Wikipedia is my downfall. My interest in learning is my downfall. Case in point: I started to read the latest John Sandford murder mystery a few days ago. Usually his stories are based in and around the Twin Cities since that is where he’s from. This book, though, follows his protagonist to Washington, D.C. I get distracted by something the author mentions regarding D.C., and there I go, down the … [Read more...]
quote from randy peprock re pandemic re-opening
May 22, 2020 By
“Reopening everything and pretending like the pandemic is all over is like when you're watching a Friday the 13th movie and you think it's safe for the campers to come out of hiding after Jason is "killed", and then he jumps back out of the lake with a butcher knife. Stay safe. We're not out of the woods yet.” … [Read more...]
Vigilante murder in Georgia
May 14, 2020 By
Vigilante/cold blooded murderer/redneck: (paraphrasing) “well, I thought he had a gun, he reached into his pants”. The young man in question, was out jogging, and had shorts on. Here are my thoughts: When I wear shorts to go to the store, i usually carry my cell phone and my wallet in my short’s pockets, having just those two items tend to weigh down the shorts at times, causing me to have to … [Read more...]
Pandemic – reopening – rude people
May 11, 2020 By
What is the world (i.e., these United States) coming to? A small business owner runs an ice cream parlor, and re-opens his business with social distancing rules for ordering, etc., and within the first day (or evening), people coming into the place are so rude to his staff that he has to then close it up again. It’s just ice cream, folks. You can live without … [Read more...]
Trump – fake news
February 13, 2019 By
Here’s a great quote. It’s from an article at Bloomberg.com regarding the financial state of the parent publishing company of the National Enquirer (they apparently have a negative net worth - their debt/liabilities exceeding their assets). “...Trump said last month that the National Enquirer produced ‘far more accurate’ news stories than the Bezos-owned Washington … [Read more...]
Charter cable – argh
February 13, 2019 By
I go online to charter/spectrum, and want to check out how much it’s going to cost me to add a new service to my account. They will provide pricing (via the web) if it’s a brand new account, BUT will not provide pricing if it’s an existing account. They force you into talking via phone or online chat to a live person. So, I open a stupid chat session, after actually logging into my spectrum … [Read more...]
Bezos and Nat’l Enquirer story
February 11, 2019 By
Re: the Jeff Bezos, National Enquirer story and then totally unrelated Re: Alex Jones/Infowars website/“talk show”. I think, if I were Mr. Bezos, with the wealth he has, I would just buy up the parent company, if they were publicly listed on a stock exchange, and then shut them down. For the National Enquirer, it seems they are owned by a larger firm (Which also owns several other mags), so the … [Read more...]
movie theme songs
February 5, 2019 By
Why is “Superman” (the movie theme song) playing in my head at one in the morning? … [Read more...]
Jury duty day 2
February 5, 2019 By
Day two of sitting in the basement of Dakota County Courthouse, waiting to be selected (or not selected) for a jury trial. Me, and several dozen of my “closest friends”, twiddling our thumbs... Will provide an update at the end of the day. … [Read more...]
“Executive time”
February 4, 2019 By
Boy, I really need to take some executive time. I’ll either be in the residence napping, watching Fox News, or twittering for hours on end. If either of my pals, Vlad, or Kim Jong-un call, please wake me up - I love talking to them, they’re my BFFs! To heck with this leading the nation nonsense, it obviously can run very well without me. I don’t understand why people think this job is so hard?? … [Read more...]
