J-Walk proposes a meeting

John Walkenbach, author and blogger extraordinaire over at J-Walk blog, has proposed a meeting over pizza when he visits St. Louis next month. 

Sounds like fun.

He’s gonna try to get me drunk and squeeze some blogging secrets out of me. 

 He even posted a pic of me on Mel’s bike.

Last ride

I rode my buddy Mel’s bike out to the Harley dealer for his wife Janet.  They’re going to sell it for her.  It was kind of sad in a way, but it was a nice day for a ride.  I was surprised how light the Road King felt compared to Charlotte.

Happy Birthday Dad

My dad would have turned 98 today if he were still alive.  He died at 78.  He was just a good man who lead a simple life.  Although he lived in the city most of his adult life in order to work in a factory he was always a good old country boy at heart.

This [...]

Announcing Bad Bits

I’m pleased to announce a new member of the Bits & Pieces family…. Bad Bits.  It was quite the dilemma getting it up and running, but it’s finally here.

While scouring for Bits and Pieces and Bits of Wisdom I was running across things that were terribly funny but inappropriate for the audience that these sites had [...]

Gus and friend

Gus gets plenty of attention from my great-niece Brianna.  He tolerated her ‘affection’ pretty well.

Why Ad Blocking is devastating to the sites you love

From artstechnia.com

Did you know that blocking ads truly hurts the websites you visit?

There is an oft-stated misconception that if a user never clicks on ads, then blocking them won’t hurt a site financially. This is wrong. Most sites, at least sites the size of ours, are paid on a per view basis. If you [...]

Roadside break

Charlotte and I at a stop along Highway M in Jefferson County MO.  Ice from water runoff forming along the hillside and pretty much out of direct sun was sure pretty.  It was about 60 degrees.  I’m sure it was even prettier a week or so ago when it was colder.

The Aunt Iva files

Sexy pose.  Undated photo believed to be in the 1930’s.  She was quite the looker in her day.

She lived 34,827 days.  That’s 95 years, 4 months and 5 days.

Things I remember….

Friday and Saturday nights they were drinking beer with the neighbors in her back yard every weekend.

Going to her house when we needed money to go to the movies [...]

2,596 miles thru 10 states and back home

I survived the Grand Southeast Tour in pretty good shape.  My Toyota Camry did just fine… plenty of comfort and no unintentional acceleration.  I put the cruise control on about 5–7 miles above the speed limit and cruised on down the road.  The roads were almost all in good shape and there was very little construction [...]

On the road again

I made it 666 miles today.  I ended the night in Biloxi Mississippi.  In the morning I’ll head off to Slidell Louisiana to stop by and visit my cousin and drop off a few of my aunt’s things that she wants.

After leaving there I’ll head up I-55 towards St. Louis.  Depending on what time I [...]