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• Fun!, Just Stuff, Old Things

  Be a Good Do-Bee — Romper Room

  04.13.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  My Mom, bless her soul, was a true packrat. She saved everything. Maybe it was that she grew up during the Great Depression (if so, what’s my excuse?)… No matter; I’m grateful for some of the things she saved and was able to pass along to me. One of them is a packet of stuff […]

• Favorite Things, Just Stuff

  De Ruijter Chocoladehagel Melk

  04.13.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  This stuff is a true Dutch delicacy, and a rare one here in the States. I’d never heard of them before my introduction to Dutch ways after meeting my wife’s family. They look like the standard candy sprinkles you might find on a doughnut or a cake or whatever, but they certainly don’t taste the […]

• Just Stuff

  A Strange Way To Sell Water Heaters

  03.13.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  I was listening to Rush Limbaugh while running some errands this afternoon, and had to laugh out loud at how he closed the conversation with one of his callers… With what sounded like an off-the-cuff plug for one of his advertisers.

  He was talking with a guy named Sean, and just before letting him go, […]

• Fun!, Just Stuff

  Flying Dreams

  02.19.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  I’m just a little disappointed. But I guess but not terribly surprised.
  Last night I dreamt of flying. It doesn’t happen often, but often enough that I look forward to it. In my dream, it usually happens that I’m walking down the street or sidewalk or wherever, and usually feeling frustrated that I don’t seem […]

• Fun!, Just Stuff, The Deep

  Plane on a Conveyer Belt

  01.30.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  BoingBoing.net ran yet another post on the stupid “Plane on a Conveyer Belt” question:
  Imagine a plane is sitting on a massive conveyor belt, as wide and as long as a runway. The conveyer belt is designed to exactly match the speed of the wheels, moving in the opposite direction. Can the plane take off?
  Of […]

• Just Stuff, The World

  An Early Christmas Gift

  12.16.07 | Permalink | Comment?

  We woke this morning to a gorgeous coating of hoarfrost on everything outside. The drive to church was really spectacular, as was the view of the city from the north-facing windows at Central. There was a heavy fog in the air which left a thick coating of light frost — almost snow — all over […]

• Fun!, Just Stuff

  The Bull Pecker Cane

  12.05.07 | Permalink | Comment?

  Back in the early ’80’s I joined the South Dakota Air National Guard and went off to Basic Training, then on to technical training at Keesler AFB in Biloxi, MS. During my six months at Keesler, one of my roommates was a Mormon guy from Utah by the name of Ira. Ira was a great […]

• Cars!, Just Stuff

  Ka’s Evil Twin — The Commercials

  11.18.07 | Permalink | Comment?

  I was reminded this morning of a couple of commercials for the Ford SportKa that I saw online a number of years ago. The SportKa is a Europe-only model that was introduced in 1996, and these commercials were broadcast for only a short time in Great Britain before being pulled because of consumer complaints.
  There […]

• Fun!, Just Stuff

  Chocolate Pudding

  09.13.07 | Permalink | Comment?

  Is there anything on this planet that tastes as good as chocolate pudding hot out of the pan? No, not the cheap crap that comes pre-made in little plastic cups. And not the instant crud that you mix with cold milk. Rather, I speak of the Real Chocolate Pudding that you have to cook on […]

• Just Stuff, Travel

  The Cows-Line?

  06.04.07 | Permalink | Comment?

  Here’s a slightly funny photo; newborn calves hanging on a fence! Get it? Cows-Line — Clothes-Line! (ok, bad joke.) And in case you’re wondering, the calves are not dead; they are just fine.

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