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Mavericks Gripes: Solutions, anyone?
I have found two great annoyances with Mavericks (latest OS X release) in the past 2 days ( Read more... ) -
Anyone[*] want some pots and pans? :)
Anyone[*] want any pots and pans?
We have a whole lot of pots and pans that are perfectly usable, except that they don't work with induction stoves (which we now have). Free to a good home!
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I fought the car and ... I won!
My wife's car's passenger side window wouldn't open, and our mechanics determined that it was the window/mirror control switch module (which on a Saturn SC2 is all in the middle by the handbrake). They said to buy the module on-line and they could install it ( Read more... ) -
Free! May Contain Black Widow
This evening, after reading this "Parenting. Illustrated with Crappy Pictures, my wife mentioned that our daughter had recently said, "Look, I can reach this!", referring to the work bench in the garage or something on it ... while standing right. beside. the vacuum cleaner that kind of might have a black widow living in its wheel well.I said, "You ( Read more... ) -
The Fairytale of Replacing Marriage
The (often libertarian) idea of ending government recognition of marriage is about as realistic as Santa Claus or the Easter Bunny ( Read more... ) -
Obnoxious Return Policies
Well before Christmas, I bought a gift from Alison's MontessoriThe product looked great on-line, but I was extremely disappointed when the recipient opened the gift and I saw how very poor the quality was (paint overlapping what were meant to be sharp edges with a colour on one side and not the adjacent side by up to 2mm ( Read more... ) -
Amusing Air Travel
Last week, on our way home from Milwaukee, WI, we were on an American Airlines puddle-hopper (Embraer regional jet) from MKE to DFW and the captain was ... a little unusual in his announcements.
Some samples:
"Good morning, this is your flight crew. We're expecting a smooth and beautimous (sic) flight to Dallas Fort Worth where the weather today ( Read more... ) -
Travel day 2
Elapsed time: 30 hours.
Back in the airport (ORD) again, waiting for AA 1341 to SFO (on time thus far). I'm looking forward so much to seeing my wife and my little girl ( Read more... ) -
On "Daddy Long-Legs" and poison/venom
There's a rumour I heard a couple of years ago about Daddy Long-Legs spiders (see below re the name having different meanings in different places) having the strongest poison (or probably more correctly venom) of any spider, but that they don't have strong enough jaws (or long enough fangs, or ...) to bite humans.
Ricky Gervais has a comedy bit ( Read more... ) -
Listening to Nathan Lowell Talking on His Morning Walk on My Morning Walk
I took a day off today (I had to or I would lose vacation (well, stop accruing PTO--I'm around the cap)).
So what did I do? Sleep in? No. I got four hours of sleep and then got up and went for a 2.8 mile walk. :)
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