Category: That Blog Thing

I am posting this as a favor to someone who asked for the recipe.  I am not responsible for any pounds gained from consumption of this awesome pie. Debbie got the recipe from her aunt years ago.  I added the coffee and some other modifications.  I think the coffee adds a deep, richer flavor to…

I was on the way to work and just turning onto the Broadway Bridge when I heard of the first plane hitting the Word Trade Center. I walked into the newsroom to see everyone staring at the coverage and saw the second plane hit. We all knew then, that this was something bigger than we…

The Hogs lost tonight and the Internet is melting down with cries of “Rehire Bobby Petrino” Some people will justify winning over anything else. Over character, over morals, and over simple right and wrong. I have to wonder about the character, morals and simple understanding of right and wrong those people possess who think that…

I stand a good chance of stepping on the toes of many people who I consider friends. We live in a country that is vastly more politically polarized than it was twenty-years ago. Nowhere is this more evident than in the national media, especially on the various cable news outlets. Many of these national news…

Back in the early days of my web development career, I went to a web conference in Little Rock. I don’t remember any other speakers that day except this one gentleman. This was 1997 and not a lot was understood about behavior of people using the Internet and World Wide Web. This is especially true…

I recently turned another year older.  As I barrel headlong into being a grouchy, old curmudgeon, I want to point out something that bugs me to no end: YOU PEOPLE ARE WAY TOO GULLIBLE! And when I say YOU PEOPLE, I mean you people that will believe anything that is sent to your inbox or is posted on…

The difference between the almost right word & the right word is really a large matter–it’s the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning. Mark Twain- Letter to George Bainton, 10/15/1888 In 1998 I saw first hand how much of an uproar that the lack of one letter could stir up while working at…

Great article on npr.com about how kids with autism spectrum disorders are particularly vulnerable to bullying. In other news, water is also wet. http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2012/04/23/151037898/children-with-autism-are-often-targeted-by-bullies or Listen In the article, it points out that autism spectrum kids who are more outgoing are more likely to be targets for bullies than the more aloof children with autism. Debbie and I can testify…

C.S. Lewis basically puts it all in a nutshell with this quote from Mere Christianity: “I am trying here to prevent anyone saying the really foolish thing that people often say about Him: I’m ready to accept Jesus as a great moral teacher, but I don’t accept his claim to be God. That is the…

Why would anyone ever buy premium brand saltine crackers and not a store brand? Bootstrap may be my new choice for building a site. About .08% percent of you even know what that means. I hope I look as good as Steven Tyler does when I’ve been dead for two years. If I delivered babies I…