Category Archives: Reality is a Harsh Mistress

I have maintained three rules in my life: Never work in fast food Never live in Florida Never let work become your life I’ve adhered pretty religiously to these rules over the years. I worked one night in the hamburger … Continue reading →

No surprises here. I was looking back through five years of entries a week or so ago and invariably the entries for Feb. 14 dealt with massive amounts of negativity as God and the entire human race seemed to conspire … Continue reading →

I hate Windows Vista. Certainly I’ll buy it within the first year or so if I can be convinced it won’t run like an asthmatic chihuahua with a limp on a six month old dual processor system with a Gig … Continue reading →

Caspar Rader set sail for America in 1750. He traversed Pennsylvania – from Lancaster to Harrisburg to Carlisle – until finally pulling stakes and settling near the southwest corner of Virginia. His children migrated further west and settled in the … Continue reading →

Happy New Year! Hot damn, I’ve been waiting for yesterday a long time. A damned long time. A fresh start. Let the past be the past. All those other cliches. And now it’s here. And it’s good. This year is … Continue reading →