The (Other) End of the Internet

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The Helios project, as I understand it based on 5 minutes worth of research, is a project to provide free computers to kids who would […]

On this date in 1975, A steel freighter named the Edmond Fitzgerald was lost in Lake Superior. All twenty-nine men on board were lost. I cannot honestly say I remember it happening, but only because at the age of eleven I never bothered watching the evening news. The following year, Gordon Lightfoot released a song […]

I heard this from my eighth-grade daughter yesterday and today and I’m still not quite able to believe it.
As a little background information, once a year the schools in Arkansas give their students the Benchmark tests. This is a government-mandated test that is part of the wonder that is “No Child Left Behind”. In […]

The other day I mentioned the flea market down the road. I noticed last night that it isn’t a flea market any more. Now it’s the home base for some sort of taxi service, I think. In a way, that’s a good thing because this end of the internet is severely lacking in any form […]

One thing I noticed while attending the graduation ceremony today was the amazing number of people who didn’t seem to think it was a formal occasion. There was mention of that fact in the letter from the school detailing when and where the commencement exercises would be, so I broke down and dug out a […]

Today I’m mourning the passing of a truly great individual.
I knew he was in poor health and not long for this Earth, but I only learned of his death when I Stumbled Upon this page:

Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend, Common Sense, who has been with us […]

There was a time when I used to be on top of all the newest geeky gadgets and computer-related toys. I wonder what happened. I was looking through an electronics catalog that arrived while I was bedridden these last few days and I’m seeing things like cat5 cables and KVM switches and all I can […]

If you live anywhere near this end of the internet then you’ve probably heard so much about Arkansas State University changing its mascot that you’re probably ready to scream. Well, brace yourself, because here I go again.
In case you’ve been living under a rock (or at the other end of the internet), the reason for […]

As I was on the way home last night, a tornado was moving through town. I got just a little bit closer to it than I should have. The van I was driving spun 180 degrees so that it was facing the oncoming traffic and then it jumped up into the air and started spinning. […]

In another post earlier today I was complaining about how people seem to have forgotten the significance of what happened six years ago today. Here is a shining example.
My two youngest girls came home from school today and informed us that the school had an assembly today about Sept. 11th. They, however, couldn’t tell us […]