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12/04/05
Fun
with Frostbite : So, I'm out on the snowmobile marking
the south road (seldom, if ever, used) to the campsite. I'm getting
on and off the machine to put up these floursecent orange pieces
of ribbon, and lo and behold my feet get a little bit cold. The
toes on my left foot are completely numb by the time I get back
to camp. So I head into the cabin where we have two heaters going,
take off my shoes and stick my feet up to a heater. Ten minutes
later my feet are all warm and toasty, except that one of the toes
on my left foot is still numb. And instead of being all pink and
colorful, it's stitting there like a hunk of raw chicken dangling
off my foot. Of course I just calmly sit there until Alex is done
with his wood cutting and casually ask him what he thinks of the
situation when he comes into the cabin. Hell no. I yell out the
window at him "Alex, come look at my toe please." As he
walks into the cabin he asks me "Is it white or black?"
to which I respond "It looks like a piece of raw chicken dangling
off my foot." "Good", he says, "You just have
a mild case of frostbite, it'll come back. Now if it were black,
then it wouldn't come back." It came back, I'm looking at it
now and it's all pink and colorful, more like a toe than chicken. |
Pictures
of Paige's Birthday and Halloween, 
Pictures of today's trip up to the land,
A video of Alex on the Snowmobile,
A video of the fire in the cabin stove that several rodents subdivided
into condos,
And finally, a video of Paige blowing out her birthday candles,
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12/02/05
Update
on Excursion 2006. First of all, thank you Rachel for all the work
you are doing on this, I, among others, really appreciate it. The
information you have for me is correct, and as far as where we go,
whether it's an all-inclusive or another cruise, I trust your judgement
on what will be fun. The cruise was great, mostly because of the
people who were there and the relaxed "do whatever you want"
atmosphere. In other words, I'm sure that whatever you come up with
will be a fantastic time, and I truly have no preference. |
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Midterms
are done. And the computer room in the basement is one step closer
to being complete (all that's left is getting a door back on at
the top of the stairs). I got the ventilation fan put in tonight.
Had to cut a hole in the floor to bring the air down from upstairs.
Man, what a pain. The saws-all had a hard time cutting through the
inch of flooring up there. But it made it through and the fan is
hooked to the switch, so it's only on when the lights are on down
here. Now I don't have to worry about suffocating down here when
the drier is on, and it won't smell so musty............. |
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| Truth
is stranger than fiction : On the news monday morning was
a piece on the robbery of a Wendy’s. They caught the thief,
whose name really was : Ronald MacDonald. I can just imagine the headlines
in the local newspaper :
Ronald MacDonald robs local Wendy’s. |
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| New joke (or real
story, not sure) I got in an e-mail. |
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| New pictures from
school : Cooking class, teachers and at the dance. |
11/25/05
| Hope everybody had a great Thanksgiving. I did. Went over to Shirley's house (for those of you who don't know, Shirley is Danny's mother-in-law. And for those of you really out of the loop, Danny is one of my brothers). Ate a lot of turkey, stuffing and pie. Played Pinocle. What more can you ask for? Anyways, hope you all had as nice a holiday as I did....... |
11/23/05
Ex-President
Jimmy Carter came into the Chevron last night for a caffien-free
diet coke and some Funyons. He was on his way back to the airport
from a book signing at the Barnes & Noble on 1100 E & 2100
So, came in for something to drink and some munchies for the flight
home, and thanked me for voting for him in 1980. Well, OK, I lie.
Although he was at the Barnes & Noble, and
his motorcade did drive by the
Chevron last night. They had the intersection shut down for about
a half hour and I was outside changing the garbage when the motorcade
drove past. But it was dark, the Suburban he was in had tinted (and
I'm assuming bulletproof) windows, so I didn't even see him, but
hey, I gotta get my brushes with fame wherever I can, eh? |
Brain
Cramps.
It'll make those stupid little things you've said at times seem
intelligent....... Happy Thanksgiving to you all. |
11/20/05
Some funny stuff I got in e-mails this week :
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All done, all set up, with sound and everything. As you can see from the pictures on the right, it's a little more inviting now. And the cool thing about when I'm listening to music on the computer, it permeates throughout the whole house.
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Well,
if you didn't notice that the site was down, then you missed the
whole move. I'm writing this from the new computer room in the basement.
So, now the warning message below is moot. Thanks for your patience,
and I think I'll get back to putting the rest of the computer back
together. |
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11/18/05
Update
: Chances are real good that the change will be made sometime tomorrow
(Sunday) afternoon. I've got all the wiring done, and it's even
working (note to self : if the ground for one circuit is touching
the power to the other circuit...well, let's just say that it's
a good thing they invented breaker switches). So unless I decide
to clean the house instead (and it needs it) you can expect the
site to be down for a little while. Thanks for your patience. |
 Attention
: Sometime in the next week this site will be going down for a few
hours. I've got the wiring done in the basement, and I'll be moving
the whole thing down to the new computer room. Hopefully it won't
take long, but I've got to get the cable down there, so you never
know what kind of fun problems I'll run into. So, be patient with
me, ok? |
11/13/05
Yes!
We got the windows in then cabin, now we can go up there in the
winter and enjoy more than just when the sun is up. To see the pictures
And if you notice some white stuff floating around in the pictures,
yes it did start snowing while we were working on it. Fun stuff.
Oh, yeah, almost forgot : if you want to see a funny video of Lisa
and her dancing chicken,
She'd never forgive me if I forgot to put that on here. (Well, it's
my website and I can claim anything I want...) |
11/09/05
11/09/05
: Couple of new funny videos:
Also some new funny and cute pictures from e-mails : |
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One
of my favorite lines in Dave Barry's Book of Bad Songs is a quote
from comedian Rich Jeni about the America song "A Horse
with No Name:"
: "You're in the desert. You've got nothing
else to do. Name the freakin' horse!"
Ain't
that the truth...Danny |
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And
finally I just want to take this opportunity to thank all the people
who send me things that end up on here, THANKS. You not only make
this site easier for me to find stuff for, but you also make me
laugh so many times..... |
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11/08/05
You
could knock me down with a sledgehammer. Granite School District
has decided to rebuild Wasatch Jr. High. In an area that has been
declining in enrollment for the past 10 years or so, where one of
the 4 Jr. Highs in the area is below 60% capacity (and the rest
are between 70 and 90%), low enough to engulf the entire student
body of Wasatch and house an entire second administration, with
as many relocatable classrooms as west-side schools are routinely
expected to tolerate. I'm furious, but not surprised. Who cares
if Brockbank and Valley are crumbling. Who cares if west-side schools
are bulging at the seams. Aaaaarrrrrghhhhh! I could go on for quite
a while, but it all boils down to who has the political clout, who
makes the most noise and following the path of least resistance.
I'm disappointed in my district. |
Watched Boston Legal tonight, interesting show. If you've never seen it, you won't get the full flavor of this story, but I found the end of it both funny and profound. Denny Crane (William Shatner) finds Alan Shore (James Spader) at the office late at night, sitting around having a drink. They get to talking about the events of the day and right at the end Denny says to Alan "Denny Crane. It's fun being me." Alan nods and Denny asks him "Is it fun being you?" Alan tells him "Yes, most of the time", and Denny says "That's what counts." Here's hoping that all you find it fun being you. Like Alan, most of the time I do. |
11/06/05
Went
up to the land today. Alex and Danny got the door put on the cabin,
now we just have to wait for the windows, and hope they come at
a time we will be able to go up and put them in. I let Josh play
with my older camera, he got some good pictures, and some funny
ones. To see them,
And of course, to see the ones I took, |
10/31/05
| Bunch of new pictures,
some might interest you, some probably won't. |
 Elmo
and Tigger dropped by tonight, we had a great chat. Seems that they've
decided to relocate to Salt Lake City. A state representative that
owns a real estate company (no, I'm not parodying Rep. Howard Mansell)
got the zoning for the 100 Acre Woods changed, is leveling it and
putting up a Super-Super-Super Wal-Mart®. There's already a
Starbucks® where Tigger's old tree used to be.  And
Elmo said that Sesame Street hasn't been the same since last Thanksgiving.
(See picture to the left). So, they met while Tigger was staying
at the WMCA on Sesame Street, got to talking and worked their way
out here to Salt Lake. Quite a story, their trek across the country,
no money, no real I.D.'s, working odd jobs along the way. I'd tell
you what they told me, but I promised not to give anything away,
since they already got a $50,000 advance on the book. But they got
to Salt Lake, liked it here so much they say they're going to say.
Said the friends they met make it feel like they already have family
here........ |
10/30/05
Pictures
from the last couple of trips to the land. |
Dumping
bacon grease on the campfire (2MB video). |
10/28/05
 Alex
sent me this picture of me and Josh at the Home Depot while I was
at school. So, I printed it off to see how it looked, which meant
having to send it off to a printer in the main office (which is
why it printed in B&W). I bring it in to show to the Principal,
Vice Principal and Dean of Students (who all were in the Principal's
office), expecting to hear round of "Awww, cute", but
instead they say "Surveilance picture of you abducting a kid?"
There only 3 months and already that's what I get. Funny people
I work with......... |
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| The Golden Urinal....... |
More Comics..... |
Junior
High mentality at the Chevron
: Not sure who cut off who, but two vans get in a game of "I'm
not moving until you do" at the Chevron tonight. Brown Full-sized
Ford want's to get to the air pump, but he's at the pump that the
white Carrier van want's to go to. Ford won't back up to let Carrier
in and Carrier won't back up to let Ford past. And the Carrier is
blocking the parking lot. They both shut off thier engines and sit
there. for about 5 minutes until Mike, the asisstant manager goes
out to ask what the hell is going on. Still neither wants to move.
So Mike comes back into the store and calls the cops. While he's
in on the phone, Carrier guy decides that maybe it isn't a good
idea to be there in the company van when the cops show up and finally
leaves. The whole time I'm thinking, "Hmmm, reminds me of something
that would happen in the lunchroom at school....." |
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10/26/05
Rossi
in Wolfe's clothing
: Patrick had to make a full dinner for the family for one of his
classes, and I was fortunate enough to be invited. That boy can
cook, mmmmmm. The dinner started with Italian Rice Balls (my favorite)
and Italian Wedding Soup. Then we had bread with vinegar & oil
dipping sauce and Chicken Fettuccini Alfredo. To top it all off
he made a cheesecake that was fantastic, not the really heavy type
that leaves you thinking "Man, that was a good tasting rock"
after the first bite. I didn't see the work put into it, but according
to Lisa he handled it like a pro (other than being in an unfamiliar
kitchen). My hat's off to him, great job and thanks for including
me in on the feast. |
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Well,
we had the first dance concert since I took over stage crew. I'd
forgotten how much fun it was doing that stuff, but despite the
extra time and the fact that I was at the school for over 12 hours
today, I'm glad I lucked into the job. It went really well, and
once again proved that if you pict the right kids and let them use
their own creativity things work out great. We had only one day
to proctice for the concert, in an unfamiliar auditorium, but the
sound and lighting went off (almost) without a hitch. I'm in hog
heaven...... |
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The form for odering
the family pictures is here. Details from Lisa below.....
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| And finally, a
letter to the Airlines that I got in an e-mail. |
10/24/05
Freudian
Slip # 3,657,221. Hard
as it is to believe, kids minds wander during class. Today one kid
raises his hand and when I call on him asks "Mr. Rossi, How
do they know that Jack the Ripper was a guy and not a girl?"
to which I responded "Yeah, I guess it could have been Jacqueline
the Stripper." Um, uh. That's not what I meant. Really. |
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| Funny-n-Cute animal
pictures : |
New : Remote Screen
Cleaner, just
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10/20/05
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Got the
family portraits from Lisa tonight, they're all on here, just
Details about getting prints from her are on the page. |
Also,
Lisa brought the pictures from their trip to Arches way back in September.
Just |
10/19/05
So,
the woman who did Stage Crew at Granite Park the last few years
is now the Vice-Principal Intern at Brockbank. That part is just
a bit of ironic trivia, but the important part is that she is no
longer at Granite Park. And that several people, who seem not to
be entirely psyched about taking over the auditorium duties, got
a whole ½ hour of training. In steps Steve Rossi, who ran
Stage Crew at Churchill for 5 years and was involved in the same
at Brockbank for the 4 years there. Well, after being concerned
about stepping on some toes, and being informed by those people
that I was welcome to step on their toes, I am now in charge of
Stage Crew at Granite Park Middle School. Everyone was happy to
hand over the keys, and I was happy to take them. Started taking
applications from students and next week I start to build a crew.
Another sign that this was the right move at the right time. |
10/18/05
| Got these pictures
from Danny a while ago, just forgot to put them up. |
Interesting letter
to a Dear Abby type columnist, |
10/17/05
| Boo! : 3MB Video
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Halloween Comics
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10/16/05
 Was
playing with the camera and some candles tonight, this one came
out pretty cool (at least I think so). |
 And
this was at the Chevron earlier tonight (well, Sat nite). We call
it the 'beer cave', one of my favorite rooms in the store. In my
20's a dream of mine would have involved a nice warm parka, few
good friends and getting locked in here for an evening. |
10/15/05
| And you thought
the cat getting at the bird feeder was bad : |
Slip-slidin'
away. (5MB movie clip) : |
| Notes from Doctors
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10/09/05
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10/08/05
Far
be it for us to plan an outdoor family picture that would fall on
a day it doesn't rain. Yup, we actually got almost the entire west-coast
Rossi family together (short of Dad, Julia and Raffi) for a family
picture. We were going to take it in Murray park, under the trees,
on the grass, out in beautiful nature. No such luck, it just had
to rain. Oh well, being the adaptable group we are, we just changed
venues and went downtown to the Wells Fargo Building, where Jeff
has an office. Actually, I think the pictures will come out pretty
cool, got some nice backgrounds there. You'll see them when we get
the CD with the pictures on it. Anyway, I did find out some interesting
information while we were milling about. Seems there is going to
be a Rossi population boom in 2006. All of my married nieces and
nephew are going to have offspring in 2006 (and I'm pretty secure
in saying that none of the unmarried ones are). Amy is due sometime
in March, Lynda in May and Jenn (she and Scott found out just today)
think she'll be due in mid-June. Now, if Amy can just hold out for
an extra month or so, and if Jenn goes into labor a few weeks early,
maybe we can have all 3 on the same day. I have it all planned.
May 1st. Or maybe the 5th, friday is a good day to have a baby.
Now I just have to get mothers & babies to go along with it.
Hey Amy, think you can hold out until the 14th, then all 3 could
be born on their grandmothers birthday? Or how about everyone work
it out for the 17th of April. Their great-grandpa would probably
love that. Ok, I've rambled on about impossibilities long enough,
time to just say "Congrats to Lynda & Todd, Jeff &
Amy, Jenn & Scott." Bye. |
