Tony Brewer

Angela is taking full advantage of the company’s tuition reimbursement program, and she is taking one class each semester, trying to get her associates degree in business managements.  Angela was complaing that she was having trouble with her statistics class that she is taking. 

She was complaining that the teachers gives too much reading and homework to do to accommodate a non-traditional student.  I’d have to agree that colleges that try to target the non-traditional student should ease up on the amount of work that the student needs to do while not in class.

Be that as it may, I suggested to Angela that she could find onlin statistics help if she found that she had some statistics problems that she couldn’t figure out on her own. In this modern age of the Internet, you can have your very own statistics tutor
withouth having to go any further than the nearest Internet connection!

One of the things that I really like about this time of year is that one of the local dairy farms opens up its ice cream stand. You have to drive out of town to go there, but it is worth the drive. Besides the ice cream being made on the premises, with fresh local milk, there are a miniature golf course and a batting cage for a little bit of date night casual summertime entertainment.

This ice cream is extra creamy, and I like trying out the different flavors. My favorite flavor? Hard to pick, really, but I think that the white chocolate raspberry mouse is right up there! Yummy!

One of the things that Teri and I talk about a lot is whether she should get contact lenses or opt for some kind of Lasik surgery.  I haven’t even researched the cost of the surgery, but I keep hearing that the results, although good, are only supposedly “guaranteed” to last twenty years.  So my question is this, what happens after that twenty years?  Do you go blind?  Do you have to have another surgery?  Or do you then resort to disposable contact lenses for the rest of your life?

And to be honest, just the thought of surgery always concerns me.  What if you have a bad reaction to the anesthesia?  I’m inclined to encourage Teri to go with daily disposable contact lenses for another ten years or so. At least until more is known about the limitations of the surgery options.

A stray black cat adopted us recently.  Teri has a very soft heart, and she has been feeding it.  Teri named it Spooky.  A couple of months ago she took Spooky to the vet for shots and a check-up.   Spooky is shy, and avoids contact, so it was a challenge getting Spooky to the vet!  I don’t know if anyone else in the neighborhood has taken Spooky to a vet too!

Last night when we got home from work, it was obvious that something was wrong.  Spooky was limping.  We took Spooky to the vet to see what the problem was.  Someone had shot Spooky in the leg with a shotgun.  We have some tough decisions to make – whether to put Spooky down, or amputate the leg.  Removing the pellets would cost between $2,000 and $3000 dollars.

If we amputate the leg, we know that Spooky would get along okay eventually, but who is to say that Spooky wouldn’t get shot again?  I don’t even know if Spooky would be agreeable to becoming an indoor cat!  If we don’t amputate the leg, Spooky will be in a lot of pain forever.  What would you do?

Sometimes it seems like every other week there is some kind of drive going on at my office. Always for some charity. My favorite fundraising event is one where food is involved – like a bake sale, or pot-luck buffet. I think that this clothing drive in this commercial, if held at my office would be a great success, but they haven’t done it yet!