My Soap Box

It was cold today! How cold was it? Take a look at this photo I took this morning just before sun up. Yes, that is a negative 17.0 degrees you see. I went down to the mailbox and got the Saturday paper. When I came into the house, I accidentally dropped the paper and it was so cold, all the print... Sign in to see full entry.

Television is about to change. This will change everything. Of course unless you live in a cave you know I’m talking about the impending change of broadcast T.V. to a digital signal. When is it? Oh yes, imprinted on my brain - it is February 17, 2009. By now you know what to do. Invest in books! No,... Sign in to see full entry.

My wife’s office did not skip out on the Christmas party. We were lucky, it was a great time and an adventure to boot. You see, we live in the great state of Washington (no, not the D.C.) where it is currently winter or at least, very close to it. Friday evening we got six to ten inches of snow,... Sign in to see full entry.

Happy Holidays or Merry Christmas, you decide. Every year at this time, there are those few “special” people who make a big issue of the Holiday vs. Christmas debate. Atheists boycott stores that have Christmas displays and the self righteous boycott stores that have Holiday displays. You see I have... Sign in to see full entry.

Talk radio is busting out at the seams. With a Democrat about to take power, the conservative talkies are cranked up full volume and their message is doom and gloom. Before we go any further, let me state that I am mostly conservative but some of these radio heads are nothing more than fear mongers.... Sign in to see full entry.

Finally we see the end game of all the mergers and acquisitions. It isn’t about competition after all, its about becoming too big to fail. That’s what happens when all the banks merge into just a few. Suddenly the elephant in the room is not only too big to ignore, its threatening to crush us if we... Sign in to see full entry.

I am one of those unfortunate slobs who tries to fix his own appliances. It is challenging and does save money, I suppose. But the downside of being a DIYer is getting the parts one needs. This involves a call to a well known department store that shall remain nameless except to say it rhymes with... Sign in to see full entry.

It must be cool to be a celebrity and have so many people hang on your every word just because you are who you are. You wouldn't have to be thoughtful or right (or even left) or anything responsible like that. Just say whatever you want and thousands swoon in agreement, lambs being led, thoughts... Sign in to see full entry.

I have worked every day since November 13 th, most of them 9 or 10 hour days. The test series we are doing is very intense. It is a new method and so far we are the only ones to get it to work properly. Needless to say, when that happens and EPA is looking over your shoulder, there is an immense... Sign in to see full entry.

Auto industry in meltdown, country to follow? These are hard times. So hard, the top three auto execs flew in corporate jets to Washington D.C. to ask for a bailout. One would have thought maybe they would jetpool as an example to the rest of us on how to be frugal. Well, it looks like congress is... Sign in to see full entry.