Regular Life

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While I appreciate auto-flush toilets on a sanitary level (although generally I spare myself that problem by flushing with my foot), I hate the stupid things. I get my protective paper layer all nicely laid out, then I straighten up to turn around and sit, and the infernal thing flushes and splashes [...]

Unbelievable. I hate getting into the Mac vs. Windows debates, but I’m starting to understand why the Mac’s controlled hardware environment is attractive to an increasing number of people.
About two years ago, I wrote about my excitement at receiving great video editing software, Adobe Premiere Elements 2.0, for Christmas. Turned out, however, that [...]

Is there a site you like to read, but it posts new material sporadically? Do you get tired of using bookmarks (Favorites), or (even worse) manually typing in a URL every time you want to check a site for new content? Would you like to keep up with comments on a blog post without having [...]

Man in the Know: Dang, we shut that place down! That bartender never knew what hit him.
He Who is Clueless: Well, I know what just hit me. I gotta take a leak. You think he’ll let me back in?
MITK: Dude, don’t even ask. Haven’t you heard about the Urilift?
HWIC: The you’re a what?
MITK: The Urilift. [...]

My page-a-day calendar mentioned this invention, and I had to share.
It’s a washing machine for pets.
Here’s a page (with images) on the company’s website.
One groomer’s website suggests (with pic) that kids can join in, too. He seems like he couldn’t be happier.
One of the inventors of the Lavakan (Spanish for, roughly, “dog washer”), mentioned that [...]

(Note: The final chapter of “Apartment Life Returns” is now available. Thanks for reading. Enjoy. If you’d like to read it all at once starting now, then go here.)

Some engineers have all the fun. (figure out how it’s supposed to look before watching the video)
Okay, so I don’t know that it took an engineer to [...]

(”Apartment Life Returns,” new with more intrigue, continues for all who click here)
Binaural Tendencies
Almost a year ago, I mentioned binaural recordings in a post called “You Really Orta Hear This.” This time, feast your ears on a little slice of our lives. If you wear headphones or earbuds for this, you might swear we’re in [...]

This is my feeble attempt to make my picture match the topic of my post. The young lady who wrote this had finally decided we were meant to date, not just be friends, on the same night I had given up on her. What was my gift to her? A mix tape. Her gift confirmed [...]

(For today, you may preview and/or download “Noel Sing We” from my Free Christmas Song Each Day page)
Wednesday morning, we were out of milk, and with the holiday eating season already in full swing, my resistance was low. I stopped at McDonald’s on the way into work.
I happened to be testing my recorder’s ability to [...]

(Two songs, “Gaudete” and “The Holly and the Ivy,” are available on my Free Christmas Song Each Day page)
Wednesday last week, when our van was in the shop, Shannon and Ben brought me into work. For his part, the boy spent the 25-minute commute munching on his Organic Mini-Wheats and sucking milk from a sippy [...]