This Is The Droid I Was Looking For
My cell phone has been crapping out on me too often recently — the battery drains in two days or less whether I make calls on the phone or not. So it was time to say goodbye and get a… Continue Reading
Travel
How’s The Weather Where You’re At?
I mowed the lawn today. It really needed it since the grass has grown quite long over the past several weeks. I wore short sleeves and cargo pants when I did it. I worked up a decent sweat, too. It’s… Continue Reading
Tourism In The High Desert
I’ve been doing stuff, and not spending a lot of time blogging. While my in-laws were in town, I logged 800 miles on my car. This involved: Soffit House to LAX to pick up the in-laws LAX to Chinatown for… Continue Reading
Maybe It’s Time To Start Taking The Train
So let me get this straight. Dutch Security fails to identify a potential terrorist and keep him off a plane flying in to Detroit. Then, the guy turns out to be a not very competent suicide bomber and fails to… Continue Reading
Weekend Weirdness, Volume VII
Yeah, I pretty much took off the weekend, except to talk about food. But I wasn’t going to leave you without your weirdness. 100% apolitical this weekend. Consider, for example, the transvestite (female dressing as male) jazz musician who over… Continue Reading
Fifty People, One Question
The film itself is a bit heavy-handed and I think the editor could have done a better job of introducing the topic than with that first guy. But it’s a charming idea all the same: Fifty People, One Question: London… Continue Reading
This Would Be Cool
The California High Speed Rail Authority has some really cool graphics, including Flash movies, showing what it will look like when we have their bullet trains. I certainly do like the idea of getting to downtown Los Angeles in half… Continue Reading
Houston Sightseeing
Tomorrow or Friday I’ll post some pictures from Houston. The point of the trip was to visit and spend time with my parents, and that was great. They have a very nice house and seem to be nicely on the… Continue Reading
Twelve Sunscreen-Free Suggestions For College
Now is the time of year that high school seniors are going to start getting either thin or thick letters back from the college to which they’ve applied. I’ve just had the chance to work with a number of high… Continue Reading
Successful Water Landing
When I travel by plane, I do not pay all that much attention to the part of the safety briefing about a water landing. Frankly, I’ve always assumed that if a plane went down in the water, it would simply… Continue Reading