Category Archives: Random Musings

Pardon our dust! It finally started to dawn on me that I’ve been setting up my blog incorrectly. I’ve been treating my categories like tags, and my tags like key words. As a result I’ve been proliferating both well beyond … Continue reading →

Feeling a little guilty for only posting a site-admin message today, I’ll try to make up for it with 365 Days of Clones! This series of photos takes action figures and puts them in rather interesting situations. Good for a … Continue reading →

We finally got rain. It’s been far too long since we last saw it. If I hadn’t been at work I would have gone out and walked in it, I think. After weeks of temperatures in the high 90’s to … Continue reading →

Last Friday a wildfire started near town. There is an animal rescue sanctuary in that area, and all the animals needed to be evacuated. Somehow the word got out, and people just started showing up. Many had never even heard of … Continue reading →

An enormous fire in Colorado burns over 300 homes. Another fire near my hometown in Idaho destroyed 66 homes. A fire to the south of here in Utah burned 10 homes, and another across town claimed three and forced the … Continue reading →

“Whatever you choose, however many roads you travel, I hope that you choose not to be a lady. I hope you will find some way to break the rules and make a little trouble out there. And I also hope … Continue reading →

Last weekend our computer died. It wouldn’t even switch on. This caused no small amount of consternation among the kids. Saturday morning is their computer time, when they each get 20 minutes to do whatever they want (yes, we’re cruel … Continue reading →

I get occasional bouts of asthma. Usually it’s not that severe, but it’s uncomfortable enough I’ve needed to use over-the-counter Primatene Mist from time to time. Unfortunately for me Primatene uses CFCs as a propellant, which was recently banned in the … Continue reading →

The company I work for has its headquarters in downtown Salt Lake City, though the office I work in is several miles away on the other side of the airport. It has its advantages and disadvantages. Not being at the … Continue reading →