Month: April 2007

  • How to drive in Phoenix

    You must first learn to pronounce the city name, it is: “Fee-nicks.”The morning rush hour is from 5:00 AM to Noon.  The evening rush hour is from Noon to 7:00 PM.  Friday’s rush hour starts on Thursday morning.The minimum acceptable speed on most freeways is 85 MPH.  On Loop 101, your speed is expected to…

  • New version of WordPress

    Updated to the lastest version of WordPress (2.1.3) today when it was released.

  • Learning

    Progress, far from consisting in change, depends on retentiveness.  When experience is not retained, infancy is perpetual.George Santayana

  • On Jewishness

    Q: Why did Adam and Eve have a perfect marriage?A: He didn’t have to hear about all the men she could have married, and she didn’t have to hear about the way his mother cooked.Q. How does a Jewish wife cheat on her husband?A. She has a headache with the postman.Q: What business is a…

  • Peacorn, popnuts, chewing jacks, and cracker gum

    The Central Division Minnesota Twins played the Baltimore Orioles in the Minnesota home opener this evening and won by a score of 7 to 4.  Good going Twins.In other news, we’ll miss the Twins announcer Herb Carneal who passed away yesterday at age 83.

  • Creativity

    If you want to see what children can do, you must stop giving them things.Norman Douglas

  • Discouraged?

    No Need to Be DiscouragedAs I was driving home from work one day, I stopped to watch a local Little League baseball game that was being played in a park near my home.  As I sat down behind the bench on the first-base line, I asked one of the boys what the score was.“We’re behind…