While downloading the first two episodes of Season 2 of The Walking Dead (my DVR didn’t get them for some reason) I went down the rabbit hole of clicking random posts in the “Possibly Related Posts” list. This blog used to be good. I found funny writing, I found epic fiskings of stupid homeschool related […]
Ghost in the Wires: My Adventures as the World’s Most Wanted Hacker is Kevin Mitnick’s memoirs of his life as the most notorious hacker in America. For a guy that attracted so much attention from law enforcement, he did remarkably little damage. It reads like a thriller, with Kevin frequently not that far ahead of […]
They also did a straight Training Test 1, which didn’t focus properly, and Training test 2, which somebody has requested not be put online because she may have been on the wrong diagonal. Possibly Related Posts:Kids herding cows on horsesHomeschoolers are WeirdMerry Christmas from all of us at ODonnellWeb2011 Memorial Day in FredericksburgGoing out in […]
Recent issues with my 1997 Mazda 626 have made it apparent that we needed a vehicle in the family with less than 100,000 miles on it (It is at 177K). The Durango just passed 100K, and at 14 mpg around town, we don’t really want to use it as our daily teen transporter. I had […]
9131 days ago (February 21, 1987) I met the woman that would become my wife. It was not love at first sight. In fact, she was way more interested in one of my frat brothers that evening that she was me. Lucky for her, my good looks and charm won out in the end The […]
Could such a go-it-alone ideology ever be truly progressive—by which I mean, does homeschooling serve the interests not just of those who are doing it, but of society as a whole? via Homeschooling and unschooling among liberals and progressives. – Slate Magazine. WTF? In what universe are engaged, educated, independent kids not good for society […]
The technology gremlins are running amok in my house over the last week. My wife’s desktop has some sort of file system error that causes it to take about 15 minutes to boot. Once up, it seems to function normally, although it will lock up if left unattended for a few hours. Not sure what […]
After numerous attempts to validate my sense of humor in the Free-Lance Star cartoon caption contest, I have finally made the Final 4. Please click through and vote for the one starting with, “Finally, somebody who understands…” http://blogs.fredericksburg.com/toontalk/2012/02/08/caption-contest-156-finalists/ If you don’t think mine is the funniest, vote for it anyway Voting ends at noon on […]
The latest Hardcore History podcast elegantly covers about 500 years of history in four years; from the Fall of Rome in the 476 CE through the general Christianization of the Germanic tribes shortly before the Crusades. Coincidently, my son and I spent about 4 hours in the car driving back and forth to Richmond this […]
I had some time to kill in Richmond today, so I took a walk with my camera down Monument Avenue in Richmond VA. Monument Ave is generally considered one of the best streets in any city, due primarily to the 6 large monuments to Southern heroes that dominate the street scape. I’ve driven through the […]
