I have a couple of Visa Gift Cards that have been sitting in my desk drawer for a long time. Fortunately they have distant expiry dates because when I say "long time" I mean I think one of these has been sitting in my drawer, waiting to be used, for 4-5 years.


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Earlier this week I read yet-another Buzzfeed listicle/quiz for amusement, "There Is No Way Anyone Has Done More Than 25 Of These Things Unless They're Over 65". It's in the same vein as a similar Buzzfeed listicle I read (and wrote about) a few months ago. I suggested Buzzfeed retitle that article as It's Official, Gen Z Thinks Anyone Over 40 Is A ( Read more... )

Blue Ridge Trip '24 #18
Boone, NC - Wed, 4 Sep 2024. 11pmOnce we got back to Boone this evening, after a satisfying long day out, our first order of business was finding dinner. It's surprising for a college town that Boone doesn't have more local, casual eats; mostly it's chains here. But we did find a well reviewed local burgers place call the ( Read more... )

A few weeks ago I read an article about some of the wisdom of Charlie Munger. Munger, who died last year at age 99, was famously the vice-chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, the corporate conglomerate controlled by the legendary Warren Buffett. In an article on Moneywise, ‘Who in the hell needs a Rolex watch?’: Why Charlie Munger warned Americans ( Read more... )

Well, it's been a year. ...Actually, it's been more than a year. It's been 16 months. I know because I wrote about it in my blog last time I did it. I ate at Taco Bell. And I liked it. Well, kinda. 🤣
Wendys--; TacoBell++;
My inspiration for "Making a run for the border" again was a particular Taco Bell restaurant.


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I clicked on a BuzzFeed listicle today with a click-bait headline, You're Officially A Boomer If You've Done Half Of These 40 Things (4 Apr 2024). It was pretty amusing... but not in the way I expect the authors thought. It was amusing because of how stupid it was. Most of the things on their list have been done by typical Gen Xers, and quite a few ( Read more... )

Ahead of our new dining table arriving a few days ago we listed the old one for sale. "We'll put it on Craigslist and if we get no bites there after several days, we'll try Freecycle or donate it to Goodwill," we agreed. But then I paused for a moment to ask, do kids these days still use Craigslist ( Read more... )

I read in the news yesterday morning that rocker Jon Bon Jovi turned 60. For the past 24 hours now I've been hearing the soundtrack of my high school years differently. Bon Jovi's 1986 album Slippery When Wet had multiple hits that played regularly on rock and pop radio station for years. One line from the chorus of Livin' on a Prayer, Woah we're ( Read more... )

On our hike at Grand Canyon Sunday (see previous blog) very few people on the trail were wearing face masks. Hawk and I carried ours in our pockets and put them on whenever we passed people on the trail as well as when we stopped at crowded spots such as Ooh Aah Point. There, as with Bryce Canyon earlier in the week, we were in a tiny minority, ( Read more... )

I read a lot in the news about Millennials. You might see a lot of the stories, too. Many of them have headlines like, "Millennials Are Killing Applebee's", "Millennials Are Killing the Doorbell Industry", etc. Aside from the Millennial generation's apparent murder spree against things older people hold dear, who are the Millennials ( Read more... )