Today is my birthday. I turned 45 today. I woke up to find my e-mail mailbox bursting with well-wishers. Let’s see who spends their time worrying about my personal well-being: Hmm, first I have a note from FlightSim.com. That’s nice. Then there’s a note from Sunday River (ski resort) and here’s one from Scriblink! It […]

Back in the late 70’s when I was learning to drive there was a reference product that dominated every Pep Boys store and often became a must-have product for every frugal driver like me. I’m speaking of Chilton’s series of repair and maintenance guide books. Every auto parts store had an entire wall or row […]

People have discussed aging since the first cavemen could grunt out complaints about bad teeth. Clearly this isn’t a novel topic. At 45 (coming Thursday) I’ve reached a pretty interesting age. I’m young enough that the finality of death still seems like a long ways off (unless I get hit by lightning of course) and […]

I just got done reading a news article about the changes General Motors (GM) is going through and how those changes will affect the company across the board. My response to this article was rather surprising and worth noting. Conservative pundits are lambasting the government and equating their support of GM and Chrysler as clear […]

At first there was no place for us to goUntil someone put up that “Black Granite Wall.”Now, every day and night, my Brothers and my Sisters waitTo see the many people from places afar file in front of this “Wall.”Many stopping briefly and many for hoursAnd some that come on a regular basis. It was […]

Yesterday I had to head up to Manhattan from my home in South Jersey (2+ hours each way). I filled the time doing what I often do by listening to the various conservative radio shows. What an experience. It started off with the often entertaining Glenn Beck. Interestingly enough I had gotten up yesterday to […]

I need to get some of you to do some basic fact-checking before you go sending out e-mails to everyone. Twice in the last week I’ve gotten the same one about how Mars is going to be the closest it’s ever been to Earth in something like 60,000 years and it won’t repeat this until—oddly—something […]

For those that may not be aware, Microsoft is working on the next version of Windows that goes by the name, “Windows 7“. It’s not really due out until later this year but they have made available the Release Candidate to anyone that is interested in trying it out for free. A release candidate is […]

I grew up with Dunkin Donuts. So much so that I still view competitor Krispy Kreme as a poor imitation (and still don’t like all the glaze they use on nearly all their flavors). However, I’ve had to come to the realization that this view may need to be relegated to the confines of pure […]

Well, I just got done watching some of the Hannity show that runs on Fox News and Sean Hannity is at it again. As long as these people have a substantial base of supports I will know this country is going in the wrong direction. Just about everything that could go right about this potential […]

I’ve been extremely busy with work and need to put up a post about the last movie I saw. However, before I forget, I wanted to put up a link to a New York Times article I was sent that speaks almost verbatim to what I’ve been concerned about lately regarding the divide in this […]

Today on my way back from a doctor appointment (apparently I’m not terminal yet) I tuned in to Glenn Beck‘s conservative radio show. Glenn’s a strange fellow. He goes from seeming lucid on some points to wildly bonkers on others. Today he’s going off on the “March to Socialism”. As I said last, this is […]