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I went to the annual Tucson Classics car show at St. Gregory’s Preparatory School this morning. As usual, I couldn’t resist snapping a few photos. Last year I concentrated on classic grilles and engines; this year I thought I’d concentrate on automotive lore from rock’n’roll. Like this: Lincolns were huge, heavy cars; you rarely saw […]
I’m back: 9 days, 2,700 miles, and one sore butt later, it’s time to say a few words about my motorcycle trip. When you ride a motorcycle, everyone wants to know what you do when it rains. The answer is: you keep riding. Rain was a factor the first three days. I hit a bad […]
While I was off on my Gypsy Tour (about which I will soon be blogging), I checked out my blogs on my new Android cell phone. What I saw were two-inch by four-inch versions, so tiny you couldn’t read what was there . . . like looking through a telescope backwards. I decided to do […]
As you know, I’ve been working on my motorcycle (thanks, Ed!). All the fixing, adjusting, lubricating, and tweaking has been in preparation for a long solo ride through Arizona, Nevada, and California. Launch date is just a few days away, and my concerns have shifted from maintenance to packing. What to bring, and how much? […]
When you see one of these, you may as well give up: Yes, I was visited by the Blue Screen of Death earlier this week. My PC’s hard drive suddenly failed, and none of the files on it were recoverable. Fortunately, I still had all the original system CDs that came with my computer, along […]
In honor of the American Library Association’s Banned Books Week 2010, which starts today, here is a special roundup of banned book news, and a comment on Wilbur Smith’s The Dark of the Sun. Wondering which ten books drew the most fire over the past year? Here’s your answer. Corrected entry (see comment below post): […]
Two weeks ago, in anticipation of an upcoming visit from a friend, Donna started to paint the guest bedroom. “Let’s rip out the carpet while we’re at it, and put in wood laminate flooring,” she said, and my heart sank. Why? Because I knew it would turn into a huge project, not confined to one […]
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: the day I find a professional quality, syntactically correct, properly-spelled phishing appeal in my inbox is the day I’ll join the army of fools who’ve been gulled by flim-flammers. Should this hypothetical professional quality, syntactically correct, properly-spelled phishing appeal also be literate, I’ll throw in my […]