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January 31, 2023

An extreme foodie is invited to an exclusive dinner party, inviting a last minute girlfriend to go along with him. The girfriend, Margot, is not easily impressed, and has a

Home Greenhouse-Keep Your Deck Plants Outside All Year

February 13, 2022

So, I got tired of bringing the plants inside the house every Fall. Several of them are pretty large (and heavy), you can’t see where you’re going when you’re carrying

Florida with Tristan and Ethan

Florida with Tristan and Ethan

July 19, 2021

Since we weren’t able to fly to Mexico this year, aka “The world has gone nuts over the virus,” and we needed to take a week or lose it with

TV Guide for cordcutters

TV Guide for cordcutters

June 7, 2017

I’ve been frustrated by normal TV guides when it comes to showing OTA channels. I’m sorry, but I just can’t remember what channels are represented by 8.2, 35.3, etc. And

How Did These Giant Telescope Predictions Work Out?

January 12, 2017

I was culling my stash of old Sky & Tel magazines and ran across this article from 2000 about future telescopes. Here’s how that worked out: Next Generation Telescope was

Amazon Dot–Now This is Home Automation

Amazon Dot–Now This is Home Automation

November 28, 2016

I’m having a ball with this thing. Its real power is when you combine it with a Harmony smart remote. This morning, KK said she liked my 2nd wife–she turned

Millipede on Your PC

November 12, 2015

I cannot believe how good this game is. You youngsters won’t be able to identify, but you should try it. Even with a mouse, it’s addictive. I used to spend

Skeptical of Skeptic Magazine

February 12, 2015

Ever hear of Skeptic Magazine? I browse it once in a while, and most of the articles have good logic. But a couple of times I have found articles that

The Downside of eBooks

November 10, 2012

I saw a post on audiobooks, where a frequent contributor was lamenting the fact that he couldn’t find newly released books on Amazon, yet could find them on audiobooks.com (sells

1:30 am–No, this cab’s not going anywhere

April 7, 2012

I never envisioned the last leg of my vacation ending like this–who could have seen this coming? My plane landed at Reagan National last night at midnight, 10 minutes ahead

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