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Just Thinkin’ turns 7?
While I was removing the usual spam comments and banning evil IP addresses/login attempts from this old site of mine, I happened to look down at the clock in the “panel” (I use Linux Mint, not Windows...
View ArticleHow wealth is distributed in the US
So you think you know how the wealth is actually distributed in the old USA? I’m sure a few of you, like myself, have a fair idea but it’s still a bit of a surprise when it’s visually represented like...
View ArticleA short “Goal” post
Just a short post here about an achievement of sorts that I…er…achieved here on this blog of mine. As of my previous post to this one, I reached exactly 1000 posts. Yup, 1000 posts in…uh…7 years. Break...
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New Pope Saves Twinkies?
So, the world has a new pope. Okay, fine. I’m glad the center seat in the Vatican is once again filled. No telling what would have happened to Catholicism if it had remained vacant. May he...
View ArticleThoughts on living off the government dole
There are many aspects to being a (rated) 100% disabled veteran (physical) and having to live off the federal government, some of these aspects you might imagine and others you may not. One of them,...
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Rainy and Green and Rainy
I’m currently siting in my easy chair with my trusty old ThinkPad R61 laying upon my lap (instead of the cat for once) and gazing out of the sitting room windows at a very green, very rainy day. Much...
View ArticleMessing with the site–again.
You ever get into one of those moods where everything turns into shades of gray? You’re bored out of your skull and nothing is satisfying…at all? The kind of attitude that should tell you that you...
View ArticleAbout the shutdown
I was going to say something about the shutdown. About the 800,000 or so federal workers currently out of their jobs, about how every day this shutdown continues the worse it will affect this nation...
View ArticleTrimming the site a bit
In case anyone has been wondering where I’ve been and even if you haven’t, I’ve been working on a new WordPress powered version of my wife’s business website which is being built on my long standing...
View ArticleRemembering what didn’t happen
I remember taking my morning medications–I know I did! I clearly recall going to the pill box, opening the appropriate container and swallowing the darn things. I even remember the bitter taste as that...
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YANYRP
Well, well, 2014 has finally arrived on a chill wind and below zero temperatures which means it’s time once again for a Yet Another New Year’s Resolution Post or YANYRP for short. To be perfectly...
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8 years and other contemplations
I logged into this old site of mine this morning just to poke around, update a few things and redo my original “About me” page when I realized something–I missed it! As of February 2nd of this year,...
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Freezing in Wonderland
We’re having a fine old time freezing our butts off here in Wonderland, VT. What, you say? Wonderland(?) you say? I thought you lived in a place called Newport? Well, okay, we do live in a place called...
View ArticleCould we have a Internet troll vaccine?
Anyone who has spent any time at all on the great and powerful WWW reading and leaving their comments on various comment threads of blogs, news articles, social sites and such, have come to know and...
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Taking a break from the conversation.
Today I decided to take a break from the conversation–online conversation that is. I didn’t actually plan to do this, I just happened to have a rare early morning in bed where I wasn’t in a lot of pain...
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What’s in a logo?
It appears that Hillary Clinton has now officially announced her bid for president in 2016 and with that bid comes the new Hillary Clinton presidential campaign logo. It looks like this: Now I’m not...
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When Fate Intervenes
I’ve often found it strange how things come about in my life. Some things or events are actually planned insomuch as I have a vague idea of what I want to do/buy/cause-to-happen and an even vaguer idea...
View ArticleNothing came to mind
I’ve been sitting in front of my display staring into an empty sheet of cyber-paper, fingers trembling above my keyboard in literary anticipation and… …nothing came to mind. So much for trembling...
View ArticleHowls and Bollix
I was banging around the Google News today as I usually do every day and what to my wondering eyes does appear in the Google News “Science” section? This does: Howler Monkeys With Loud Manly Calls Are...
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