Random Thursday

Scattershooting while taking a break from what is nowadays my morning ritual: sweeping the sand left by the previous day’s windstorm from our driveway. (At least this morning I didn’t have to break out the shovel, as I did on Monday.) This graph has been showing up in various places across the web, but in… Continue reading Random Thursday

Random Thursday

Scattershooting while pondering one of life’s most important questions: will Pamela Anderson’s samba outfit on this season’s Dancing With the Stars be sufficiently intriguing to offset the appearance of Kate Gosselin? (Seriously, though: Pamela Anderson?!) You may have seen Rube Goldbergesque stunts before, but I assure you that you’ve seen nothing like this video from… Continue reading Random Thursday

Random Thursday

Scattershooting while pondering the email I received overnight with a subject line of “Your income depends on the watch you wear.” That would explain a lot, actually, given that I generally wear no timepiece. I understand that Elin Woods was so taken with Tiger’s contrition during his “public statement” last week that she’s given him… Continue reading Random Thursday

Random Thursday – The Friday Edition

A few random offerings while pondering what life might be like in a country where one’s sporting excitement is provided by an activity named “curling.” Velocologne is not a body scent for cyclists, but a German manufacturer of recumbent bicycles. Their design is rather unusual, as evidence by the following video: Did you notice? The… Continue reading Random Thursday – The Friday Edition

Random Thursday

OK, this is one of the geekier RT posts, so some of you (you know who you are…and so do I) might want to go have a nice glass of orange juice instead of spending time here. I mean, you don’t have to, but don’t say you weren’t warned. So you think you’re a font… Continue reading Random Thursday

Random Thursday

Lots to marvel about on the web today. I say, let’s get to it. But first…check out the Vintage Ad Browser. Type in a search term (say, “Buick” or, if you want to see the ugliest Mustang ever built, “1980 Ford Mustang”) and enjoy the results (or prepare to weep if you try the Mustang… Continue reading Random Thursday

Random Thursday

OK, so where were we? Oh, yeah…that’s right…I lost two full days to a colonoscopy (and in a post-procedure drugged stupor asked my wife if she wanted to go shopping for gas logs). But enough about that… I’m not a “cat person” (science is on my side in that regard, by the way), but I… Continue reading Random Thursday

Random Thursday

Doing my part to ensure that you get your full daily 34-gigabyte serving of “information” (and in the process, setting a record for the loosest use of that term).

Random Thursday

It’s warmer this morning in New York City than in Midland. So, maybe there is something to that whole global warming thing after all. Which reminds me…I need to go delete some emails. Be right back. … Now, where were we? This is pretty exciting. Local singer/songwriter/attorney (and fellow Aggie) Ron Eckert has a new… Continue reading Random Thursday

Random Thursday

Assorted inconsequentia while considering the potential* irony of this 1962 magazine ad from Humble Oil (one of the predecessors to Exxon): Without meaning to brag, I think my wife and I are extremely reliable people. We fulfill our commitments; we do what we say we’ll do. And so it is with great embarrassment that I… Continue reading Random Thursday