Regular Life

I always believed I would look hideous with a shaved head. Only some sort of financial incentive would spur me to sport a cue ball. It would be more of a cue block, really, so to protect myself and others I’ve never entertained the notion.
It’s a good thing I don’t live in New [...]

I have heard it said that one should avoid relying on a single source for news.
You mean, like, even if that source is Jon Stewart? No. Way.
As a matter of fact, way.
In 2004 The Associated Press reported that, “21 percent of people aged 18 to 29 cited ‘The Daily Show’ and ‘Saturday Night Live’ [...]

I’m off work all week and we’re finally painting a few rooms in our house after living here almost three years. That’s a record for living in one home, by the way, in our nearly 16-year marriage.
Do not read the rest of this unless you like boring update posts that don’t have any real [...]

I once read that a blog was a place for one to share interesting and timely links with others, perhaps within a comment or two on the topics covered. Considering that almost zero of the blogs I read actually fit that description, I laughed and ignored this.
But here I am fitting in the mold [...]

What if someone you knew stacked huge hay bale walls and built a castle inside, unbeknownst to everyone but you? Would you tell? Would you use the word “unbeknownst” when telling about it?
How about this… could you keep it a secret for more than four years?
Well, unless Robert Fidler, 59, of England had [...]

“Hey, could you grab a Wal-Mart bag for me? I need something to put our shoes in for the trip.”
“Look at that Wal-Mart bag caught in that tree over there.”
These or similar phrases are not uncommon in our area. Whether or not you frequent Wal-Mart, I’m sure a clear image of that type of bag [...]

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A former co-worker of mine sent an e-mail that described the morning activities of three or four people who had jobs in one of the World Trade Center towers in New York City. These people, for one reason or another, were delayed September 11, 2001 and could not make it to [...]

Give it just a moment to start playing after you click the “play” button.

This is just the beginning of adventure for these guys.
If the above player either isn’t there or doesn’t work for you, then you may download the video here (I suggest saving it and then playing it):

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I first saw this late one night, and my brain refused to accept it. I was just driving into work for a planned hardware upgrade, not expecting earth-shattering kabooms. The next morning I captured the image above, where a truck had barely beat me to the first spot at the red light.
It just couldn’t be. [...]

A rival shows its face.