I’m so sick and tired of celebrity headlines dominating the news. The news used to actually report newsworthy items and not concern themselves with catering to the lowest common denominator. That task was left to the general entertainment of television shows and made for TV movies. In the past six to ten years, there has [...]
This week, I’ve been wasting a bit of time surfing around the net and generally goofing off. These are some of the more interesting things I’ve looked at this week. Some are older sites, but who cares, they still wasted some time for me. A man, who has far more time to waste than I [...]
This morning, I came across a post from TechCrunch, discussing the emerging markets of free phone calls to many places in the world, particulary AllFreeCalls.net. The FCC has some very complicated laws, making it, at times, difficult to understand all the fees and loopholes that phone companies have. After some digging, I came across some [...]
Until I got married, I was only marginally interested in astronomy and the things that NASA were doing. However, I married an astronomy buff, which means that I automatically had to obtain more knowledge than the basics that I learned in college. Since that time, I have learned more about space than I had ever [...]
Last Friday, I took the day off and went into the city with my husband for some much needed “bunking off work” time. We spent the day walking around the American Museum of Natural History and seeing a couple of other sites. However, the most important thing I took away from New York City was [...]
Since it’s fashionable today for everyone on the planet to bash the United States on just about every topic, people have moved on to the pettiness of The United States of America and its commonly referred to name as America. They piss and moan that the United States is claiming superiority over other countries in [...]
This year, the day after Halloween, I did my usual rounds of the retail stores to buy my Halloween candy at 75-90% off. It’s a great way to stock up on chocolate. This year, however, I’ve noticed, again, that All Saints Day has also been dubbed “get the Christmas crap set up” day by retailers. [...]
I know. There are a lot of Windows fanboys out there. There are also a lot of Linux, BSD, and Apple fanboys. I don’t really care. This isn’t about them. It’s about me and the many problems that I’ve seen from Windows Vista and it hasn’t even been released yet. I have no need for [...]
This is pure rant. I’m pissed. When I leave for work in the morning, it’s still slightly dark outside. About three miles down the road, it’s light enough that you don’t need your headlights on. Still, the idiots out on the road think you do and most of them have their high beams on. I [...]
This post originally started out as a letter to my nephew, however, these are practical tips that just about everyone could learn from. When you first move out on your own, you think that you know everything and there’s nothing anyone can teach you. This often leads to traps and pitfalls that could have been [...]
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