I lose things sometimes. Not as much as I used to, but sometimes I do. I’m sure you do, too. But if you lose an electronic device (such as a notebook computer, MP3 player, cell phone, Palm Pilot, etc.) it may have some capabilities of notifying you of its location. Lost? Check out this article […]
Radio Peeves
The two major rock stations in Milwaukee, FM102.1, and 102.9 The Hog, both have practices that I find completely disturbing. FM 102.1 is less disturbing to me, for the most part, because they’re not named “The Hog” and they actually play music I like (along with some crap, but less crap than other stations). My […]
Lowering our Carbon Footprint, #1
In response to Live Earth, I thought I would post some of the things we have done to lower our impact on the Earth. This post is about the most recent thing we’ve done, replacing our old gasoline-powered lawnmower with a person-powered push mower. This was a good idea for us for a couple of reasons. […]
Composting?
We’ve got some partially decomposed yard waste (don’t even ask how – it’s too embarrassing a story) and instead of throwing it away, I thought we might compost it and make it do good. Our municipality picks up “yard waste” as an individual item, seperate from trash and recyclables. Does that mean they have some […]
iWhat?
iPhone. It does everything except bake cookies. And they’re probably working on that. But what practical use could I find for it? If I buy an iPhone what other object that currently occupies space in my house/pocket/purse/car/etc. can I get rid of? I get it – it does Internet phone pictures video music Can I […]
Influenza
People tell me time and time again that nausea and other forms of upset stomach are not part of influenza. What I really think they mean is that being sick-to-your-stomach is not “having the flu”. I just had two of the worst days of my life. Between the nausea and other unmentionable stomach pains, the […]
Reality TV – the new RPG?
Now I never really played role-playing games myself. Those were more the exclusive realm of boys than football was. The games themselves seem to be interesting enough. You build a character in an imaginary world where incredible things are possible. Then you devise ways to make your character interact with other players’ characters within the […]
What’s the point?
After reading this blog post about Blogging Your Passion, I realize I should probably make some statement of intent. I suppose most people keep one of these for one reason in particular. This can involve keeping family and friends up to date, connecting with your professional associates, critiquing politics and society, promoting your business, making […]
Juneteenth Day
I heard on the news this morning that it’s Juneteenth Day today. They were talking about the riots that broke out last year at the celebrations and how the police are trying to avoid that this year. They showed video of last year’s celebrations and Juneteenth Day parade and explained that the parade starts at 10AM […]
My Favorite Restaurant in the World
It’s Bruschetta & Co. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.