The Old Women on the Corner

There were two older women neighbors when I moved in here. The first one, across the street from me, has her house facing the cross street. She had a cool Shepherd, a recycled military dog that she adopted. She told me how to go about it, but the list was too long. I've only had … Continue reading The Old Women on the Corner →

REEEEEEEE!

I was in a teams meeting last week going over a new (to us) learning platform. During the whole thing (which was an overview and hard sell), I was wondering just who was behind this. We have a methodology, we have authoring tools, we have a portal of sorts and are planning migration to a … Continue reading REEEEEEEE! →

Day of the Long Knives

My company had some days of the long knives this week. Fortunately, my boss told our group they were coming, and also that we probably wouldn't take a hit. Having little attention span for such things, I promptly forgot until I saw the first of my friends send a goodbye email. Then we had a … Continue reading Day of the Long Knives →

Welcome to Planet Real World

We're having a bit of a Tech meltdown. I've seen this one before. Got the t-shirt. Been my third, at least. What's different about this one is the sheer number of spoiled tech workers. I've seen videos from Twitter and Google employees. This is the latest one I've seen: https://youtu.be/7sGBLFi_WCI The Twitter one was nearly … Continue reading Welcome to Planet Real World →

End of an Era

Pat Buchanan hung up his keyboard. The man had a sense of clarity that few have today. I've spent the last 30 years or so reading his columns and books. Some books were epic - like his tome on WW2, which at the end explained how entangling alliances caused us no end of misery. Entangling … Continue reading End of an Era →

Not Good

It's been sunny and nice the last few days. So I've had time to size up the estate here. I'm thinking my olive trees took a beating in the little cold snap we had a few weeks ago. I covered them with heavy canvas, piled leaves around them, and put a heating pad at their … Continue reading Not Good →

A Damn Shame

Adam Piggot closed off his comments, just like Vox Day did awhile ago. Why? Gamma sperging, that's why. Can't say as I blame him. There's a population on the web that you can tell has never taken a shot to the gob for mouthing off. They feel entitled to leave horrible comments on blogs and … Continue reading A Damn Shame →

Open Letter to Gibsons

Gibsons is a bakery, actually more of a general store, in Oberlin, Ohio that's been in business for something like 137 years. It's a tiny town, and they are the only sort of store within walking distance where you can buy needful things, other than a Ben Franklin next door to it. They have about … Continue reading Open Letter to Gibsons →

P.J. O’Rourke, Dead at 74

P.J. O'Rourke pulled the croak chain this week. He was 74, and died of lung cancer. By my count, this was his second battle with Cancer, having ass cancer once before. I didn't make that up. He wrote about it. That was a funny piece, I tell you what. Of course, as they lionize him … Continue reading P.J. O’Rourke, Dead at 74 →

Superbowl of Suck

I'm not a sportsball fan. I can watch it. I understand it. I can talk about it. It's just not something that I care to invest any time or emotion whatsoever. I do watch the playoffs and superbowl, but in general, I have far better things to do with my time than gawp at the … Continue reading Superbowl of Suck →