I”m sitting here inadvertentlywatching the opening ceremony of the 2008 Olympics in China. It’s been very educational. I’ve learned a lot of things I didn’t know. Here are some examples, along with some thougths I had during the show: Taiwan, although they have athletes there, weren’t given the dignity of actually being called Taiwan, or even [...]

Yesterday, while on the way to Sam’s in Antioch, I noticed this VW Beetle get on the interstate right behind me. I mean, one second there was nothing there, then this Bug is in my rear-view mirror. It kind of startled me. So, I’m going out I 440 East, about the only one doing anything [...]

While looking at the Metro Nashville web site the other day, trying to find out when the primary is in August, I saw that they were asking for help. The site says they need 500 poll workers. Jobs range from being responsible for the polling place to working the machines. I’ve been a machine operator [...]

I’ve added a resume page if you happen to be in the market for a computer guy. As of June 30, my position will be eliminated. Getting RIFfed isn’t fun. Click here or above on the Resume link to check it out, and if you know of anything available, please let me know.

I’m sitting here in the gate area of the Fort Lauderdale airport, waiting for a flight back to Nashville (via Atlanta). We returned yesterday from a 9 night cruise (which I’ll post about later). It only took about 5 or 10 minutes to get through the security check point, which was better than when we [...]

I hope everyone has a safe and happy Christmas today. Merry Christmas!

Hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving. In addition to it being Thanksgiving, today is also the anniversary of this blog. It’s also the birthday of one of my granddaughters. She’s nine today and we all miss her very much. Not much else to blog about. The racing season is over, and Hendrick won another championship. [...]

We noticed we were being charged $20 for voice mail on our AT&T bill this month. The only problem is, we turned off voice mail at least a year ago. Turns out it was from a “third party billing company” called ILD Teleservices, AKA Members Edge. I called the number AT&T gave me to get [...]

I don’t get tipping. I mean, I understand the concept of paying someone a percentage of your food bill, but I don’t get it. You’re supposed to tip someone between 15% and 20% for waiting on you. That means if you have a $100 restaurant bill, you have to kick in at least another $15 [...]

It’s getting about that time when employers waste their employees’ time by having some of them hit up their fellow employees for donations to this charity and that charity. My employer has a big deal every fall where they anoint someone in each area to do this. They give you this pre-printed form with your [...]