I love the smell of machinery in the morning
Electronics just don’t have that smell of industrial lubricant and extruded plastic these days, and I kind of miss it.
Back in My Day
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SUPERHERO LEAGUE OF HOBOKEN LIVES
I was digging through some old junk, here’s my copy of “Superhero League of Hoboken”. I was looking wistfully at these resourceful heroes that kept me so amused in my younger days, I think I bought it at a garage sale so it’s probably even older than that. Released in 1993, I was 33? So…
Mt. St. Helens ash? Or just fireplace sweepings?
Today is the 39th anniversary of the eruption of Mount St. Helens, May 18th 1980. I was just 20 then, and barely noticed the ash fall; I lived and worked in the gritty industrial area around Seattle’s Harbor Island. My car was always covered with gritty crap anyway. Then again, my girlfriend at the time…
Bring back Drew Carey!
Apparently we are not seeing DCS reruns because of music rights. Really? COME ON Drew! Make a deal and restore our television heritage! As it stands, all we get are YouTube clips. Not good enough. Wendy the meth-head from “Breaking Bad” isn’t cutting it.
Budget = Bud, get more dinero
It’s the FOURTH already, and I am still working on the budget. We have a couple people making payments on house loans, but only when they feel like it! I would sell the contracts but what’s to stop the buyer from raising interest rates on them? Every time I contemplate it, payments appear. It’s like…
Carlos Santana still rocks
I remember listening to Santana on AM RADIO when I was a kid. Absolutely floored by this video, with artists from all over the world. At some point Carlos married Cindy Blackman, and wow. At one point she beats those drums like they stole her purse!
Wait until the other shoe drops
These “Ripple” shoes probably were fun and different to wear, and maybe changed a person’s gait in a positive way. Years later, say 1970 something, my sister had some oddly wedge shaped heels on her shoes branded “Get There” that made similar claims. I think that Ripple shoes were defeated by the same thing that…
Vacuum tubes are HOT
This announcement is touting the new faster, more powerful ENIAC conputer, thanks to your friendly war department, and IBM. IBM, formerly the king of punched cards, proudly showed off ENIAC, it probably went like this; “So what does this machine ultimately do?” “I’m not exactly sure, sir. Say, are you hot? I’m sweating my balls…
Doctor’s Orders
My liver doctor told me I needed to be on a high protein diet. So I immediately went to the nearest Denny’s and had a big ol’ steak, so rare that a good vet might have saved that cow, if I hadn’t gotten my knife and fork into it first.
The medicinal value of a nap
Here’s to the humble afternoon nap – may we all embrace its restorative powers and bask in its blissful embrace whenever we can.