Have you ever noticed that "Bowling" and "Blowing" are anagrams?  Stay with me here... it's apropos!  Really!  I shall begin with a commentary on how this anagram relates to balls ( Read more... )

I happen to live within hiking distance of a popular outdoor concert venue... a venue at which one of the most influential bands of my guitar-playing career was performing:  Megadeth!

Yes... Megadeth... I am one of those people.  The first time I remember hearing of this band was in middle school.  Some drug-addict-looking kid came into school ( Read more... )

Short background:  While I was in Austria, I became fast friends with quite a few people, the trip leaders among them.  After all was said and done, Terry, the Austria trip leader, encouraged me to apply for a trip leader position for the 07-08 ski season.  Actually, he wanted me to assist on his trip ( Read more... )

I have just discovered the reason why the French and English don't seem to get along, and I have discovered why the British have a fascination with large bell towers.  It all comes down to the use of language, the propensity of a large group of people to mutilate said language, and the longing of others to drown out their din with a more pleasant ( Read more... )

More than a year go, my deepest fear about entering into a relationship was that it would end up playing out much the way it did.  In the background, my subconscious wonders if it was a self-fulfilling prophecy, or if I just should have trusted my instincts.  Either way, it was devastating, but I sometimes get the notion that I'll have an easier ( Read more... )

I think the goal I have in mind for this short writing today is to remind everyone how important it is to make the time to seriously talk to the people you love.  And I don't mean "Hi, how are you, nice weather," and all that.  Make real time for them.  Let them know everything you are feeling and why.  Say it in clear and unambiguous language, ( Read more... )

Has it really been a month and a half?  Time sure does fly around here.  I haven't even posted stories from Austria yet... how embarrassing.  Well, that will have to wait for the time being, as I must fill out a trip leader application for Switzerland.  :-)  Yeah, I might be going to Switzerland next year ( Read more... )

Yes, it had to be done.  How often is quoting Julie Andrews actually apropos ( Read more... )

I hate it when people ask Stupid Questions™ on an open forum.  It invites Stupid Answers™.  Observe the following Stupid Question™ which was recently posted on a programming forum.  I apologize to all the non-programmers who may read this.

Here is a basic computer programming question ( Read more... )

Q:  When was the last time you heard Digital Underground's "Humpty Dance" on the radio?
A:  Today, 5:10 pm.  Jack FM in Baltimore, 102.7

No, that's not the punchline yet.  Wait for it....

Q:  What did they follow it up with?
A:  Kix, "The Itch"   ("I got the itch!  I got it!   I got the itch!")

Enough said.