Posted in home on Mar 8th, 2008
A while back, I promised Autumn I would give CFLs a real try. In my office, I use CFLs in the fan, but have kept a 60 watt soft white bulb in my reading lamp. The idea has been that I use the fan light when I need “serious light” (it has three [...]
Posted in home on Feb 27th, 2008
I read not too long ago that children do not have a fully developed sense of taste. As a parent, I can say that there is no doubt to the truth of this. My kids seem to have a disdain for anything that smacks of deliciousness. As inconvenient as this may be, [...]
Posted in home on Feb 24th, 2008
What’s the deal with books?
Even if I’ll never read them, some books just have a peculiar hold on me. As part of her garage cleaning project, my wife just had me go through a huge pile of books and pick out the ones I can’t live without.
These books have been packed away in the [...]
Posted in home on Jan 27th, 2008
Uttering disparaging comments about Shiner in this part of Texas is paramount to sacrilege. Be that as it may, I jumped off the Shiner-train a few years ago when I started developing symptoms of a condition known as “The Shiner Sh*ts”.
When I first heard of this malady, I thought it was just a clever [...]
Posted in home on Jan 27th, 2008
This is just awful! An entire week with no post? What the hizzie?
To be honest, I’ve been putting a fair amount of free time into my first Facebook app (you might remember this is one of my 2008 resolutions). The learning curve on this isn’t all that steep, but I’ve made the [...]