Terry Barker's personal blog about life and family

Home Greenhouse-Keep Your Deck Plants Outside All Year

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 … Read more

Florida with Tristan and Ethan

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 … Read more

TV Guide for cordcutters

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 … Read more

How Did These Giant Telescope Predictions Work Out?

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 … Read more

Amazon Dot–Now This is Home Automation

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 … Read more

Millipede on Your PC

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 … Read more

Skeptical of Skeptic Magazine

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 … Read more

The Downside of eBooks

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 … Read more

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

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 … Read more

Officer, why are you in my room with a flashlight?

I was talking with my landlady last night, and she asked me if I was upset about the cops coming into my room. Say what? This is another episode of … Read more