Sunday, August 13, 2006
Digital Cameras: Mega Pixel - Mega Myth
Without naming names, this is a quick and dirty buyer's guide to digital cameras. There are a lot of manufacturers...some you've heard of, others you haven't. There are four or five big names and a lot of little guys nipping at their market share. The makers of digital cameras have, for the past few...
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Tuesday, August 8, 2006
Fantastic Business Opportunity
We need to start letting BOSE manufacture and install all aerospace industry communication equipment and fast food intercoms. Maybe then people using them wouldn't sound like rejects from auditions for Charlie Brown's teacher.
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Saturday, August 5, 2006
EVILTHINK
The consumer has every right to the item or service but the seller or service provider has no right to payment.
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Pennies of Wisdom, Pounds of Folly
You don't patch sheetrock with spit and toilet paper just because it's cheaper.
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Thursday, August 3, 2006
Declawed Kitty
There is a declawed female orange and white cat roaming around the neighborhood of duplexes I manage. Declawed. Her only defense beyond her fangs removed. Probably so she wouldn't be a threat to the furniture or something. It's been said that the brain is the human's only weapon. What if someone...
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Tuesday, August 1, 2006
CHARLES JOSEPH WHITMAN: SNIPER
It happened 40 years ago on 1 August, 1966. I was three. My grandmother worked on the UT Austin campus in the cafeteria of the Student Health Center. Years later she said she called my parents and my aunt and told them to stay home and not come to pick her up. "...I could see the smoke jump from the...
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Sunday, July 30, 2006
Curious Product: A Chastity Thong
The website dontdatehimgirl.com which has a forum for women to write up the jerks they've kept company with. They also have some interesting branded merchandise:
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Invasion: Not a Robin Cook film
The process of acquisition continues. My dear Aussie friends, if 3/4 of your stuff doesn't say "Made in China," get ready.
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Saturday, July 29, 2006
SCARING A BLOGGER
Lately I have heard people talking about a supposed link between aluminum beverage containers and Alzheimer's Disease. Last year people were talking about a supposed leaching of chemicals out of plastic beverage containers into the beverage. Glass seems to retain a clean bill of health except where...
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Friday, July 28, 2006
SELF EMPLOYMENT
When you go into business for yourself you only have to work half-days. You just have to decide which 12 hours you want to work.
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