What I've been doing in self-quarantine Disclaimer: If I mention someone in this blog, then they were created to move the story along. Don't take to personally! It's not about you! Ok. It's the end of August. We (I mean the collective we as in the entire human race) have been suck in our homes for several months. Away from friends, family, getting a drink at the pub, devoid of social contact, and just waiting for some good news that the virus (coronavirus which causes COVID-19) has passed over the world like a fast-moving summer thunderstorm and we can get back to our lives circa January 2 ..read more

Do you know what I like about dieting? Nothing. Absolutely nothing. All of the foods that you like to eat have a certain percentage of sugar, carbs, or something else to make them taste good. Diets suck! The reason companies add sugar to everything is the fact that people don't like to eat cardboard! Food that is bad for you really does taste good and food that is good for you tastes bad, because it doesn't have the sugar, carbs, and preservatives that make it taste good. Check out this example. My wife and I are at a restaurant and looking over the menu. My wife asks me, "Honey, do you s ..read more

So, you survived last year. Congratulations! Today begins a new year, a blank slate, and some leftover baggage from last year. You might have sat down and made out a set of resolutions, things that you want to change about the path taken last year. All of us create the lofty goals on New Year's Eve, but when the haze is gone, the alarm clock starts blaring, and the headache passes: You are still the same old you with a bunch of resolutions that are destined to fail. How can you take those resolutions and put them into action? So, it's New Year's Day. The family was up late last night and slep ..read more

Free Book Today until 1/3/2020, get a FREE electronic (Kindle) copy of "The Day of the Flying Pot Roast" #kids #kidsbooks #freebooks: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00T2STF1Q ..read more

Relevancy Everyone has a reason to write a blog. For some, it is a creative outlet which diverges from their daily job. For others, there is a voice that they do not hear in other places and people want to hear it. All of us who participate in these creative arts desire that the message that we send has a place in people's hearts, thus be relevant to their lives. What is relevancy? The ability to connect to others through your actions, words, or speech. The moment when someone gets what you're saying after reading the text you've placed on the page. The understanding that the author can cra ..read more

The Day My Digital Assistant went Psycho Technology is great when you need to save time, money, and maybe some headaches. It can help you find movie listings, make your food, map out the route to Grandma's, and a bunch of other stuff. As with any technology, there are limits. In the movie 2001, HAL couldn't lie, and look what happened to Dave! When technology comes out, it is altered to be very general, so it can be sold to the masses, accepted, or even sold at a fair price (for a nice profit). I bought one of those general digital assistants and got bored with it in a month. Sure, it can ..read more

The Day I Ate a Salad Life is filled with change, sometimes positive and sometimes negative, but we are in constant motion and there is nothing we can really do about it. The only real constant is age. The longer we stay on the planet, the more we are expected to learn, grow, and mature. Then, one day, you reach the age where you mature too much and have to change what you eat, how long you exercise and all of the repercussions that no one wants to hear. There comes a time when you can't eat like you used to, you can't drink like you used to, and you are sitting in a doctor's office getting ..read more

The Self Checkout Blues There are a bunch of things that I have to credit for making my life easier like remote controls, on-line shopping, or even email. We receive information much faster and able to take action on it, making better decisions, which helps save us time and money. Automation helps at removing problems with the supply chain. Unfortunately, automation also eliminates jobs. I remember a long time ago, going to a fast food place, would employ tens of people. Those who work the registers and take the orders. Those who fill in the orders, ensuring drinks and burgers reach quali ..read more

I am Imperfection I woke up in the morning, tossing, turning, in my nice warm bed, sleeping at peace, dreaming of something good, then interrupted the sound of my smart speaker blaring an alarm. Crap!  "SmartAss (the name of my smart speaker) turn off!" It continues to blare the most horrible noise. "SmartAss, turn off the alarm!" Still, it continues to blare a monstrous sound out of control and somehow gets louder. I pick up a shoe from the floor and throw it, which hits the SmartAss speaker, and it falls on the floor, still blaring away. "Shoot." By the way, the word I used wa ..read more

It's All About the YouTube How much has YouTube and other video sites (yes .. there are others) have taken over our lives as the centerpiece of the content revolution? Some people are influencers and get paid by others who watch YouTube. Others, just post videos for fun and see how many hits they can get. Some videos are instructional as others are ... not. Some videos are professionally polished as others are shot on a cell phone. Regardless of who makes the video, the quality of the image, or the message: YouTube is a driving force in content creation and delivery. Today, we are looking ..read more