For some reason, my blog has been acting squirrely the past few days. And now, as you can see, my frame and links to my Web site have been zapped for whatever reason. I’ve e-mailed my Web guy so hopefully this will be resolved soon. In the meantime, I’ll continue to post here. So stay tuned. Same Bat channel at →

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Why is it that whenever I buy clothes I see a sale coupon in the newspaper the very next day? It happened today. Last night, the mom and I went to the mall, and I bought a few things for summer. This morning, I open up the newspaper and what do I see? A coupon for an extra 15 percent off. →

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The air conditioner has been fixed! Huzzah! Turns out a capacitor or some sort of box thingy on the outside unit had gotten fried by the heat this weekend. Took the AC guy about 10 minutes to fix it. Cost to fix: $131. Having cool air circulating through my hot box of a house once again: priceless. 😎

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One thing I love about summer: Eating big, thick, greasy barbecue sandwiches with my mom and grandma. I even indulged and drank a Mountain Dew, which I rarely do since it’s like the worst soda for your body. But man, was it ever good. :cool:  One thing I hate about summer: The fact my air conditioner decided to crap out on →

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It’s official. The people at the post office hate me. I’ve spent the past two weeks or so mailing out bookmarks and promo packages for Jinx to bookstores across the U.S. and even overseas. We’re talking around 130 envelopes or so, all of which weighed different amounts. All of which had to be scanned. The guy at my local post →

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