Yesterday, I reported some disappointment in my new trail camera’s failure to capture anything more interesting than passing traffic, due to my failure to aim it properly. However, that was before I noticed the latest batch upload of photos, one of which caught something quite interesting. I’m still getting a lot of shots of F-150s… Continue reading Finally, some wildlife…
Category: Just Plain Silly
Walmart Closings: Even MORE Theories!
The recent disclosure by Walmart that it’s closing five stores in order to repair “plumbing issues” is so mysterious – I can’t find any formal announcement or press release on the company’s website – that it’s spawning myriad conspiracy theories by folks for whom the X Files reboot can’t come soon enough. I’ll be the first… Continue reading Walmart Closings: Even MORE Theories!
What color is your salmon?
So, I was perusing my Twitter feed because it’s much easier to get ideas from other people than come up with them myself and I ran across this article about how our salmon gets colored. As a frequent eater of salmon, I found it interesting that unless the fish was caught by aging hippie outdoorsmen… Continue reading What color is your salmon?
Introducing the iBeam: floppy phones fixed
Despite the fact that only nine customers (out of 10 million orders) have reported problems with iPhone 6 bending, the alleged phenomenon has spawned numerous memes and generated its own Twitter hashtag, #bendgate. Since the internet is never wrong about stuff like this, I immediately recognized that this is a world-class problem in desperate need… Continue reading Introducing the iBeam: floppy phones fixed
The shoe must go on
Here’s a photo of what arguably is the most compelling conversation piece in the history of pieces of conversation: No, not the sock – although shark socks definitely haven’t yet jumped the you-know-what. It’s the shoe, seen here in fashionable out-of-focus fashion (hey, you try taking a surreptitious photo with your phone in Sunday School… Continue reading The shoe must go on
We interrupt this football game to bring you…
…the BCS (Bowl Championship Squirrel).
Aliens among us seeking steel-belted radials
Or maybe they’re just humans from an alternate, rubber-worshipping universe, or visitors from an algoresque future without tyres. Who knows? But whatever their origins, while we can’t necessarily judge their motives for needing the wheels on one of our company trucks residing in our company parking lot, we are left with one niggling question: wasn’t… Continue reading Aliens among us seeking steel-belted radials
New Midland Skyscraper: Unintended Consequences?
Am I the only one who thinks about the impact on a city logo of a new skyscraper?
Bird’s Eye View?
Trying to interpret reports sent in from a drilling rig can sometimes be a challenge.
“That thang got a hemi?” – Pt. 2
Wherein I get a Bentley mixed up with a Chrysler…but, really, who hasn’t?