It’s the last day, hopefully, on the project, and at this point, everyone is sick to death of being here. Honestly, the best contractor I’ve worked with would have had this thing knocked out in three months, and it’s been six months so far. There’s a lot of RMP but not many MPH. Everyone is … Read more
Last year, the “Exploratory Committee” sent me a letter asking me under what conditions, and they set three different ones, that would compel me to return for some sort of high school reunion. The first was a 40 year class of 1979 event, the last one which drew a dozen people, all of them locals, … Read more
If you’re the reading type, and I’m guessing you might be because you’re reading this, then you’re also likely one of those people who can see a movie based on a book, and wonder how things went so terribly wrong. Stephen King movies never have the same vibe as Stephen King books, and I’ve never … Read more
First off, I’m really not interested in hearing about a device that uses gasoline, or electricity. I’m not interested in hearing about some scorched earth machine that takes all vegetation down three inches past the surface of the earth and leaves nothing behind but bare dirt. If I wanted some sort of advice on any … Read more
When I was in the Army, they woke me up at three in the morning to search my barracks room for drugs. The barracks were not the type you see in movies, where there are lines of bunks with wall lockers and bare floors. We had a three-man room, with three bunks and three wall … Read more
Many years ago, there was a teacher at Early County High who had a VW Bug, with flowers painted on it, hippie-like, and on the back she had this huge wind-up key. Needless to say, this woman moved on rather quickly, because people who were quirky, fun, and funny, never lasted long in Early County. … Read more
The fact that I write online gives the illusion of knowledge of the inner workings of websites. Nothing could be further from the truth. I get by with the bare minimum of navigation, much like a drunk that can make it to the bar and back. I get what I want or need, and I … Read more
Way back in the mid-nineties, when a person could actually say they had visited every website ever created, in one day, there was a very limited number of people online, and a small number of platforms that could be considered social media. Moreover, there just were not that many people who had the time to … Read more
I’m not sure how long it will last, but I’ve left Facebook. At the end of the day, what I could say was time well spent versus what I knew was wasted time was exceedingly lopsided. What bothers me the most, I think, is it’s a platform that has no ethics when it comes to … Read more
The young blonde man with really long hair was destined to be fired. He’s one of the first people I met in the construction business, and back in 1992, there simply weren’t that many men working construction who had long hair. His name was Kim, no really, that used to be a common male name, … Read more