I ought to find myself a sports team and a girlfriend, for then I shall never run out of things to talk about when someone who does not know me feels obligated to talk to me. I had dinner tonight with a fellow employee from out of town and the poor chap spent the entire time trying desperately to come Read More

Since last night–maybe even yesterday morning–I’ve heard the sound of water being drawn coming from upstairs. After a while I realized this was an incessant sound. There were people upstairs moving around, not sounding excited, and no wet spots appeared on my ceiling, so I figured there wasn’t a leak. So I began to wonder what all the water was Read More

A local township is reappraising the property tax. A coworker’s property went from something about $35,000 to $89,000 assessed value. This shows the rural area I’m in, for there to be such a low value, but the increase is astounding. By all accounts the property appears at its former worth and has not been magically transformed; it is a redneck Read More

My techy/IT brother has always said that security is just denial of functionality. In his job he has to deal with people who don’t understand such advanced concepts as rebooting, and for these and many other types of users it is just as well to lock some options away where they can’t be touched. I am not a real tech Read More