Happy St. Patrick’s Day – J. Daniel

This week St. Patrick’s Day reminds me of one of my favorite foods — corned beef. I love the stuff and don’t wait around for St. Patty’s day to cook it — in fact I had a brisket last week. Corned beef is a delicious meat with a curious name, don’t you think?  Actually I’ve [...]

I’ve had it with those impossible to open plastic packages that products come in these days.  You know the ones I’m talking about.  You go buy something and then, when you get it home,  it takes half an hour to open the #@$% thing because it’s sealed inside indestructible, half inch thick, bullet proof plastic. [...]

Recently I was talking with my friend Charlie, a fellow technologist, about printer problems.  Printer problems are the greatest challenge facing Americans in the 21st Century.  They will undoubtedly be the deciding factor in the next Presidential election. Charlie’s harrowing story is typical of this serious problem.  He mentioned how his old H-Pea printer tried [...]

So the internet was all abuzz today about Jim Carrey’s untimely death in a snowboarding accident.  But then, this could be a great manifestation of Mark Twain’s comment when he said, “The rumors of my death are greatly exaggerated.” You can’t believe everything you see on the internet.  This has been the topic of many [...]

Have you ever noticed how politicians can say a whole bunch of words that sound like the definite answer to a question and say nothing at the same time?  I swear, some of these folks are absolute masters at this. My favorite one these days involves budget cuts.  Most people agree we need budget cuts.  [...]