Month: March 2014
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Random Photo Found via Google Search 8
Random photos from the internet to you, via me. About these posts and the photos in ’em: http://wp.me/p3AOvB-FN
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1984 Datsun/Nissan Sentra (or was it an 83?)
The old Datsun/Nissan–when, for a few years, the company couldn’t make up it’s mind what to call itself. I traded a giant Oldsmobile Delta 88 with a 403 V-8 that got 9-11 miles per gallon and had the biggest back seat in the history of drive-in movies for the comparatively thrifty Sentra Hatchback, which took…
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In Praise of Velma
Kate Jackson was my favorite Angel. If that even means anything to you, it should explain some things. If you can shake the Farrah out of your dreams and get your mind around what I just said, then the next stop is clear, and needs only one word: Velma. I understood that the stories were…
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Three Cheers For Rashard Mendenhall
I’ve been reading a lot of banter–and a lot of nastiness–about NFL running back Rashard Mendenhall who, at the age of 26, surprised just about anyone who gives a damn about football by announcing his retirement rather than seek a new free agent contract. I don’t get it. The hate, I mean. I respect the…
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My Pancake Fetish Rears Its Ugly Head
Hi, My name is Chuck and I have a Pancake Fetish. Hi, Chuck! I’ve eaten pancakes all my life, for breakfast, for brunch, and for that most decadent pancake delight, the all-too-rare “breakfast for supper.” Buttermilk pancakes, whole-wheat pancakes, corn-meal pancakes, buckwheat pancakes…fat pancakes, thin pancakes, pancakes with blueberries, 10 grains, 7 grains, strawberries on…
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Playing With Poetry Generators Again
I’ve been plodding along with work on the poetry that’s supposed to be a greater component of this blog–nitpicking, as is too often the case–in the all too rare moments I have free between working on the novel, working at my actual paying manual-labor job, working for a couple of different volunteer things I do,…
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Random Photo Found via Google Search 7
Random photos from the internet to you, via me. About these posts and the photos in ’em: http://wp.me/p3AOvB-FN
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Functioning Hoverboard–Changes Everything
What they’re not telling you here is that the current HUVr Boards are not yet commercially available and face years of testing before they will be. The prototypes in the video cost more than $1 Million each–but the fact of the matter is that this changes EVERYTHING. Once the costs come down, we’ll see this…
Old Road Apples 