Indestructible, despite many peoples belief, does not mean that it can not be destroyed.  The dictionary definition provided by our mighty overlords at Google is,

• not easily destroyed
• durable: very long lasting

Our dog Molly has numerous toys that claim they are indestructible however fail to meet either of the definitions above.  She has managed ( Read more... )

Kate and I will no longer be shopping from online retailer Buy.com.  Their customer service is horrible and they almost ruined Christmas for Kate.  The long story made very short:

Kate purchased an expensive gift for a family member from Buy.com.  The item was received with some flaws.  She tried to find a number to call them and discuss this and ( Read more... )

Kate and I rarely have time to watch television in the evenings.  We both work full time jobs and after work between the gym, Kate’s MBA classes, my poker nights and us still having to find time to do household chores we get about an hour a night to watch TV.

Optimizing our time is important and ever since we purchased our first DVR in 2003 we’ve ( Read more... )

The World Wide Web started out as a purely text based medium for the exchange of knowledge by mainly government entities and Academia.  I don’t think anybody saw the WWW at it’s inception as being the living and breathing pulse of the internet that it has become.  I couldn’t imagine the framers of the first revision of HTML having imagined the ( Read more... )

Yesterday I ventured to the mall to finish off holiday shopping.  I avoided going after work or on a weekend but I was still expecting to fight with large crowds and I was not disappointed at all.  However, what I did find amazing was at 4PM on a week day how many business men there were standing around in stores us men don’t belong in looking ( Read more... )

Kate’s car has now been to the local repair shop, a transmission specialist and now has been at the dealership for over a day.  We still have no clue what’s wrong with it or how much it is going to cost.  Why?  Simple reason.  Auto Mechanics no longer have the ability to diagnose a problem without a computer.  Just about every time we drive the ( Read more... )

So I’ve downloaded and listened to the entire album three times now.  While it’s not the worst thing I’ve ever heard, I have to say this was not worth a 14 year wait.  I am not positive it was worth a 14 month wait.  It is, in my opinion and untrained ear, nowhere near as good as Use Your Illusion.  With it containing 14 songs, giving Axl and ( Read more... )

I’ve been on the internet for as long as I can remember.  My first web browser didn’t know what a graphic was, the computer had no mouse and the connection speed was slower than my iPhone with 1 bar of service.  Fast forward some 15+ years and the internet has become a major hobby of mine as well as my source for 99% of the news and information I ( Read more... )

It’s no secret that I have below average eye sight.  There are things people with bad eye sight do to get by in life.  I enjoy hard cover books rather than paperbacks because the font is larger, I pay more money for good seats to see a show, and I always increase the default font size on my computer to make things easier to read.  This has never ( Read more... )

As a long time Tivo owner I’ve grown very accustomed to the luxury of watching TV on my schedule and not that of the television networks.  When the wife and I have a free block of time and want to watch one of the few television programs we enjoy together, or watch a show alone quickly to get back to spending time together the DVR is a great asset ( Read more... )