Our encounter with a fawn
Jul 30, 2008
Yesterday morning Cheria and I were driving down a narrow country road on the way to my mom’s house in rural Widener Valley, Virginia when we rounded a curve and saw this young fawn drinking from a “mudhole” beside the road. I slowly pulled up beside the young deer and stopped, fully expecting it to [...]
“That’s gonna kill you someday!”
Jul 24, 2008
My dad absolutely loved every kind of food that was bad for him. For example, he wanted at least one meal of biscuits and gravy every day, and if mom didn’t prepare it for him he would “fix it” himself. And he would rather have had a needle stuck into his eye than for you [...]
The planned obsolescence of computer software
Jul 22, 2008
One of my greatest pet peeves is the diabolical scheme that the software companies have devised to keep separating their loyal customers from their dollars: the strategy of planning for the eventual obsolescence of their own products.
If you’re like me you have no doubt noticed how there seems to be a new version of your [...]
Headlines that make your head spin
Jul 18, 2008
I logged onto my favorite “News” website this morning and saw the following headline:
“Citigroup posts $2.5B loss, but beats expectations”
Now I’m not very knowledgeable in the field of high finance, but it boggles my mind that a company can lose 2.5 BILLION dollars and have that fact be considered “better than expected”. Most Americans would consider losing [...]
Add a “Nofollow” check box for Wordpress Blogroll links
Jul 18, 2008
In my opinion, Wordpress is without a doubt the finest blog platform around. There is one glaring omission however…
When you add a link to the blogroll there is no easy way to mark it as “Nofollow”. But after doing a bit of research on the web I found a very simple way to add a [...]
Remembering Tony Snow
Jul 13, 2008
Our nation has lost a great patriot and a fine man with the sad passing of Tony Snow. In addition to serving two Presidents, Tony spent much of his adult life behind either a television camera or a radio microphone bringing us news and commentary on all things political.
Although he was a staunch conservative who [...]
The mixed legacy of President George W. Bush
Jul 4, 2008
George Walker Bush began his two terms as President in 2000 with a rare opportunity to push the conservative agenda to new heights and get positive results in many areas where others had failed. After all, the Republicans controlled both houses of Congress, and given his campaign promises to govern as a “compassionate conservative” the [...]
Godaddy.com’s tribute to Independence Day
Jul 3, 2008
Bob Parsons, the founder and CEO of Internet giant Godaddy.com isn’t at all shy when it comes to discussing his patriotism and his support for our troops. Click this link to watch Godaddy’s wonderful video tribute to Independence Day and all the fine men and women who work so hard to keep us all safe [...]
