10 things I could have tweeted this weekend, if I had had Internet or 4G service in the Galax VA area.
1- The T-Mobile website lies about coverage in the Galax area. There is none – no voice, no data, nothing.
2- I just scrolled through 500 channels on DirectTV and …
In my 12 years on Twitter I’ve gone viral twice. The first time was 2015 and it was a stupid Dilbert cartoon. At least this time I added a line of my own commentary to a retweet. My tweets self-destruct after 14 days so this is mostly just to save …
What better day to visit the country’s newest civil war museum than July 4th?
The tldr; version is that this is a very well done museum. The focus is on telling the story of the civil war through the suffering of the people involved. And by people I mean …
What better day to visit the country’s newest civil war museum than July 4th?
The tldr; version is that this is a very well done museum. The focus is on telling the story of the civil war through the suffering of the people involved. And by people I mean …
Less Internet = Better Honeymoons?
It’s not often I write a blog post and the world validates my opinion so quickly the next post is on the same subject. But here we are. This NYT article is nuts. It’s about some couples who feel like they ruined their honeymoons …
I read an article over the weekend about how the overwhelming number of choices you get when using Amazon and other sites is causing people to turn away from those sites. I just spent 15 minutes trying to find that article again and I can’t. So maybe I dreamed …
At a time when it looks like we may be here to experience a real post-apocalyptic world, this richly realized picture of earth about a century after the fall of humanity is a compelling setting for what is ultimately a hopeful and uplifting novel.
“The Gelding”, in which just about …
Our first date was Feb 21, 1987. I’ve told that story. This is the story of a later date. I don’t remember when exactly; sometime between that first date and the end of the semester. I think we were back at her house in Zionsville, IN and I think it …
A couple of years ago I occupied myself while Michelle was recovering from cancer treatment by finally organizing the 5000 odd baseball cards I had in boxes in the closet. At the time I thought I was just making use of the downtime to downsize a bit since we were …
Sometime in the last week or so Facebook has killed the one feature I rely on to use it. As I’ve documented here previously, I unfollowed everybody on Facebook a couple of years ago. It renders my Facebook wall useless. Many days the only updates on my wall are a …
