Category Archives: Life

I started the week by reporting for jury duty promptly at 8am on Monday.  Well, perhaps not so promptly as a wreck caused me to be 15 minutes late.  No worries, after reporting in, I sat for 2.5 hours until … Continue reading →

Having a Counting Crows kinda weekend here in Dallas.

I just discovered that the student-produced newspaper of my university has made its way online.  That’s no surprise, its probably been online for quite some time.  You can find The Battalion here. I only found it because I was wondering … Continue reading →

I started noting things I wonder about here.  Here are a couple more: Wondering about the term "meteoric rise."  The term is used to describe a dramatic upswing and yet all meteors do is fall quickly to the ground and … Continue reading →

I don’t know how it came up, but Suzanne and I have discovered that we have two very firm, but different beliefs on how a four-way stop is navigated.  These are such long-held beliefs that even if we find out … Continue reading →

I have things I wonder about and mean to post, but always seems to forget them.  Here are two: Why does my printer (HP OfficeJet v40) print pages from first to last?  The result of this is that the first … Continue reading →

I had a strange car trouble episode today.  It started as I arrived at work today at 8am.  Like always, I got out of my car and used my keyless remote to lock the car.  But as I did so, … Continue reading →

This is a post mostly directed at my Mother who requested a picture of our Christmas Tree — a tree with a couple of ornaments she gave us. I should say that this is the first tree I’ve had since … Continue reading →

When I added Suzanne to my life, it was a package deal.  Coming with her was a 3-year-old cat which Suzanne rescued from a shelter two years ago.  I’ve never really been a cat person and in fact, I’ve always … Continue reading →

Today we went to see "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire".  This is now the second Harry Potter movie that I’ve seen without having read the corresponding book.  I managed to read the first two books, so I had … Continue reading →