I’ve never really celebrated New Year’s Eve out at a big party or anything. I think the most exciting one I had was when I was in Trafalgar Square (London) for NYE to ring in 1999. Even then, I don’t think we lasted until midnight because of jetlag.
At any rate, if you’re going out to [...]
The big news today is that Saddam Hussein’s death penalty was carried out. I guess this actually happened late last night (going by U.S. time). And as you might expect in this Internet age, his final moments were digitally captured and beamed all over the world soon after the event took place.
I saw a [...]
I’m still in the market for some good weight loss supplements to help me with my New Year’s resolution of losing 10 pounds by June. That’s just a little under a pound per month, which should be doable with the right combination of diet and exercise. But I want to have some supplements on hand [...]
We’ve been giving a lot of thought as to where to take one of our family vacations this year. Originally, we were going to go to Orlando to visit Disney World and other theme parks, but since we’ve already gone there a couple times in the past few years, we changed our minds. Now we’re [...]
I’m a Beatles fan and was surprised to learn that they’d never been featured on British postage stamps. Aren’t they like the most famous thing to ever emerge from the U.K.??? Ha ha, just kidding.
The stamp drought is about to change, though, because I just read that the Royal Mail will release a set of [...]
We’ve decided to paint our living room, dining room, and two of the bedrooms this winter. We really haven’t done much with the place since we moved in, so we still have white walls in nearly every room. Anyway, I was searching for house painting ideas today and came across a great site that has [...]
I’ve felt generally sluggish and almost nauseous nearly every day for the past few weeks. At first, I thought it was computer-related since I sit in front of my monitor for at least 8 hours per day. I thought the main problem was eye-strain, which in turn led to the nauseousness. But even after cutting [...]
I just read that Gerald R. Ford, the 38th president of the United States, died today at the age of 93. Ford, of course, was the one who pardoned Richard Nixon, a move which sparked a lot of controversy back then. I was just a baby when Ford was in office during his 2-year tenure, [...]