Model RR show

It was raining by the time we got to the Placer County Fairgrounds at about 2 pm Saturday, and the rain just got worse during the afternoon and evening. This was inconvenient because the model RR fair was split between several widely-spaced buildings. Admission was $7 each, not exorbitant, but $2 more than I thought the event merited. ( Read more - with photos )

No More Starbucks till next year

Once again the serial marketing greedmongers at everyone's favorite huge chain coffee shop have put up their Christmas decorations and switched to Christmas designs on their paper cups two weeks before Thanksgiving. And they are playing Jesus music. So, I won't be patronizing them till they recover from this dread disease.