iPhone iDolatry

I really, really like my iPhone.  My work is moving to a new program where they’ll reimburse us a fixed rate and we pay for our own phones.  Seemed like a good time to dump my SmartPhone for an iPhone.
A grown man probably shouldn’t enjoy a material possession this much.  While the keypad is still too [...]

My #1 productivity tool

I get a fair amount of “Where do you find the time to ____?” comments from people.
Here’s where I get the time: I don’t watch much TV.   I watch 30 min. per day or less, and usually only 10-15 minutes.
That doesn’t make me better or more spiritual or anything else.  I can certainly waste many [...]

Pole dancing and the Family Circus. Seriously.

From the “I’m really, really not making this up” category, I offer two pole dancing related items (What, only two?).
First, a Family Circus cartoon that poked fun at pole dancing.  Let’s just say that Bill Keane must have been having an off day.

Side note: Family Circus is a mini-running joke in our house.   We’re pretty [...]

If you play tennis, you must try these

Amazon.com: Tretorn Micro X Tennis Balls – Sleeve of 3 – Solid Yellow: Sports & Outdoors
I used these balls for a couple years at a previous house and then moved.  Six years later I’m moving again and haven’t used the balls once. 
I compared them to a freshly opened can of Wilson’s and they bounced the [...]

Craigslist

Do you all use Craiglist to sell things?  It is sort of a big garage sale on the web.  I tried it for the first time and sold a riding mower in less than 24 hours at full asking price.  It was easy to use.  You can upload up to 4 photos.  I emphasized on the [...]

“Celebrate the birth of your country by blowing up a small part of it”

My daughter’s Facebook greeting reminded me of that great line from The Simpsons TV show.
Happy 4th, everyone!  I hope you have safe and blessed weekend.

And they wonder why they got banned . . .

Update: I can’t believe I forgot to mention Ed, the unrepentant liar and vile libeler who claims to be Christian but who everyone mistakes for an atheist when they read his views.  He is the poster boy for time-wasting, bizarre commenters.
He was the first person I banned from commenting because he couldn’t stop committing logical [...]

My apologies . . .

 . . . to you readers for getting testy in the comments section this week.  If I would have just consistently enforced my commenting policy and/or avoided over-reacting it would not have happened.  My bad.
And my thanks to the brother in Christ who diplomatically pointed out my less-than-ambassador-like approach to me.  Much appreciated.

Dedicated to sarcastic people. You know who you are.

According to Australian scientists, sarcasm can help diagnose dementia.  Apparently those under 65 suffering from a common form of dementia cannot detect when someone is being sarcastic.
So for those of you who heart sarcasm or insist that you have the spiritual gift of sarcasm, you now have an easy answer when people get irritated at [...]

The Law of Unintended Consequences, airline style

The Law of Unintended Consequences is one of those powerful forces you can’t escape.  In big things and small, decisions usual drive additional behaviors and actions that were unanticipated but should have been considered. 
The problem is that people – especially politicans – don’t think ahead or don’t understand how people behave.  They assume that their [...]

Was this the best sports week ever?

The Steelers win the Super Bowl with the “Immaculate Interception” and an unbelievable improv routine by Big Ben, then the Lakers beat the Celtics in OT, in Boston!  OK, that just a regular season game, but it was sweet.  Wish I would have watched it.

Stuff

The holidays went well.  We had a good trip to Ohio to see my wife’s family.  They are fabulous hosts and always fun to be around.  We played lots of Wii and went to a great Trans-Siberian Orchestra concert.
Doing lots of 2009 planning.  Our oldest daughter will be going off to college and trying out [...]

I don’t mail Christmas cards, so . . .

Merry Christ-mass and Happy Holy-days to all!
Consider yourself greeted.  Seriously.
(I do this instead of cards because of my fervent Green philosophy.  Or possibly because I’m too lazy.)
Many thanks to all the regular readers and commenters.  I really enjoy your contributions and the community we have here. 
May your hearts and minds be filled with the knowledge [...]

Hope you like the new header!

Courtesy of my friend Tony at GalatiansC4V16.   He let me borrow it (steal is such a strong word).  The former picture came from a safari when I was in Kenya, so it brought back good memories.  But this one has more color.
I thought about switching verses but so many of my favorites are too long [...]

Mozy on over to back up your data

This is a follow up.  I ended up paying for the unlimited Mozy online backup service (roughly $104 for two years) and am glad I did it.  It took a long time for the initial backup, but we now have all of our thousands of pictures, music, videos, data files, etc. backup up.  The incremental backups [...]

Fast food progressive dinner

OK, now for something really important.  Have you ever done a progressive fast food dinner?  It is like a regular progressive dinner where you go to one family’s house for appetizers, then another for the main course, etc.  But in this case you go to multiple fast food locations to accommodate everyone in the car [...]