This article about a priest telling his parishioners that it’s OK to shoplift seems to have absolutely given up on the idea that “God will provide”. I suppose it would be pretty sweet to get the OK to go ahead and get your Christmas shoplifting done guilt free. Of course, I suppose the police will … Continue reading Hypocrisy – So much for divine intervention
This could also be titled “How does upper management run a company while accepting little or no input from their knowledge workers?”. I’m not 100% sure if this story as reported in the register is accurate, but it *did* tickle me. When I Googled “EDS Mainframe” to top search result was a page from HP … Continue reading HP’s EDS woes – like Dilbert in real life
While I was reading this article titled “A curse on these smug types who buy you a goat in Africa for Christmas” by Virginia Ironside, I at first was a bit put off by her apparent ingratitude for the efforts made on her behalf by well meaning friends. But I have to say that her … Continue reading Should Charity be a personal choice? Christmas Charity gifts
I originally posted about this a couple of years ago but it’s funny enough that I thought I would revisit it. Or click directly right here. Make sure you have the sound turned on. Watch and listen, there’s a whole bunch of little stories going on in that globe. But the real fun comes when … Continue reading Christmas Cheer re-revisited
Yep, the tree is old enough that you can still see some damage where those ancient 7-Watt Christmas bulbs had melted the fake pine needles. Michelle would much prefer to have a “real” tree. The center pole is pretty warped and nobody would ever mistake this for the real thing but I’m pretty attached to … Continue reading Putting together our *36* year-old artificial Christmas Tree
Even though I’d be perfectly happy just using our cell phones. Michelle is still not super comfortable with not having a landline (or at least something that approximates one). So, when AT&T was no longer able to support decent broadband to my house, I moved to Comcast’s broadband offering and then signed up with Vonage. … Continue reading Vonage (2nd time around) is a charm
Michelle opened our patio door to let out the cats and this guy came bounding in. The body alone is over an inch long, include the legs and this sucker’s just a smidge over two inches! I think she needs to change her underwear.
I was in Sams Club a couple of weeks ago and saw this home theater system was on sale so I noted it down and came home to check it out. While reading about it on Amazon I saw that it was pretty highly rated and nearly $100 less expensive. So I went ahead and … Continue reading Bose CineMate Digital Home Theater Speaker System
Also loosely (and probably poorly) translated – To Acquire, To Try, To Return. I had heard about MagicJack from our local consumer advisor “Clark Howard“. The idea is that you get this USB dongle-like piece of hardware that you plug into your computer, it runs a bit of software that allows your computer to work … Continue reading MagicJack – adipiscor, experior, remitto
“Twilight” by Stephenie Meyer is a very quick read. I found the book to be on a par with the movie in terms of complexity. It pretty much takes a straight path from beginning to end. I’m a sucker for any story that involves immortality and has some kind of “reveal” plot (where someone with … Continue reading Twilight
