Author: jinksto

  At work we use a chat tool to communicate.  We use this more than the telephone or even email.  By a long shot.  If I call someone they have to stop what they’re doing and answer the phone to

I buy American when I can which isn’t to say that I avoid buying non-American.  I just buy American.  If i see or know that a product is made here and there’s an equal product made somewhere else I’ll try

…Uncles who are Jerks. You’ve heard me mention Rob a few times on the blog.  I’ve known him a long time now which means that  I’ve known his kids for most of their lives…. well, over half of their lives

  Here’s a very old post to a message board where I described my first flight going cross-country in an airplane by myself.  You’ll have to forgive the airplane jargon, it was originally written for other pilots. I’m at a

I had an issue with my computer this morning.  Nothing major.  Just one program that seemed to be hung and I needed it working.  I fixed it with the ubiquitous reboot but it got me to thinking about the relative

“Can I get you something to drink?”“Sure, I’ll have something!”“No problem.  What would you like?”“I’ll have a Pepsi if you have it.”“You drink that crap?”“Well, I uh…”“You uh?!  Don’t you know that it’s completely evil!?”“I…”“How ignorant of you! Don’t you

  If you haven’t read my Trail Camera post feel free to have a look.  It’s here. Those were all taken with an automatic trail camera and, for what they are, I think they’re really good.  They can’t compare, however,

Yesterday, I was sent pictures of my newest niece.   I started not to post the pictures because to the uninitiated ultrasound snapshots can look rather strange.  Then, I decided that I don’t really care… so  ppphhtttt… Here’s the first ever

I’ve stolen that post title from Greybeard, a helicopter pilot.   In fact, this post started out as a comment on his blog post with the same title. Have you ever looked at those noisy, vibrating, shaking, chopping monsters as they

  A passage in this article on the BBC site caught my eye… it was this: In central London, protesters – including the singer Annie Lennox and former mayor Ken Livingstone – marched along the Embankment to Trafalgar Square. Some