Category: General

  • Google Wave

    All the buzz this week is about Google pulling the plug on Wave.  The biggest question that floats around is why.  From my perspective, it’s because by not allowing my gmail account to flow into Wave, I had to start an entirely new vector for communicating with people, and that — is a pain in…

  • Jerk

    I went for groceries on Sunday.  As I was preparing to leave, a white Corvette raced across the parking lot, and took a space in an isolated corner.  A guy got out with his bleach blond hair and strutted towards the store.  It made me wonder, “Does that car really make your dick any bigger?”

  • Happy Anniversary

    Happy Anniversary Mrs. Wingnut.  I still love you after 22 years; hope you feel the same.Don’t forget to get a little snack so you’ll be good until dinner time.

  • Cannon Valley Trail

    The ride on the 3rd of July, with Jill and Kate Ryan, was so nice that I asked Dave Norling if he wanted to go last Saturday and ride the whole thing from Cannon Falls to Redwing and back (40 miles).  Of course Dave can’t say no to a bike ride.  It was a glorious…

  • For my birthday

    Jill and I went on the Segway history tour of the Minneapolis riverfront.  What a cool ride.

  • Patriotism: Menace to Liberty

    Men and Women:What is patriotism?  Is it love of one’s birthplace, the place of childhood’s recollections and hopes, dreams and aspirations?  Is it the place where, in childlike naivete, we would watch the passing clouds, and wonder why we, too, could not float so swiftly?  The place where we would count the milliard glittering stars,…

  • Just in time sales

    Tomorrow is my 50th birthday, and I got my invitation to join AARP in the mail today.  Let the senior citizen discounts begin…