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Thinking everyone needs to be careful this weekend. Depending on the track of the storm we may get as little as 2 inches of snow or more than 6 inches. Time will tell so everyone please be careful and stay safe.

It seems to me that seeking out new friendship is kind of like dating. I meet someone and maybe we will meet somewhere for lunch or something. I always hope that they like me well enough to hang out with me again and form into a friendship. But most of the time it seems to be a one time thing and they show no more interest. So I thought, this is almost like dating. You ask someone out. You go out. Then if you like them you want to have another date with them and you hope it forms into something more. Seems that way to me anyway.

Heard it got picked up for tonight's dinner special at the Road Kill Café.

Same experience trying to leave downtown. Slid around then turned around and headed back to the garage. No Gathering for me... just curling up with some extra special bitter for the evening and hoping my house purchase closes Monday.

Did so want to come but drove out of the Z Garage and started sliding around; too far from downtown on slick roads for me. What's the clubnight situation in town?

Doesn't work with the type of clasps on mine. Who puts a bracelet on like that anyway though? I usually just let the bits hang and then clasp them. Maybe when I get older and my dexterity isn't as good I'll just stop wearing them.

lol. probably.

However, what came next was worthy of a storytelling. Later that Tuesday evening, as I was doing my security checks, I noticed 3 mid-sized and 2 large unknown SUV's parking on the street as the sun went down. The only large SUV I recognized was parked in an unusual spot. So since I had already flipped out earlier, I decided to continue with strange behavior and, for the next 45 minutes, I began slowly lurking up and down the street, staring into all the unknown vehicles and standing in front of various people's properties. At one point, I stood in the same spot for 15 minutes looking at all the houses. It was all I could do to not burst out laughing at all the silhouettes of big muscular guys that kept running back and forth to the doors and windows peeping out at this little lone figure in a powder blue hoodie jacket. I slowly moved forward past two more houses. And then, as if it were planned, the phone in my pocket rang as I was looking at one of the odd vehicles. I slowly brought the phone to my ear and began speaking in code and Japanese...I had taken the house intercom handset with me on patrol, so I knew who was on the line. As I was talking, I could hear people coming out onto their porches, across the street, making loud busy talk to announce their presences, but I kept my head turned away from them. Once I began moving again, there was a sudden flurry of activity. Vehicles began pulling up and picking up people from 2 of the houses I was watching and guys came out of those same houses, speaking loudly about a bunch of gibberish, and loaded up in 2 of the mid-sized SUV's and sped off. By the time I reached the other end of the area I was patrolling, the street had gone silent again. I was now in the driveway of the vacant house. I stood motionless for another 10 minutes. During this time, some of my neighbors started arriving home. I kept my side to them staring only at the vacant house that had been such a problem. I heard a lady get out of the car and tell a little kid to hurry and get on the porch. Then I heard a guy's voice trying to gossip about some lady's daughter being in the large SUV I was standing a few feet away from. Again it was all I could do to not fall out laughing as I was listening to this nervous quiver in his voice. Not sure what that was all about, but he was worried about something. Eventually, they all went inside. I turned around and stared down the street one more time, then slowly began making my way back to the other end of the block again. At this time, I heard someone take off in the SUV I had just moved away from. When I got to the end of the houses, I turned and went up the alley where another strange incident took place. I watched this guy walking from the street where people come from to go smoke in the abandoned house. So I stopped and watched him from the alley. He suddenly began talking to himself like he was on a phone. I stood, watching him, motionless. Suddenly, he looked like he couldn't make up his mind if he wanted to turn onto my street or keep walking in the direction he was going, but he took a step like he was about to cross the street to get away from the side I was on. Then, as if someone yanked him back onto the curb, he turned and started walking back the way he came. I thought maybe he had forgotten something. At that moment, the street bus passed him going in the opposite direction he was walking. All of a sudden he waved the bus down and jumped on it. I saw him avoid looking in my direction as the bus passed where I was still standing, motionless in the alley. I got the feeling he may have been up to something that he didn't want anyone to know about. I didn't begin moving again until the bus had cleared the area...just in case. Finally, I made it down the alley to the back of the HomeHoues, checking all the properties as I went along, when I received another intercom call. As I answered it, I stood at the back fence looking towards the street and the front yard. To my surprise, more people left from the house directly across the street, going in various directions. At that moment, an SUV made a 3-point turn, causing its headlights to shine directly at me, standing in the alley, looking their way, on the phone. The vehicle hesitated then completed the turn and sped off. I saw more lights, but couldn't tell exactly what was going on. After conveying this on the intercom, I headed inside and decided to take a look out the window. All 6 of the SUV's were now gone and the street looked normal again...hmmm. All I could think was, "Did I do that?"

Sorry, couldn't help it, but I totally thought of this when I saw the cards for this week:

I wants the precious.. So please may I?

Feeling much better and clearer now. Time to get destructive....

Scary? This is so much you..

I remember her calling my radio show one time asking me about a song I played something like "Im gonna play that at cc tonight I think" or something similar.

About to try soldering some cogs onto the brass ring I made. Hopefully I can pull it off without messing it up. I think it looks ok the way it is but it just isn't steampunk without the cogs. lol.

Now I understand your way of thinking. When I came up with the idea behind the concept, it was to have people provide others with a way to help them moneywise so they could have a little extra cash on hand to pay bills or buy things they normally would not be able to due to shortage of funds. You see it as lightening the load to take the stress off of funds one currently has. I really had not thought of it in that manner before. Seeing it from your perspective really makes it difficult for me to make a list given that things I generally tend to "need" are of the immediate nature and I do not usually "want" for much. I am an impulse buyer so, when shopping, I tend to pick up necessities and the occasional, "Ooh I like that" items at the same time.

About to go feed everyone.

Watch more Sabrina the Teenage Witch, on Hulu.