Chapter 6 of The Fiasco At Anzio finds my Grandfather finally in Anzio and digging in for an extended stay and subject to numerous air raids by the Germans. True to his spirit, he manages to work in a recon trip even while parked on half-hour alert, and describes what it was like being a [...]
We all know kids do stupid things, that’s a constant. Here’s the story of four local boys who decided to build a plywood boat. OK, more “coffin” than “boat,” really, but still it was an effort. And once they’d built their boat, added a motor they’d “found,” of course they had to set sail.
Why do people continue to live where they are considered prey? I came across this story on MSNBC about a man they found that was killed and eaten by a mountain lion. The story, wasn’t all that shocking as the guy appears to have been something of a recluse living in the boonies. What caught [...]
I came across a story about one man’s efforts to get tire boots removed from his vehicle that’s taken on a life of its own thanks to the interwebs. This guy’s homeowners association hired a private company to enforce parking rules around the community he lives in. They turned out to be parking Nazi’s and he [...]
Somethings in life you always remember, and for my six-year old son, it will be a day he will never forget. Last weekend we had the opportunity to see a swarm of bees up close and personal. Take a close look at the center of the tree, you can see the swarm. What is interesting is [...]
It hasn’t been a good year for my childhood icons. I learned this morning that George Carlin passed away yesterday. The embedded YouTube at left contains some NSFW language, as most of George’s stuff did. Of all of the icons of my youth, George probably was the most influential (of non-printed material) in getting me to [...]
If you have stuck with this story from the first four chapters, I commend you! My Grandfathers writing, while a bit… prosaic, still tells a good story. I’ve attempted to weed out most of his social commentary (this is a blog after all, not an archive) in order to keep the focus on the story. [...]
Those Meth-heads in this area that aren’t into identity theft tend to rely on the theft of “scrap” metal to fund their drug habits. Hey, they’re up all night anyway, and have tons of excess energy so it’s a good fit. They’ve even broken into our locked dumpster here where I work (by removing the [...]
Sometimes I simply can’t understand how some people think. Our company writes specific Point-of-Sale software, it’s somewhat complex and has gone through several versions (DOS, Win9x, XP, etc.) over the years. When you buy our product you get six months of “product support” for free for the price of purchase. After that, if you need [...]
Pardon the black humor, but I’ve been following this story about dismembered feet washing up in Vancouver for almost a year now. After the first few washed up, folks thought that they may have belonged to people killed in plane crash back in 2005. Three years for a foot to wash up? Sounded odd to [...]
