Posted March 15th, 2010 by Kimberly Dowd
Furlough 1 of 2010: so far, not good. Just to remind you all and inform the new readers (hi, new readers! I’m Kim and I’m weird!), because I work for a newspaper and because you all keep cancelling your subscriptions in favor of more modern news-trappings like television and the internet, all Gannett workers are [...]
Posted February 19th, 2010 by Kimberly Dowd
Woohoo! It’s Friday Five time again, which’ll be my THIRD new post this week. Whew. This week’s called “Rules”. 1. Be honest: what are some rules you have for yourself that don’t really make much sense? Nowadays I only get out of bed when the minute hand is on a :05 or a :00. So [...]
Posted February 10th, 2010 by Kimberly Dowd
I don’t know if you’ve been paying attention, but we’ve been hit with quite a bit of snow over the last week. The last storm that hit was over the past weekend, and it was lovely being snowed in without having to worry about work! The roads were plowed well AND in a timely fashion [...]
Tags: dogs, snow, weather
Posted January 8th, 2010 by Kimberly Dowd
Remember the car trouble from last year? It’s happening again, even after a new battery and cleaned terminal connectors. The car won’t start, but starts like a charm about 9 minutes later. This time around WM asked me to try and remember how full the gas tank was when it happened. Turns out, it happens [...]