Posted by RobOHara ( @Commodork) on July 14th, 2022 in Computers/Tech/Games, Main 
Recently while digging through a pile of old electronics in my workshop I stumbled across this, my old Sony DVD/CD burner. I began purchasing audio CDs in the early 90s, and bought completely into the format in 1993 when my car was broken into and all of my favorite cassettes were stolen. I never thought people would be able to burn CDs on their home computers; if such devices were ever produced, I reasoned, they would be much to expensive for the average person to afford. We got our first CD-ROM burner at work in 1995, a clunky external device… (read more)
Posted by RobOHara ( @Commodork) on July 8th, 2022 in Main 
Mothman is not the only unusual creature associated with West Virginia. Less than two hours east of Point Pleasant lies the town of Sutton, home of the Flatwoods Monster Museum. Incidentally, the Flatwoods Monster Museum sits just around the corner from the West Virginia Bigfoot Museum. West Virginia is home to a lot of monsters. Unlike Mothman and Bigfoot, both of whom have been seen on many occasions, the Flatwoods Monster was seen exactly once. On September 12, 1952, a group of young boys saw an object streaking across the evening sky, followed by a tail of fire. The boys… (read more)
Posted by RobOHara ( @Commodork) on July 7th, 2022 in Adventures, Main 
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 was published, which was eventually made into a movie. So when you’re visiting West Virginia and a friend invites you to go on a Mothman tour, you say yes. While I in town, my friend Aaron and his family graciously… (read more)
Posted by RobOHara ( @Commodork) on July 6th, 2022 in Main 
This is a story about how I fell down last week in Washington DC — not figuratively, but literally. Like, face down, inside a restaurant. While explaining the logistics of last week’s trip to friends and family, I feel like I am telling one of those math word problems with two trains headed toward one another at different speeds. On June 22 Susan and I hopped in my car headed for West Virginia, on June 27 I drove from West Virginia to Washington DC, and on July 1 the two of us hopped in my car headed back to Oklahoma.… (read more)
Posted by RobOHara ( @Commodork) on July 5th, 2022 in Main 
If you are a frequent flyer, chances are you have had the unfortunate experience of an airline losing your luggage. In fact, just last month after a direct flight from Washington DC to Oklahoma City, Susan’s suitcase was lost. Fortunately, as is typically the case, her baggage was quickly located and personally delivered to our home the following day. Statistically, 99.5% of all luggage arrives at its intended destination, and of the remaining .5%, .2% of those are eventually reunited with their owners. But, what happens to the remaining .3% of suitcases, packages, and lost items that never find their… (read more)
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