Another reason I don’t follow sports

My friend, Ron, once again has some commentary on the damage that post-9/11 aviation restrictions are having on the hobbies and professions in the world of general aviation.
I grew up going to air shows and flying in little Cessnas with my dad (who was a general aviation pilot as a hobby). I still love [...]

Mmmmmmm….. bacon & beef

I love to barbecue. For a very long time, I’ve been working to perfect just a small rotation of goodies (salmon, tri-trip steaks, chicken sausages, hamburgers, top sirloin steak, pork loin steaks and pork chops). I’ve never bbq’d one of my favorite cuts, the filet mignon. Mostly this is because I’ve been [...]

Purple is the new Pitch Black

If there were only three beverages left in the world and they were Guinness, Mt. Dew and grape soda, I’d be the happiest guy around. Well… somebody combined Mt. Dew with grape soda and – BAMMO – we got Mt. Dew Pitch Black. It seems to boast itself as being available for a [...]

Three is a magic number

We’re pregnant! And, for the first time ever, it was on purpose. We’ve known since about midnight Friday night. Look for a release date in April or May.
Many names for either gender have been bandied about with a short, short list forming. My attempts at getting “Famous” on that [...]

New games!

Other than finally getting into a little bit of SSX3 last month, I haven’t been playing video games much lately. I reinstalled Win2K a while back and still haven’t reinstalled any games. Well, right as we were leaving for our vacation last week, a new issue of PlayStation magazine arrived with playable demos [...]

Fun New Site Stuff

Got some fun new stuff added to the site. You can now subscribe to The Nickel Arcade and receive e-mail notifications whenever I put up a new post. Whenever you get sick of me, it’s easy to unsubscribe. To subscribe, just enter your e-mail address in the blue section to the right [...]

The Archies

Don Kirshner, creator of The Monkees, was hired by CBS in late 1967 to come up with new music for their animated cartoon show based on The Archies comics. The “band” produced five albums between 1968 and 1971. About all you can get now are many various “best of” compilations (yet another one [...]