The (Other) End of the Internet

While I was typing the last post, I heard a commotion coming from the next room where Daughter Number Three and Daughter Number Four were taking turns on the computer. It seems that one of them ran two minutes past the agreed time limit for her turn and the other one literally took a swing […]

Did I mention that right before the recent bout of whatever it was started, we had another panicked false-alarm run to the hospital with Daughter Number One and soon-to-be granddaughter Number One?
It was realling looking serious, too. She was having contractions every 10 minutes, then every 5 minutes, then every 3 minutes, then, by the […]

My daughter - not the one headed for college tomorrow - pointed mt toward this video on youtube (sorry, I lost the link) called “Charlie goes to Candy Mountain”.
The short version: Charlie, a unicorn, is approached by two other unicorns who wake him from a nap and badger him into visiting Candy Mountain with them. […]

I guess it’s got something to do with the heat and how it makes people’s brains shut down. What else would make a person get in the car and drive for 30 minutes so they could walk around a store looking at quoizel lighting fixtures that they had no intention of buying when they bgan […]

You hear a lot these days about all-natural health care. I don’t know if everyone thinks this way, or if it’s just me, but I find myself wanting to know more about some “all-natural” cures before trying them. There’s an online forum where you can discuss things like Breast Actives or learn about Provillus or […]

I just can’t get over how hot it is this summer. I don’t know if it’s actually hotter than it’s ever been before or if it’s because the heat has had a bad effect on me ever since I started having heart trouble.
Yesterday I was out in the heat all day because I drove my […]

Well, I’ve been at it again. I know every time I mention cell phones start in on a rant about how I don’t understand why a phone can’t just be a phone any more but, in spite of all my ranting, I’ve got this ‘tech junkie’ gene I was born with. That gene causes […]

Is it just me or does there seem to be something inheritly sinister about the phrase “electric shower”? I am a firm believer that electricity and water should not be mixed - especially if I’m standing with the water in question spraying on my body!
In truth, the only ‘electric’ part of an electric shower is […]

Well, it’s official. Now that we have two teenaged drivers in the house, it’s time to start looking for better car insurance rates. These kids are both pretty good drivers, but insurance companies tend to hold their age against them. A few thousand years ago, when I was a teen, I didn’t think that was […]

You’ve been in the neighborhood convenience store and handed them your credit card to pay for a tank of gas, haven’t you? Have you ever paid any attention to that little card reader that the attendant swipes your card through? That is what’s known as POS equipment. POS does not stand for what you’re probably […]