The wonder wonks of city planning, if such a thing exists, in Columbus Ohio apparently decided to share the misery of accident related traffic jams with all of the major freeways around the city.  I imagine a meeting that must have gone something like this: “It’s just not fair that when there is an accident Read More …

Once upon a time the space between stores in a mall was just that, space. You could wander in it, amble in it, enjoy it. Then some bean counter figured out they could make more money if they put little mini stores in carts or counters in that space. Okay, it’s not a terrible idea Read More …

I know I know, it’s been forever since I blogged anything. I’m going to make, yet another, attempt to get back to it. Ah the 21st century… we get to enjoy things like brain dead smoke detectors… Why oh why in this day and age can’t we make a smoke detector that, when its battery Read More …

Thursday we went to Paramount’s Kings Island. The powers that be chose to bestow upon me a great honor, a new sensation and experience….ride induced nausea. After riding the Sling Shot twice in a row and then Delirium I was feeling very nauseas for the first time after riding rides. This was not good. Long Read More …

I have noticed recently that finding good product reviews is increasingly difficult to do on the net. It used to be extremely simple; just type in the product name and “review” and hit search on any search engine. Now all I get are sites trying to sell the product and review is keyed to reviews Read More …

Several People have asked what else I’d like from ThinkGeek, so here is a quick list. I’ll remove things as people get them for me or as I get them for myself. Green Laser Pointer II Shower Shock Caffeniated Soap Ambient Orb Device LED Binary Clock Penguin Energy Gum – all flavors Levitating Desktop Globes Read More …

I’ve been to the ThinkGeek web site many times. Always thought it was pretty neat and they had some cool things. I’d say to myself “I need to order some of this stuff” and then forget. Well, yesterday Todd sent me a link to the site about thier Caffeine section. So I placed an order. Read More …

I’ve been playing the game Planetside for a few months now and it’s really got me hooked. Not in a “gotta play it now, I need a fix” sort of way but rather like putting on a comfortable shoe that you know and love. The game never really ends and any sense of real accomplishment Read More …

I have to say I really like the new diet Pepsi Vanilla. I like it better than diet Vanilla Coke. It has a lot less aftertaste. It uses a blend of “AceK” (Acesulfame Potassium) and Aspartame like Pepsi One uses. The result is very smooth and not as biting as diet Vanilla Coke. The non Read More …

Living in the woods is great. It’s beautiful and there are tons of interesting critters around when you least expect it. Small herds of deer sleeping in the front yard, newborns wondering around with their mothers in the back yard, owls, hawks and endless little moles in the mulch beds. But it’s also a lot Read More …