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Tropical Storm Hilary hits Southern California...A day or two ago Hilary was a hurricane and weakened to a tropical storm as it crossed Baja and Southern California. Now the winds are less than 50 mi... | 174 | 2 | 0 | Aug 2023 | Aug 2023 | May 4 |
Travelin' Man...I'm not sure why the Ricky Nelson song Travelin' Man popped into my head. For me, Sunday morning usually means 4 hours at the model aircraft field but... | 196 | 0 | 0 | Aug 2023 | May 5 | |
Ginger Baker's Air Force...I was heavily influenced by the 'supergroup' Cream. When they disbanded, drummer Ginger Baker teamed up with Traffic singer, guitarist, keyboardist St... | 410 | 1 | 0 | Mar 2022 | Apr 2022 | May 9 |
Don't answer the phone...There was a time I answered every call. My position was sales manager and I had to communicate with new people all the time. It was time consuming to... | 1,169 | 12 | 0 | Dec 2020 | Jan 2021 | May 2 |
Greyhound...I was out running errands and saw a guy walking his dogs. Not your usual breed. These were Greyhounds. Two of them with long leashes and he was joggin... | 614 | 5 | 0 | Dec 2020 | Dec 2020 | May 9 |
They had a White Christmas in the Florida Keys...No, it didn't snow there. Cocaine was found in 'bricks' floating in Federal waters down in the Lower Keys. According to the Monroe County marine patro... | 330 | 2 | 0 | Dec 2020 | Dec 2020 | 9 hrs ago |
Admiral, there be whales here!Another Star Trek marathon and I'm obsessing. This time, it's STAR TREK IV - The Voyage Home. [... | 471 | 16 | 0 | Nov 2020 | Dec 2020 | May 7 |
Utah Monolith...The Utah Department of Public Safety department helicopter was helping Utah Division of Wildlife Resource and spotted a tall metallic monolith in a re... | 606 | 8 | 0 | Nov 2020 | Dec 2020 | May 8 |
Botched Tattoos...I followed a link from one site that linked to another site, then to another. It was about people who have excessive tattoos and have regretted gettin... | 280 | 3 | 0 | May 2022 | May 2022 | May 10 |
Cliff diving...A horrible story about a 31-year old Dutch man on vacation in Spain decides to do a cliff diving stunt while his wife captures the video event in a ne... | 356 | 6 | 0 | May 2022 | Jun 2022 | Apr 28 |
DING DING DING Ding Ding Ding ding ding ding... DOPPLERI'm sure everyone has heard the name Doppler. Yeah... but what is it? The Doppler effect (or Doppler shift) is most noted in sound waves when a train... | 406 | 3 | 0 | May 2022 | May 2022 | May 8 |
YouTube overload...Friday... 6pm and I'm unable to get any YouTube videos to play. Checking my bandwidth connection and 3 sites confirmed I'm getting downloads greater... | 388 | 6 | 0 | May 2021 | May 2021 | May 10 |
Sleep deprivation... and the VBAROn the weekends I usually go into hobby obsession mode doing maintenance and charging batteries for model helicopter flying sessions the next morning.... | 333 | 4 | 0 | May 2021 | May 2021 | May 10 |
Beatle Boots...Yeah, I always wanted a pair of Beatle Boots. The closest I came to that fashion was a shoe with stitched on spats. They didn't look anything like Bea... | 615 | 11 | 0 | May 2021 | May 2021 | May 10 |
False Flag...There are a few meanings/definitions for false flag. One is a flag flown to disguise the nationality or affiliation of a vessel, vehicle, or base of... | 375 | 6 | 0 | Jun 2022 | Jun 2022 | May 9 |
Snow Birds...Seasonal residents of South Florida are often called Snow Birds. Many of them have their cars shipped down by trailer during the winter months. You ca... | 216 | 0 | 0 | Jun 2022 | May 9 | |
3-4 days of solid rain...The first storm of the season crept up from Mexico Yucatan Peninsula into the Gulf of Mexico and is dragging itself across Florida, from Orlando downw... | 225 | 1 | 0 | Jun 2022 | Jun 2022 | May 2 |
Maybe Jada should have been slapped...Will Smith and Jada Pinkett appear at the Oscars ceremony and comedian Chris Rock jokingly comments about Jada's hair loss. Will walks up to the stage... | 263 | 0 | 0 | Apr 2022 | May 3 | |
chatillion's laser operated motor conk-out gadget...Years ago I blogged about patenting a device that when pointed at a vehicle and pressing a button it would send a burst of energy knocking out the com... | 310 | 3 | 0 | Apr 2022 | Apr 2022 | May 1 |
Southerners call it a whoopin'I must have been 12 or 13 years old when my father was pushing us along to get ready and go out. What was I doing? Probably watching TV. He said "Get... | 317 | 0 | 0 | May 2022 | May 2022 | May 8 |
I'm guilty...The CS blog community has a (relatively) recent arrival who writes some nice blogs and doesn't appear to have any personality quirks that are often fo... | 302 | 3 | 0 | May 2022 | May 2022 | May 6 |
Roadside vendors...I usually spend my weekends at the county park about 6 miles from my home. The route is a well traveled road with businesses leading out to farmland.... | 318 | 4 | 0 | May 2022 | May 2022 | May 8 |
Dying to Be Apart...Got 48 minutes? I suggest you watch this very moving video about twins Ladan and Laleh Bijanic conjoined at the head, who went through a pioneering su... | 828 | 6 | 0 | May 2022 | Jun 2022 | May 6 |
The real voices behind Milli Vanilli...In the late 1980's the duo of Fab Morvan and Rob Pilatus hit the pop music scene under the name of Milli Vanilli. They were a duo of uber-handsome guy... | 395 | 2 | 0 | May 2022 | May 2022 | 21 hrs ago |
Out of Stock...It's become the usual phrase "Sorry, that's out of stock and on backorder" Cabinet hardware, plumbing fixtures, lumber, it really makes little differ... | 407 | 4 | 0 | May 2021 | May 2021 | May 9 |
Terrible Dreams...I lost a long-time friend last year. His death was was a result of pancreatic cancer. While he sought many painful treatments including chemotherapy w... | 397 | 2 | 0 | May 2021 | Jun 2021 | 19 hrs ago |
Tattoo with the artist's initials...A guy paid for and received a tattoo of a family member who passed away... His grandfather. Thinking the tattoo looked exactly like the photo the arti... | 834 | 8 | 0 | May 2022 | May 2022 | May 8 |
Edison...Depending on the source, it's said Thomas Edison invented the incandescent light bulb and had upwards of 10,000 failed experiments prior to success.... | 210 | 0 | 0 | May 2022 | May 9 | |
How to write a catchy & popular blog...There is a definite art to writing a popular blog. Seek your audience. Politics and religion can only carry you so far. Find a topic that hits home an... | 848 | 9 | 0 | May 2022 | May 2022 | May 5 |
Artists selling off their music catalogs...I did a blog in December about Bob Dylan selling his catalog for $300 million. Today I see the Red Hot Chili Peppers reportedly sold their music catal... | 453 | 6 | 0 | May 2021 | Apr 4 | May 10 |
Posting your vaccination card on social media...DON'T DO IT!! It contains important and specific details about the manufacturers brand, date, batch number, healthcare system. Basically, it's all th... | 508 | 10 | 0 | May 2021 | May 2021 | Apr 26 |
SLAPP...Conventional electric bass playing uses the extended fingers to pluck the strings the same way an upright (concert double bass) is played from generat... | 385 | 9 | 0 | Sep 2021 | Oct 2021 | Apr 28 |
Sweaty hands...Afraid of heights? I wasn't always. In my late 20's I installed a 40 foot high ham radio tower attached to my parent's house. My friends helped me til... | 270 | 0 | 0 | Sep 2021 | May 5 | |
Cardio...The year of the -ologists continues. Yesterday it was a visit to a cardiologist. My request for a change in blood pressure was approved. An ultrasoun... | 189 | 0 | 0 | Apr 2022 | May 4 | |
The blue tape blizzard...I was going to add a comment to my 'arrogant' blog but this story deserves a blog of it's own. About 6 years ago, I did a job with a client who is... | 296 | 3 | 0 | Apr 2022 | May 2022 | May 3 |
May...May I start a new month with you? I submitted my quarterly corporate tax returns yesterday... before the deadline. Corporate and personal taxes are... | 192 | 0 | 0 | May 2022 | May 1 | |
Woman attempts to drive her SUV down a flight of stairs...A 26 year old woman blamed her GPS when her SUV got stuck going down a flight of stairs at a parking garage. Police seem to think it was her excessive... | 312 | 0 | 0 | May 2022 | 2 hrs ago | |
PET/CT Scan...Mentioned in and earlier blog, it's been years since I visited a cardiologist. All my hypertension prescriptions were written by my primary care physi... | 240 | 3 | 0 | Jun 2022 | Jun 2022 | 17 hrs ago |
81mg aspirin daily...As a followup to my heart scan/stress test this past Wednesday, my doctor suggests I continue walking, increasing the duration, go on a low cholestero... | 686 | 11 | 0 | Jun 2022 | Jul 2022 | May 9 |
Because I bought from you...Because I bought from you... doesn't mean I want to receive 6 emails a week about special offers. There is a fine line between a mailing list for 'im... | 390 | 4 | 0 | Apr 2021 | Apr 2021 | May 10 |
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