Archive for November, 2007

Love and Hate

Thursday, November 22nd, 2007

I just returned from the nursing home where my mother is residing temporarily as she recovers from surgery. Earlier, I had checked her out for Thanksgiving dinner. With all the pain medication she is on, she didn’t last long. So I returned her to her bed and ...

Prayer found in Computer Programming

Tuesday, November 20th, 2007

People keep telling me that I used to care about a lot more than I do since the accident as if I have in some way changed my core values. Other folk question how it is I seem to be excelling at computer programming while recovering from a brain ...

The ethic of no ethics. The moral of no morals.

Saturday, November 17th, 2007

Common morals, ethics, and standards of social conduct were not invented by Jesus. They have been a part of human culture since the beginning of human culture. They have been part of religion since the beginning of religion. In fact, such commonalties in part define a culture, ...

Screaming Cats

Tuesday, November 13th, 2007

The kids and I have the first winter sniffles. We are all great fans of Vick’s Vapor Rub. We even found some Vick’s Vapor Rub junior for baby brother. Well, she found a new product. I am not sure why nobody thought of this before or ...

Meet Doktor Kaboom at the Kentucky Ren. Fair

Thursday, November 8th, 2007

A while ago, some numb nut made some horrible comments about Renaissance Festivals being all about the Dark Ages and the Burning Times. I responded with a bit of a history lesson about how the Renaissance period is what brought Europe out of the Dark Ages. But what ...

NE1 got Ozzy’s number?

Thursday, November 8th, 2007

Ok, so I am a little nutty but I have yet another life goal. I have decided I want to make a video with Ozzy Osbourne and his Black Sabbath song Iron Man. Iron Man Lyrics at Lyrics Freak The video would be of a person forging a full suit of ...

The $1500.00 Knife Shop

Monday, November 5th, 2007

I am thinking about writing a book. It will be called the $1500.00 knife shop. The thing is, there is a book called the $50.00 knife shop that is a classic in the knife making community. I absolutely LOVE the book and mean no disrespect to the ...

RX, Healthcare, and the next President of the United States

Sunday, November 4th, 2007

Before I had insurance, I was able to acquire just about any prescription at no cost. Thanks to a few celebrities pushing the buttons when they found out what Rx medication cost, many drug manufacturers have begun providing free medication for folk without insurance. Not a bad deal ...

Baby Bottle Pops might be poison!

Friday, November 2nd, 2007

Warning: Baby Bottle Pops might be POISON. Baby Bottle Pops is a very popular brand of candy. It is a registered trademark of the Topps Company, Inc. The same folk who brought us baseball cards with bubble gum. This is the Baby Bottle Pops product line: This is NOT ...

Failure - 911 and Emergency Services

Friday, November 2nd, 2007

911 and Emergency Services First let me say everyone is alright and things worked out fine. I have no doubt there will be many sick children in Columbus, OH this weekend but chances are they will vomit and suffer for a few hours and the nothing more will come of ...