I review books. I, therefore, read a lot of books. That means taking time to hold a book in my hands, turning pages, and reading. I prefer reading paper to reading on screen because, well, I don’t care to sit at my desk with my laptop for hours and hours — I do enough of […]
The other day, I decided I’d rewatch Matrix — hadn’t seen it in a while and it was on TV, but that was in the colder part of the house, so I dug out the DVD and put it in the PC to watch. Ended up also watching Matrix Reloaded and Matrix Revolutions. The first […]
I saw this report on my favorite tech news site (slashdot.org) and it’s sort of been in my mind swirling around with a lot of other miscellaneous thoughts. The article from the University of Michigan News Service said: A new energy-capturing knee brace can generate enough electricity from walking to operate a portable GPS locator, […]
And if you laugh at that, you’re probably tired-er than I am. It’s been really hectic the last couple of days and I really needed a break. I think I mentioned a while back that my favorite kicking around the house sweater is falling apart after years and years of faithful service. So, I bought […]
Sunday, February 10th, is the first night of the showing of Pride and Prejudice as part of PBS’s The Complete Jane Austen on Masterpiece Theater. This particular version of Pride and Prejudice is the A&E version and will be shown over three Sundays (Feb. 10, 17, and 24.). Luckily, this is one of my favorite […]
I was thrashing my brain trying to think of a post and someone asked me how I did my socks without a pattern. So, thought I’d try to explain. When I first started with socks I followed patterns and then I sort of got the hang of it. Eventually, after reading several book and blogs […]
I heard today that the Virginia Senate passed a law to remove mentally retarded from all public documents and signage — the phrase intellectually damage will be used in its place. I admit that I haven’t followed up on this to make sure it’s correct, but that’s not really important because the point is the […]
This is a very difficult post to write, in some ways it’s like coming into the open after hiding for years — the proverbial coming out of the closet. Though some people may say all I do is complain, I really try hard not to whine about myself. Remember I said that if I could […]