What's that boy up to now?
Here is the song I wrote the other day. A true story about a man’s shattered dreams, and the note he left behind. (Contains one “adult” word, if that sort of thing bothers you…)
You can also download this track at CD Baby or listen at Spotify.
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Let’s talk a little bit about government data and information security, shall we?
I used to work for the Census Bureau. In my last go-round, I was a Field Representative, pretty much the lowest person on the totem pole. I went around to people’s houses and asked them various questions, so the government could collect data on (in this particular case) crime victims.
The Census Bureau in general, and the Field Reps in particular, deal …
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The Leaning Tower of Pisa is one of the most famous landmarks in the world. Located in Pisa, Italy, it was built over a period of about 200 years beginning in 1173. The tower originally served as the bell tower for Duomo di Pisa (Cathedral of Pisa), which is located beside it.
Galileo Galilei, who was born in Pisa and who both studied and later taught at the University of Pisa, is said to have …
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If you are driving in Italy, you will obviously need to be aware of some of the rules of the road. One of these rules — which snares innumerable foreign tourists every year — is the “limited traffic zone.”
The limited traffic zone is an area, normally in the heart of a city, where casual traffic is prohibited. Only vehicles with a valid permit — such as delivery vehicles, emergency vehicles, and vehicles owned by …
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Here in Texas, we have a runoff election coming up next week. That means this week we are innundated with mailings and telephone calls from candidates trying to out-conservative each other.
I would note that the telephone calls might not be a problem, except that the politicos have exempted themselves from the state no-call law. Thus, politicians are free to badger you with spiels both live and recorded, as well as with robo-call automated “surveys” …
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Meet the newest member of the family: A Fender Squire Bullet Strat. Not fancy or expensive by any means, but feels and sounds like a pretty decent guitar at first play, and it’s basically new out of the box. It still needs to get a real workout, of course, and then see how it holds up over time. But my initial impression is very good.
It will compete most directly with the Indiana Strat copy…
Read MoreI’m just trying to test whether I can dictate a blog entry rather than actually type it out on my phone Looks like it can work this way
Son of a bitch. Even splits the paragraph when I tell it to
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