Posted in Computers and Internet, Entertainment, Humor, Internet, Life on December 31, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Okay, so it’s New Year’s Eve, and you know what that means. It means you may be among those who have something to apologize for (excuse me, for which to apologize) when you get up tomorrow morning (afternoon? evening?) and remember what foolish things you did the night before. Or had someone else remember for [...]
Posted in Government, News, News and Politics, Politics on December 31, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Benazir Bhutto, 1953-2007
As was observed over at BrianKaneOnline on the day of her assassination, the blame for Benazir Bhutto’s death appears more and more likely (though it seems there was little reason ever to doubt) to rest at the feet of Pakistan’s president Pervez Musharraf and his government. Early conflicting reports as to the cause of death (”She [...]
Posted in Automobiles, Entertainment, Hobbies, tagged Auto racing, Christmas, slot cars on December 28, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Nope. Sorry. This is not about the kind of slot machines you might find in Vegas, but this kind of slot machine, or slot car.
For me, anyway, this is the one of the greatest Christmas presents that was, and wasn’t. When I was maybe seven or eight I remember getting a slot [...]
Posted in Computers and Internet, Health and Wellness, Internet, Life, Wellness on December 18, 2007 | 1 Comment »
For those of you who are looking beyond Christmas, New Year’s is only two weeks away. The coming of a new year is a time many look forward to with resolve, to make new habits, or to break old habits. A quick search shows about 2.5 million ways to make a habit or break one. [...]
Posted in Automobiles, Business, Government, Life, News, News and Politics, Politics, Science and Technology, Technology on December 13, 2007 | No Comments »
In a recent editorial, the editor of our local weekly (weakly?) paper said that people who drive SUVs and then complain about gas prices are hypocrites. Aside from trying to trying to provoke a reaction - which he has obviously accomplished - he is just plain wrong.
Let’s start with what a hypocrite is:
a person who [...]
Posted in Hobbies, Life, Music, Photography, Science, Science and Technology on December 6, 2007 | 2 Comments »
About ten years ago we were driving along on a clear, cold December late afternoon. The moon was just a thin crescent in the darkening sky and one of our kids said, “Hey, look! You can see the rest of the moon!” My wife agreed, but of course I was too smart for this and said [...]
Posted in Life on December 5, 2007 | 1 Comment »
It’s been said that firewood warms you twice - once when you cut it, and again when you burn it. Our firewood was delivered cut and split, but I haven’t missed out. Stacking it, I worked up a pretty good sweat in our garage despite it being about 30 degrees F.
Along with the snow that [...]
Posted in Life, News, News and Politics on December 3, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Astronomically speaking, it isn’t winter yet. Meteorologically, however, is another story. Parts of northern Maine have already had several significant snowfalls, but southern and central Maine have not. Until now.
Usually, it seems, we have a few light dustings, or even a few inches of snow in mid to late November, which mostly melt, to steel [...]
