Leaving DISH Network Behind
We changed banks recently and we had some accounts that were set to autopay withdrawing from the closed bank account. Due to several factors we ended up missing last month’s DISH payment. When we went…
Raiders of the Lost Luggage
“I need a small piece of luggage, about this big.” My wife holds up her hands to indicate how big of a piece of luggage she wants. “And where would said piece of luggage be?”…
Random reboots – WTF?
Back in January I noted that my computer was randomly rebooting itself that evening and consequently I had a very short post. Since then, my computer has been randomly rebooting itself with no rhyme or…
Pomsky: The Shedding
We had a Siberian Husky named Sugar Bear up until around two years ago when he had to be put down. He was six feet long from the tip of his nose to the tip…
It’s uncanny!
So, the wife says to me “I just started watching a movie. I think it’s horror but its about a bunch of gamers. I think you’d like it.” I sit down to watch it with…
The Ides Of March and a Nerf Tradition
The Romans had an odd calendar. They didn’t count every day of the month, but instead they went forward or backward from different points within the month. There were the Nones, which were the 5th…
Happy Pi Day!
Today is the day mathematicians and other people with an interest in math and science celebrate in grand style, for today is Pi Day! Pi is one of the letters of the Greek alphabet. It…
Car shopping, Part II
Another early start to the day. Over the span of nine hours we hit three more dealerships, test drove four more cars, and finally decided on a car. Five of the nine hours were spent…
Car shopping
I must start off by saying that shopping is not my idea of a good time. Unless it’s books. Shopping for books rocks! We got up and out the door early. We hit a total…
Sleep deprived
For three decades I worked as a programmer, mainly developing web apps using the ColdFusion language. I got started in the wild west days of the early World Wide Web. Back when HTML was the…