Upon entering our local Goodwill’s Outlet Center I was overcome by a wave of desperation. At first I assumed those feelings were emanating from other customers, digging feverishly through the mountains of stuff. The longer we were there I began to wonder if the vibes weren’t radiating from the stuff itself.
Everything has a lifespan. Goods are purchased from stores… read entire post
Category Archives: Adventures
Mothman’s Legacy and Museum Tour
Mothman, according to legend, is a black humanoid creature with red eyes and large wings who was first spotted in Point Pleasant, West Virginia back in the late 1960s. The first official Mothman sighting was reported in 1966 by two couples who were chased by the flying monster, and the creature gained national attention after the book The Mothman Prophecies… read entire post
There Are No Rules in Mexico, Only Suggestions: Cozumel Cruise, 2019
Last week during spring break, Susan, the kids, and I took a Carnival cruise to Cozumel. This was our fourth cruise together as a family, and our second time to visit Cozumel. Previously we cruised to Hawaii in 2015, Alaska in 2012, and Cozumel (the first time) ten years ago in 2009.
We spent Sunday, March 17 (St. Patrick’s Day),… read entire post
Saying Farewell to President George H. W. Bush in Houston
George H. W. Bush, the 41st President of the United States, passed away November 30, 2018, in Houston, Texas, at the age of 94. His body was flown to Washington D.C. for a national funeral service. On Wednesday, December 5, President Bush’s body was flown back to Houston, where he was to lay in repose for 12 hours at St.… read entire post
Speaking to the Association of Information Technology Professionals
Last night I had the honor of speaking to the Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP) at the University of Central Oklahoma about my experience as a computer specialist for the Federal Aviation Administration.
Approximately 100 students showed up last night to listen to me ramble about my life as a federal employee. I had originally planned to focus my… read entire post
We All Scream for What I Paid for These Geni Ice Cream Cone Cups
That escalated quickly.
Six months ago, after years of searching, I purchased an ice cream cone drinking cup similar to one I owned as a child. The one I found was very, very similar to the one I had owned, but it wasn’t 100% identical. I spent close to ten years looking for one of those cups, so “very, very… read entire post
Fender Bender on Main Street
My family and I were stopped at a traffic light (facing south) last Saturday evening when the accident took place. First, a tan SUV collided with a blue pickup. A white SUV then slid into the blue truck, while the tan SUV bounced off the blue truck and hit my black truck before coming to a stop. All of the… read entire post
Dealing with Doo Doo
So our rented RV has two waste water tanks: one gray, one black. Water that goes into the sink and the shower ends up in the gray tank. Anything that goes into the toilet ends up in the black tank. All of it eventually ends up in a hole in a ground. The owner (or renter, in our case) of… read entire post
RV Adventures!
On Wednesday, Susan, the kids, and I rented an RV and headed west.
Specifically, this RV:
Neither of us have ever driven or even ridden in an RV, so this is my first impression: after watching a couple of YouTube videos (“your model may vary”), we picked up our RV (our model most definitely did vary). In about 5 minutes… read entire post
300 Keyboards
I’ve scanned in 99% of my old photographs, but every now and then I run across one that slipped through the cracks. This is one of those.
I’ve told this story before, but right around the year 2000, a co-worker of mine and I attended a local auction for a computer store that was going out of business. At the… read entire post