Back when I first got a cell phone in September of 2001, I got it mainly for emergency purposes. To that end, my cell phone service has more than paid for itself, based solely on an incident in October of the following year when Dad called to tell me that my car was leaking transmission fluid, and that if I’d tried to drive it I probably would have wrecked the whole transmission. There have been other times over the years when I’ve had to use…
We have finally gotten to that point in this part of the country where we are seeing a substantial amount of green outside. I always seem to misremember just when to expect the leaves to start growing on the trees; I think that starts earlier than it does. Now, finally, trees are beginning to grow leaves, and the grass is turning a healthy shade of green, at least where it’s being maintained. The paradox of Michigan’s highways — that the grass beside them can look…
There have been some pretty big changes in my life so far this year. Part of the reason my posts here have slowed to a trickle is that I just haven’t had the kind of time to devote to the .org that I’ve had in the past. I’ve still got lots of potential topics on my trusty whiteboard, but finding the time and focus to write a proper entry on them has been difficult lately. It probably doesn’t help that I’ve been Twittering more than…
Although I’m not the strongest believer in numerology and related sciences, I do think that they deserve paying attention to, and that made this past week and a half so odd for me. It started with the second Friday the 13th in as many months a couple of weeks ago, then moved straight on to Pi Day (remember, I was always much better at maths than English growing up, so I still note Pi Day and Mole Day and all of those things), and then…
I don’t really advertise the fact that I keep pages on MySpace and Facebook. Yes, I put the links on the sidebar of my Website, but I don’t talk about them that much because I don’t have a real interest in "recruiting" new "friends" on either site. The only real reason I have accounts on them is because some of the people I’ve met over the years have taken to them so much that messaging them on those Websites is often the only reliable way…