As I have no doubt mentioned a few times before, I am somewhat of a hermit as of recent years. While this has a few benefits, such as not having to be a sane person having to deal with a world gone bonkers (while the world conveniently thinks the opposite), it also has a few […]
As I am sure I have mentioned before (probably about every other post), I have this love hate relationship with technology. Specifically … computers. When I was a kid, I worshipped the buggers, and wanted nothing more than to become king of the geeks. Somewhere along the way, computers and I started having spats on […]
Since no doubt the devoted masses are wondering what has become of our beloved Two Idiots and their Baby Sitter in the last couple of weeks (this is where people might actually notice we have not been about for a bit), I figured I would post a nice rousing update. I even had a post […]
I am experimenting with the idea of showing maps of our progress. This is from a recent trip to Boston which I tracked. At least until my phone died (battery life is a whole other issue). I am posting this just to see what it might look like. [map style=”width: auto; height:600px; margin:20px 0px 20px […]
I was going to once again share my woes with Bureaucracy Demons, since it is that time of year when a specific species of them comes out of their caves. But the state health care demons are just way to easy to ridicule these days. Instead of learning from past inefficiency they seem determined to surpass themselves […]
There is something about wilderness activities that brings out the best in human nature. It is like getting outside the toxic fumes of civilization, breathing in all that nasty fresh air and actually communing with flora that was not made in China triggers some long forgotten gene that makes us actually be NICE to each other. People […]
My niece is on vacation this week. Seeing as higher education and introductory education have nothing remotely in common, her parents, who both do work for a local college, of course do NOT have vacation this week. Enter Uncle Steve. In order for my energetic niece to not actually get bored out of her skull […]
I was just introduced to the Turtlewomp family. Bubba Turtlewomp, mysteriously found on a roof when he was a child (with no explanation), managed to make it through life, and even found himself a mate, despite having only one known skill … underwater basket weaving. He likes blue. His wife, Angel, a very nice, smart […]
As Mark said, I have been feverishly pretending I have a clue about making websites for a day and a half now. With a fair amount hair pulling (fortunately that does not hurt me much), I have managed to get us a functioning website that (mostly) resembles the original. Comments are still and issue so if you […]
“I knew it would come to this?” “Then why didn’t you say anything?” “No you didn’t. You always say you knew what was going to happen after it happens!” “Well it doesn’t matter, it’s here now. We have to do what we have to do!” “What he said!” “I guess so!” “If we have to!” “That’s better! […]
