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  Having thought about writing my congressional representatives lately I realized that few of us really even know where to send the mail.  When I went to look it up I discovered an amazing amount of (unintentional, I think) misdirection

A quick short story because I happen to be thinking of it. I was boarding an international flight to London one evening a few years ago.  The boarding agent called for first class tickets and those of us who had

Most hunters have at one time or another encountered a ghost deer.  Sometimes you’re just sitting there and hear something walking through the dead, dry leaves and can’t see anything moving.  Other times you’ll see a deer and it’ll suddenly

I really try to keep this fresh and not post things already posted by others.  Given my reading list that’s pretty hard to do sometimes.  Still, when I saw this over at PitchPull I HAD to put it on my

  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