Tales from FAR Manor

A recent BBC article on “America’s original active retirement community” got me thinking. As many long-time readers know, the FAR in FAR Ma...

Contents “Whoa,” Cleve said. “Don’t kill him. Not yet.” Their captive pulled his knees up to cover his abdomen, wincing at his arm but doi...

Thursday wasn’t the best day I ever had… there was a Dilbert strip a long time ago when he was trying to explain that he had to work and to ...

Contents Cleve heard the banging downstairs as Tim grew quiet. He locked the apartment door and hurried back to the bedroom. “Red!” he raspe...

Amazing sometimes, how the baby can be what keeps you sane … (video by Daughter Dearest) We can pretty much count on The Boy giving us a TB0...

I mentioned last week that my MacBook was going in for a new LCD . Well, it went as expected: I got to the Apple Store, they looked at it, a...

Contents Tim had to constantly remind himself to keep his pace down. Cleve Isaacs seemed to be a pretty good guy, but he was still getting u...

It’s been a week, and it’s not done yet. ;-) After the TS01 error that they managed to not clear from Friday night until Tuesday morning (te...

Contents There were no incidents on the ride down, just an endless parade of white pickups filling I-85 as the three riders pedaled along th...

Late last winter, Mrs. Fetched started noticing mold spots in the ceiling above our shower, shortly followed by water coming through there. ...

Winter #2 arrived last night, after a very nice send-off from Spring #1 on Wednesday. We’ll be back in the cold soup for a while, judging fr...

Contents Charles : This isn’t what I’d expect as a venue. Blank white room? Why is it a white room? I’m in my bedroom. Wall panels some weir...

Our heroes — some of them, anyway — have another long day ahead of them… Contents Wednesday, September 21, 2011 Cody unscrewed the milk cap ...

With this week’s TB02, I figured it was time to update the error codes. Here’s a link to the old error codes . TB01 : Left home (again) TB02...

Well, it’s official: The Boy has moved back in. They cleaned out the apartment yesterday and finished cleaning it up today. To “honor” the o...

Thus concludes the long Tuesday… Contents Max walked in and picked up his cards. “Was she there?” Charles asked. “Yup,” Max said, straighten...

The snow is gone, the temps aren’t going below freezing past the end of the 7-day forecast, and the rain will arrive in the next couple of h...

Yes, I did mention the incredible spark-shooting refrigerator incident from late last month/year/decade (pick one). We packed the other fri...

Contents Cody gave a surprised “Mmmf,” but made no attempt to break off the kiss. He let go of her arm and pulled her closer; she shifted hi...

Between working at home as usual on Wednesday and Thursday, and icy roads on Friday keeping me here, I’ve mostly been cooped up in the Manor...