With a little luck I’ll have made it through another year. There are still ten plus hours to go in 2008. With an Alberta Clipper roaring through the heart of Providence as I write this, and New Years Eve upon us the chance that those hours will pass uneventfully are slim. I just hope that nobody gets hurt.

December has been a tough month for the People of Providence. A couple of kids were murdered at the downtown clubs, an eleven year old girl fell through a glass top table and bled to death, a six year old died at home for unknown reasons, a dozen stabbings, lots of shots fired and numerous occupied house fires made life difficult for a lot of families.

Members of the Providence Fire Department respond to these and thousands more incidents every year. Lives are saved, property protected and the citizenry of the city kept as safe as possible. I speak for every member of this department when I say I wish we could save them all. God knows, we try. Sometimes everything we have just isn’t enough.

In spite of all this, and the political dissent, outdated equipment and insufficient resources one thing keeps me coming back.

Happy New Year, Brothers and Sisters, and stay safe.

I know a guy. (that’s common language in Rhode Island) He can fix any problem you could imagine concerning computers. He’s kept ours running for years. I called him last week because my computer was infected with a virus that I couldn’t get rid of. He came over today, worked on it for a couple of hours then packed it up and took it with him. This has never happened before, I think its toast. Probably lost a lot of stuff.

I hope everybody had a great Christmas, mine was fantastic. Could have used a new computer I guess. I’m at Rescue 6 tonight, maybe something worth writing about will happen. I’ll keep you posted. Thanks for checking in.

Hello folks, I hope everybody is doing well this holiday season. I love this time of year; the expectation, busy, busy, busy, the Christmas specials on TV, the music on the CD player, and of course the presents! God help me, I do love getting presents. Giving them is okay too.

Finished one project that had been bouncing around my head, on to the next one. I always wanted to write a screenplay so I finally did. Maybe somebody might option it, you never know if you don’t try. Beats playing the lottery!

Thanks for stopping by, have a drink and make yourself comfortable, I’ll be back soon.

I’m getting caught up on some important projects I’ve neglected for far too long now, have to put the blog aside for a bit. Thanks for your patience and support, I’ll be back before you know it!