let's say I am in, but have no idea what to do. This will take a lot of time.
Smart Ol' Me. --RoadDog
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1
As usual, we're going to Donovan's Reef in Twin Lakes, Wisconsin, to play trivia with Uncle Jeffie and enjoy those great half price happy hour drinks.
THURSDAY, JUNE 2
Drove to Bristol, Wisconsn, and met the Magee teachers for breakfast, something we do once a month. It is good to see an d talk wih folks I worked with all those many years ago.
The gas gouge is really hitting hard right now with gas in Spring Grove, Illinois, at $5.56.
That evening, we went to Stucky's in Johnsburg, Illinois, and enjoyed listening to Jim Seig and all the others at Open Mic.
--RoadDog
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2
Who'd have figured at this date, we'd have a new Hitler grabbing land in Europe. I have Ukrainian flags on two of my blogs, including this one.
Went to Donovan's Reef in Twin Lakes, Wisconsin, and met Kevin and Kelly and played trivia with Uncle Jeffie, and, of course, played along with Jeopardy.
THURSDAY, MARCH 3
Met the Magee teachers at the Bristol 45 Diner in Bristol, Wisconsin.
I see out wonderful folks in Big Oil and the 1 percenters are out to make their ill-got profits again. gas was $4 in Illinois and $3.60 just over the border in Wisconsin.
Let the Gas Gouge Begin!! --RoadDog
