Jasonisms

Spent a few hours at Hillsborough River State Park near my brother's house today. I walked a couple of trails and ended up using all the memory on my cell phone taking videos and photos like the one above. I'd mistakenly believed I had my Garmin Virb with me, but when I tried to exchange one camera for the other I discovered how wrong I was.  At that point I left.  There are a few other parks in the area that I might try checking out tomorrow. 

At the store today and I decide to waste some time exploring the liquor department and guess what I find?  Peanut butter whiskey. Yeah, you read that right: peanut butter whiskey.  No, I didn't purchase it. Yes, I was tempted to.  Peanut Butter Flavored

It's a Crow, Not a Raven I used to take photos. Then Rufus died and I haven't really cared that much about photography. 

Guess who spoiled himself with a pedicure today in reward for getting the heat in his truck fixed? This guy. The Blue Stuff Working It Detox Sitting in a massaging chair while being pampered from the knees down? Totally worth it. 

Well, the good news is I was finally able to figure out why the heater in my truck stopped working. Not exactly the heater, per se, but the blower motor that runs both the heater and the A/C.  Last year about this time I replaced the blower motor and the blower motor relay (which is a giant PIA, if you wanted to know) so I was a little disgruntled when the blower stopped working this past spring.  But, it was spring and then summer and no need for heat or defrost, right? And so, I let the system go always in the going to get to it  phase.  The weather outside is frightful And then the weather turned. Not enough to worry about, but enough to remind me I had things to take care of in my truck. Earlier this week we had high temperatures in the teens and 20s, snow and freezing rain.  I had no heat or defrost. It was miserable.  So, today's one and only goal was to once and for all discover why the heater blower wasn't working.  With a multimeter I checked ...

Yesterday, was just under 70° F and the warmest day of the week.  Today is not going to get above freezing. Yesterday I was inside all day taking a class on (motorcycle) accident Scene management. Today I have been outside working on my truck. Something seems backwards about this. 

Earlier today I received a phone call. Not being in the room I let the call ring to voicemail.  A little bit later another call came in. Now, you need to understand: this is a bit unusual for a Sunday afternoon.  Not being in the room, I let the call go to voicemail again.  Then it rang again and I knew something was wrong. No one calls me this much on a Sunday. I walked in to the other room just as the last ring hit and I saw the name on the caller-ID. It was my brother. The only reason for him to call so frequently would be to let.me know something had happened to our father, who's been sick, or our mother. He asked me how things were going. I said they were okay. He then said, "Kristen's dead." Apparently, she'd been found in her car this morning and by the time the paramedics had arrived she'd been dead for hours. No one knows the cause yet as the autopsy is pending, but the leading theory is her alcoholism or something else in her system.  She leaves behi...