Category: Random

  • The Housing Crisis

    Okay so a whole bunch of homeowners signed mortgages without really looking at the details and now they are finding out that they really can’t afford the payments and they are all losing their houses…I feel bad for their kids and maybe a little bit for them too but really it’s their own fault for…

  • Deflating Your Income

    As inflation increases and the value of the dollar continues to tumble the amount of money that the company you are working for is paying you is worth less and less. This reality hit me for the first time last month when after recently starting a new job I realized that the money I agreed…

  • Wi-Fi Not So Cool

    Well I finally received the Spectec SDW-822 wi-fi card for my phone and it’s not as good as I had hoped. Mainly because of the SDW-822’s limited range being that it is only 802.11B standard. I could have gotten the SDW-825 which uses the G wireless standard but that was $90 and a bit more…

  • New Phone/New Tool

    I found a solution (i hope) to using my time wisely during my hour long lunch break at work. I bought a Motorola Q9m through Verizon. It’s a Windows Mobile 6 smartphone that has all kinds of capabilities. One of which is a mini-version of Microsoft Office which allows you to edit and create Word,…

  • A Story From My Christmas Past

    When I was a wee lad of around 7 or 8 years old I had it in my head that I really wanted a hamster for Christmas. Daily I informed my parents of my desire for one of the little furballs with a determination only a child could muster. A few days before Christmas I…