A Peculiar Blog

A while back Simply Stating The Obvious held a contest. I entered on May 20th because, well, who wouldn’t want a prize package that included prizes like
a The Andromeda Strain t-shirt
The Andromeda Strain DVD Collection featuring both the 2008 A&E miniseries
and the Oscar-nominated 1971 film
The Andromeda Strain novel by Michael Crichton
Then on May [...]

It’s almost summer again and once again people are turning to what sort of vacation they’re going to be taking or looking back on vacations that they’ve taken before. I’ve never really done anything spectacular for vacations, the most ’spectacular’ being one of those weekend getaway type things.
One year I got in the car [...]

I’m thinking that the people running the MPAA need to get their story straight because what they’ve been saying lately sounds like they belong in a drug rehab facility.
Why? Because on the one hand, they’ve been ranting for years now about how online piracy is costing them humongous amounts of money. Yet at the [...]

After seeing the pictures of the Flood of ‘08 that I took recently, I’ve decided that it’s past time to retire the ancient Polaroid Digital 320 that I’m using now which is limited to 320 x 240 and no zoom, optical or digital. This thing doesn’t even have a flash, which means if [...]

One of the holiday traditions in our house is to watch one or more of the many football games. This year we sat down to watch the Sugar Bowl because one of the teams, Hawaii, was one that we hadn’t actually heard of before and I don’t think they’d ever shown up in a [...]

I’m not much of a fan of most so-called “reality” shows, but once in a while I do venture to watch. One that I’ve watched before and will be looking in on is the upcoming season of “The Apprentice”. It’s essentially a really long job interview where a bunch of candidates compete in [...]

Being a guy that likes little ‘what if’ kind of programs just because they can sometimes be interesting, I couldn’t resist playing with this “virtual makeover” for a few minutes just for the heck of it.
Basically, this is actually a fairly sophisticated program, especially since I believe it’s a flash program. You can upload [...]

I think that most people are interested in a certain amount of travel simply because there’s so many places in this world to go to and see for yourself. I mean, you can look at pictures and videos all day long and when it’s all said and done it’s still not the same thing [...]

This site is interesting in that while it is an online store, it kinda looks more like a blog. Yet after taking a second look it becomes obvious that it’s a store specializing in equestrian riding apparel and related items. And they’re not just talking about stuff for the riders either. Their [...]

One of the things that I love about fall, aside from the spectacular displays of leaves turning color (which is more impressive that I would have expected in Northeast Arkansas), is the fact that the weather is turning cool enough that baking and breadmaking can be done without turning the house into an oven in [...]