Today I finally did a touristy thing. I drove out to the air and space museum. It was the longest drive I have taken the Hybrid on so far. Mostly 2-lane highway, but at least the trip out was relatively quick. The trip back was at least a half hour longer due to traffic and construction. If a person actually read every plaque and watched every video clip they have explaining things I think it … Air and Space MuseumRead more
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Icky of Gnome
Recently I upgraded to Mint 17 to get back on an LTS revision. I couldn’t wait for KDE to come out so I went with the version built for Gnome 3 (Cinnamon). It’s not as ugly as Gnome usually is. Graphics drivers seem better as does the font rendering. It might even be slightly faster on this 4Gig 64-bit AMD dual core netbook that the previous version was. I was kind of shocked to find … Icky of GnomeRead more
Posted inThank You Sir May I Have Another
No Gnews
It is odd what triggers memories of youth. Now that my contract is in the winding down phase, or at least in a breather phase where I don’t need to work 7 days per week I started thinking about things to do when I was heading home. For some odd reason today I remembered “The Great Space Coaster” and “No Gnews is good Gnews with Gary Gnu.” Perhaps I simply remembered seeing a sign for … No GnewsRead more
Posted inmovies
Hunger Games – Catching Fire
Does anybody else feel completely ripped off with this movie? I really should say “half a movie” because that is all it was. We have far too many MBAs in this country. All of them seem to be trying to sell people a great big nothing. Instead of one good movie we will now get two, perhaps three, not-worth-an-afternoon-if-they-are-free movies. It’s sad. So very sad. Everything is becoming Walmart quality, worth neither time nor money.
Posted inInvesting / Thank You Sir May I Have Another
The Minimum Wage Debate
Few things should tell a person just how bought and paid for elected officials are than the current minimum wage debate. Somewhere, somehow there must be an on-line auction selling the votes and souls of elected officials. It won’t do any of us much good to find it since we couldn’t afford the opening bid. It is difficult to admit being born a Republican in this day and age. The “quick fix” for the economy … The Minimum Wage DebateRead more