But you get what you pay for. I've got a half-dozen browser windows open with stuff I want to opine on, but I've gotten hit with a nasty cold/flu-type ailment that's just wiped me out. I haven't gotten a good night's sleep in five days -- I catch an hour here or there. I'll try […]
Atlanta Braves pitcher Rick Mahler died today at the age of 51. (via Q&O) I met Mahler once many years ago. His brother lived just down the street from where I grew up in La Mesa, Calif. His youngest nephew was a friend of mine, and I was at their home when Rick came to […]
The San Diego Union-Tribune's conservative columnist, Joseph Perkins, last day is today. His final column can be found here. I'm going to miss Joseph, not least of all because he once bought me lunch at Hooters. The thing that sticks in my memory most about Joseph was a touch football game a couple of years […]
I'm thinking that I might use that for my new tagline. I don't get no stinkin' respect. Today's "Best of the Web Today" column points to this humorous blog post from the Stanford Review blog. If you go there, you'll find that the post is oddly similar to this one I posted a day earlier. […]
I just wanted to share with all of you what I just printed out on my printer: Hello, I live in the condo below you. I work nights. I would really appreciate it if you would not play your stereo so loud that I can easily sing along to the lyrics so early in the […]
What good is having a Weblog if you can't help out your friends? A friend of mine has started her own Ebay store selling all sorts of handmade items. There's no cool electronics stuff, but plenty of good gifts for the fairer sex. So check it out.
Remind me never to write anything positive about Microsoft or Bill Gates again (see below). The Outlook folder that contained all of my blog-related correspondence has been corrupted and Microsoft's fix-it tool doesn't. So, if you've e-mailed me in the past day or so, your message is gone -- feel free to resend it. Argh!
Today is the day that we celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. I hope everyone has a wonderful holiday. Here are a couple of things that are worth reading before you gorge yourself on eggnog. First, there's this letter from a soldier in Iraq who met Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on his Christmas Eve trip. […]
While cleaning up my bathroom last night in anticipation of my parents dropping by, I discovered 11 absentee ballots from Washington State behind the toilet. I don't know how they got there, but I've contacted election officials in King County to see if they're interested in adding them to their recount. On a slightly more […]
It's less than a week before Christmas, and that means it's time for the holiday edition of the monthly banging of the tip jar. If you enjoy reading Hoystory, consider making a donation via Amazon.com's Honor System of PayPal using the buttons on the left. For those of you who find cash to be impersonal, […]