A couple of years ago I wrote something to the effect of I hope for my former coworkers sake the light at the end of the tunnel isn’t an oncoming train or a hyper kid with glow sticks. Yesterday I got hit by the train – figuratively at least. My job is moving to Cincinnati […]

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The last few months I’ve been wanting to write a novel but kept putting it off.  Earlier this week I decided that I was going to do it by participating in NaNoWriMo – National Novel(la) Writing Month – that takes place every November. The goal is to write 50,000 words this month. I have one […]

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At some point very soon, I’m going to have to wipe the hard drive on my laptop and reinstall Windows.  The main problem is, I bought it used from work and got the key for this copy of Vista since it came with the computer, but I don’t think I have an installation disc for […]

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The Oatmeal had something interesting to say about Christopher Columbus.  Since Monday is Columbus Day – and Canadian Thanksgiving, I’d rather celebrate Canadian Thanksgiving. But Thanksgiving was always a time for family to get together, and I’m missing my family big time, so that’s why I’d prefer to celebrate Canadian Thanksgiving. In other news, I […]

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The last blue screen crash of my laptop gave me this error. Finally I have something to go on, though it sounds more and more like a hardware issue.

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No, the title of my post doesn’t mean I’m lonely, not really. My Marine son posted a picture today, and it made me realize how much he’s grown up.  I haven’t seen him in over 18 months.  In that time, he’s been deployed to Afghanistan.  He’s been on training exercises. He’s been changing. And he’s […]

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So things have been crazy lately. If you tried to check my site and it was down, or coming up unavailable, I apologize.  I forgot to renew my hosting.  Obviously, my brain has been elsewhere.  But at least I was able to keep all of the information, and everything is back up now. We now […]

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I keep seeing jokes about how people who ride on roller coasters end up getting sick.  I’ve never gotten sick on a roller coaster, even when my jaw was broken and I had to convince the carnies that I could ride the rides while my jaw was wired shut. Real roller coasters are fun.  My […]

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When you’re having brochures professionally done, you’re probably going to be spending a lot of money. Make sure your brochure is correctly spelled. Sight has to do with vision not the web. You want people to visit your web site

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