Happy Sherlock Holmes Day! This is the day all Sherlockians celebrate, as well as being Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s birthday. I’ve had a long history… Read More »It’s not always so elementary, my dear Watson.

For the twelfth time I see the message that has been taunting me. Incorrect password. I pulled an old laptop out of storage to see… Read More »Sometimes old tech is best

We took the last of the books in to sell at the resale shop this afternoon. It’s the end of an era. Many of them… Read More »The final book purge

Today felt both productive and not productive at the same time. On the productive side, we got a bunch of things out the door and… Read More »Getting shtuff out of the house

The wife woke me up at 3:30 AM. She had to get up and went to the living room to watch TV. I tried to… Read More »No sleep until …

It’s been another one of those days. Was awakened at 3:00 AM by the wife, then again at 5:30 AM by the wee dog, then… Read More »Too tired to think

The wife’s favorite carbonated beverage is Diet Mt. Dew. I don’t like the shtuff myself, can’t stand the taste of it, but hey, to each… Read More »The Case of the Missing Diet Mt. Dew

So, my wife’s first husband died seven years ago. Last year, their banking institution, from here on out referred to as The Bank, sent a… Read More »The Bank of Ferengi

Tonight is little more than a placeholder to keep the streak going, my Hordeling. Been busy packing and getting things out of the house today.… Read More »Too much going on

“Why won’t this let me type anything?” the wife stated from across the room. We were sitting in the study where we have our computers.… Read More »The Mystery of the Non-functional Wireless Keyboard