Category Archives: Random Musings

This weekend I got serious about sorting out my sprinkler system, and I think I’ve finally got it. The Internet came to my rescue yet again. I had spotted a valve inside the house that was either the main water … Continue reading →

Meg Whitman, new CEO of HP, has decided to keep the embattled personal computer division. I had no idea HP has passed Dell, but then Dell has been struggling of late. It will be interesting to see what Whitman can … Continue reading →

I’m wearing a loud shirt today. Not the flourescent-hued hawaiian variety, but the new, stiff, never-been-worn variety. Every time I move it makes rustling sounds (yes, Bill, it sounds like it’s stealing cattle). It’s rather distracting. I need to wash this shirt … Continue reading →

It’s not easy being a parent on a good day, but being a parent from a distance is just plain tough for everyone. This video of a serviceman reading to his daughter by pre-recorded video warms the heart and reminds … Continue reading →

It’s one thing to want to save the rainforests. It’s another to take the time to find out why they are disappearing and work on the root causes. Often in developing countries the people may be fully aware that what … Continue reading →

I stumbled across this article on Estonia, Finland’s sister country across the Baltic. The country is dragging itself out of the pit that decades of Communist rule dug for it, but it’s not easy. The country has a very interesting, … Continue reading →

Couple married 72 years, and die within an hour of each other. * * * * * We’ve been hearing a lot lately about how the rich just keep getting richer. A new study suggests that might not be as … Continue reading →

I don’t often agree with Barney Frank, but he’s got a point here: “We had an election last year in which people who disagree with them, and disagree with me and with you, got elected,” he told Maddow. “I don’t … Continue reading →

I had no idea that roofing shingles frayed. Over the weekend I went up on the roof to check our our swamp cooler and, beside finding out that the unit probably hasn’t been used in years and will need some … Continue reading →

I’ve pretty much written off the Occupy movement as not heading in a direction I can support, but then the Tea Party’s response to Occupy is pulling them in a direction I can’t support, either. I can certainly understand and … Continue reading →