My daughter’s favorite toys
My daughter is 19 months old. She has a quite a few toys, some of which are pretty cool – such as a rocking eelphant and a stuffed dog that can sing a bunch of songs (incredibly, the dog is still on it original battery, in spite of the fact that it is constantly turning [...]
→ Read Full ArticleIs the print media dead?
The Rocky Mountain News recently won an award for overall excellence from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers (SABEW) in the category of large circulation newspapers. Unfortunately, the award will ring a bit hollow for the Rocky Mountain News, as the newspaper ceased operations permanently on February 27, just a bit short [...]
→ Read Full ArticleState of the blog
I really started getting serious about my writing about six weeks ago. At the time, I set goals for my word counts in future months (I’m somewhat obsessive about that). At the time, I expected to start with 8500 combined words in February for the blog and a few other writing projects. [...]
→ Read Full ArticleFiction Friday: Release Point
Note: During the next month or so, I will be refining the structure of the blog a bit more. I will still have a variety of topics, but will try to organize them so that people know what to expect on a particular day of the week or month.
And with that preface, I introduce [...]
Bracket busted
The sky is falling!
My projected national champion Memphis and runner-up Duke lost within minutes of each other. My bracket is ruins … once again, I’ve have to wait until next year.
I’m glad that baseball season is almost here.
The other tournament
Unbeknownst to many people, there are two NCAA basketball tournaments underway. Everyone knows about the men’s tournament, of course. There is also a women’s NCAA tournament underway.
The women’s tourney has had some interesting games already. #2 seed Baylor had to go to overtime in the first round again #15 seed Texas San [...]
Car safety tips
Today, I’m going to provide a few tips on car safety. I’m far from a automotive expert, but I have picked up a few things over the years.
Know how to change a tire
AAA is great to have, but do you want to be completely at their mercy? Changing a tire was a mandatory part of [...]
Tales from ancient internet history
I began college in 1993. Holy cow, that’s more than 15 years ago … how time flies.
Anyway, back in 1993, the world wide web was in its very infancy. The number of web sites were a tiny fraction of what is available today. The sites that did exist were mostly text based, with occasional pictures.
During [...]
Evolution of a fan, part 3
Evolution of a fan, part 3
Narrowing the focus
This is the final installment in a three part series.
In the past decade, the majority of my sports focus has been on baseball. I had lost interest in the NBA in the 90s. I am still a fan of the NFL and college football and basketball, [...]
How many people make more than $250,000 per year?
How many people make more than $250,000 per year?
The short answer: based on information from the IRS, fewer than 3% of tax returns (4 million returns out of 138 million total returns) claimed more than $200,000 in adjusted gross income (AGI) in tax year 2006 (more current data is not available). By definition, the [...]
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