I'll admit to rolling through my share of stop signs when no cars are around or they're heading my way. But I'll slow down at intersections to make sure there's no cross traffic. And I stop if someone else has the right-of-way ( Read more... )

Among tidings of joy and goodwill to all around the world, there's someone that I'd like to get a lump of coal this year. The idiot that decided to map the delete key in a web browser to "go back". When editing forms, it's not uncommon for me to hit backspace if I want to change something. And depending on the control that's selected, "delete" ( Read more... )

So, how come Roomba doesn't have a version to clean up after sick dogs?

I'd pay big bucks for that one. Because that's *really* when you want to let a robot do the work...

We were downtown at Barkitecture this last weekend. And I finally noticed how cops lock up their bikes. U-locks are so passé.

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Just got a phone survey from Lamar Smith's office.

Yes, I'm a registered voter. But you should have also asked if I lived in your district. While I'm glad that some congressman asked for my opinions, you're not mine.

Also, next time don't say how you voted before asking about my opinion. Seems like a push-poll to me.

Need a good laugh? Here's our summer corn harvest:


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Mom was in town for a few days about a week ago. While she was here we used her handicap parking tag to limit the amount of walking she needed to do. So, during her trip we mostly got to have rock-star parking wherever we went. But not all places had enough handicapped parking for their clientele ( Read more... )

We had a belated anniversary celebration down in Corpus Christi this last weekend. While driving around on Saturday we saw folks lining up for a parade during the day. Hey, a night parade on our vacation. Why not ( Read more... )

Got up early this morning. Watered the veggie garden. Trimmed Jacques' bangs so he can see.

Does that make me a farmer-barber?

As for the getting-up early department, Boo got himself stuck under the bed twice between midnight and sunup. It sucks to be an old dog.