Bob Ross! Read something recently about a thing called "twitch" (which is now a part of Amazon). Apparently it's an iPad/iPhone app, and it streams "stuff". The thing that caught my attention is that they are now streaming a marathon of Bob Ross painting shows...ALL ~380 of them. The "twitch" app is free, and the streaming service is free as well. So, if you want to watch Bob Ross, download the … [Read more...]
Racial discrimination during jury selection
November 2, 2015 By
Racial discrimination during jury selection (opens in a new window) Racial discrimination during jury selection - by prosecutors. In this day and age?? By definition, a jury is impartial, and here we have officers of the court creating non-impartial juries. Why not do a "blind audition" similar to what orchestras do when auditioning musician candidates - place them behind a screen, in order to … [Read more...]
Lailah texting me
October 28, 2015 By
Earlier this evening I received a text from the little girl, asking if she could babysit me tomorrow - I love getting texts like this one - of course I said "Yes!". [twice now, two weeks in a row] She. Is. The. Best. GranPaBrian-Sitter. … [Read more...]
Middle of my final semester at Saint Thomas
October 28, 2015 By
It's now the middle of my final semester. Just six more class sessions to go, then the final exam - there is no mid-term exam. i was just looking at my "grade history", and noticed two different and distinct patterns: It seems I always receive "A"s in my Fall semesters, and "B"s in my Spring semesters. My two summer sessions were a mix, one summer session I received an "A", the other was a "B". … [Read more...]
Marlboro Brand now being used for marijuana cigarettes
October 27, 2015 By
"Branding" of Marijuana Cigarettes (opens in a new window) Way, way back when I was a clueless 6th grader (around 1970/71), I read a 'science fiction' short story/book). It was about a group of people ("hippies") living during "caveman" times, and they were talking about the invention of various things, one example being "art", with one caveman/hippie throwing pieces of bloody meat on the cave … [Read more...]
Sad story in newspaper today
October 24, 2015 By
Sad story follows, sorry. I was in line today at the grocery store, and it was taking a bit longer than usual, so I picked up the nearby newspaper from the rack, and was glancing at the front page news. Saw the sad headline of a 24 yr old mom (in STP), coming home after working a 10 hour day, interrupting a burglary in her home. The three men inside her home told her to get on the floor, and … [Read more...]
Re-Reading “The Girl…Dragon Tattoo”, part 2
October 24, 2015 By
Hmm, an update to my Stieg Larsson ("The girl with the dragon tattoo") book reading. If you remember, I had already read the first two books around 4-5 yrs ago. Got a bit burned out after reading them back to back, and never went back to the final book of the trilogy. This was where I was about a month or so ago with my original post on this topic. Since then, I've now re-read book 2 ("The girl … [Read more...]
Peeve: Talking during a movie in the theater
October 22, 2015 By
I was having a conversation (with RML) last night, about people talking in a movie theatre - this person knows how I typically react, and mentioned to me they think I'm trying to be "confrontational" (by my asking the person talking in the theater, "could you please be quiet?"). No, I replied, I'm not trying to be confrontational, I'm trying to get them to "shut the heck up!" So, my question is, … [Read more...]
Baking and Banana Bread!
October 22, 2015 By
My thanks goes to Yvonne Van West, a few months ago, I was lamenting about a portion of my bananas going to waste since I tend to buy a bunch of six, but only get to eat three or four before they "over-ripe". Yvonne was brilliant in sharing with me that I could be making banana bread from the unused ones. So, I got myself a banana bread mix recently, and made my first ever batch of banana bread … [Read more...]
Lailah and recent MN Zoo outing
October 22, 2015 By
After doing our usual indoor play activities from 10am until about 1pm, Lailah and I drove over to the MN Zoo (it's really nice being only 5 mins away). We then spent ~three hours walking around the outdoor animals, like the "Takin", the Asian Wild Dog, the prairie dogs (she loved those little guys, popping up out of their tunnel holes), the Moose, the Camels, the Leopard, the Wild Boars, and we … [Read more...]
