Way back in 1918, the first war to end all wars ended. Mostly. The news didn’t travel as fast back then as it does today. It was also the beginning of the end of the Ottoman empire (which I don’t recall learning about in high school history, but then I may not have been paying attention). Being American, I don’t think I was taught much world history as a kid. American history, of course. And the history of the area where I live before the white folks came and fucked everything up, yeah. But an ottoman was just something Dick Van Dyke tripped over every week.

Of course today is now known as Veteran’s Day here in the US. A day where there’s no mail and the banks are closed (don’t worry – the malls are open!), and, while I’m not off today, I do earn a day to use later, so that’s good. It’s also a day when the hypocrites in Congress will no doubt do a lot of speechifying about how they support the troops and whatnot. And Obama is probably scheduled to lay a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier (or else face the wrath of Fux News and Rush Limbaugh, who will then have to find something else to bitch about, like that his flag lapel pin isn’t big enough of something).

Anyway, Happy VD to all you vets and future vets out there. I hope wherever you’re at, you get back home to your families soon.

We’re supposed to get a bit of a turn to cold weather here. Not surprising, what with it being a third of the way through November. Hopefully we won’t get too much snow, but I guess I better make sure Granny knows where the shovel is, just in case. My main goal this weekend was to get my snow tires on, and I managed to accomplish that fairly early on Saturday morning. Also got the tractor all greased up, but didn’t put the chains on just yet. That was about it.

Next weekend should be a busy one, though. I ordered a dishwasher as an X-mas present for the house, and it’s supposed to get delivered tomorrow. So next weekend I’ll have to install it, which will no doubt be a much bigger pain in the ass than it ought to be – especially since I have to rip out a cabinet. But I get to use my favorite carpentry tool. :jason:

Oh well, back to work.