Wimbledon

Its another year since Wimbledon. I was busy last weekend and will be busy this weekend. All this working really disappoints me. All I want to do is sit and watch/play tennis. Instead of watching the real match (which I hear is very exciting, what with most of the top…
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Small town humor…

When the saturday morning radio guy on WCSR reports the current temperature reading, he’s reading the temp from the radio tower. Imitating his big city peers, he announces, “Currently, from the top of the WCSR tower, behind the magnificent Flynn Building here in downtown Hillsdale…” It’s no Chrysler Building, but…
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Death and Destruction. Just roll with it.

When your time is up; you’re leaving. Tim Russert, the legendary NBC journalist who I best knew as the moderator on Meet the Press, died today while at work. Collapsed of a heart attack. While I think he had times when he twisted information incorrectly, he did a good job…
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Super Mario 3 sticks with me.

I’ve been working with images and attaching a lot of files to e-mails today.  As per business standard, I add a line with something to the effect of “You will find the file attached to this e-mail.”  I don’t kow if I’ve got too big a buzz from the coffee or what, but this…
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Nerd Alert!

You know you dont get out much when an hour long conference on Michigan’s Rural Health is exciting. 
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A metaphor to think about.

Life is like a PC: sometimes its good to format and start from scratch. Current Mood: 🤔contemplative
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Driving vs. Walking to work

I just did the math. According to this, its more economical for me to drive to work than it is to walk. Driving: 0.5 miles x 5 days = 2.5 miles/week ÷ 20 mpg = 0.125 gal/week x $4.00 /gal = $0.50/week x 2 trips (morning & evening) = $1.00/week…
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Longing for college

I wish I had spent more time in the New Science 3-Story Atrium. Its like being outside, but nice and warm. Current Mood: 🤔nostalgic
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I am a hippie?

I’m sitting here staring blankly into my computer screen, thinking about how much I hate technology and how The Man is always comming down on me and how I really want to explore the notion of “free love” in all of its details.  Suddenly it all culminates in this one…
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DRM in my A$$

Well, I’m no longer a Netflix user. I was on the $5 per month plan for two movies a month and one online. I was fine with the service until I tried to watch the movie. Netflix uses Microsoft Windows Media Player’s (WMP) Digital Rights Management (DRM) technology to copy…
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