Silliness
Richmond SPCA, or a small part thereof…
So I’ve been volunteering at the Richmond SPCA for a couple of years now. A couple of times a week I go there to play with some of the dogs and do some laundry. And by play with some of Read more…
Opinion
Lets Visit A Hungarian Graveyard
I ran across some CDs with pics on them that my father had made for my Aunt Bette. My Aunt Bette is my mother’s younger sister. She married a Man who had immigrated from Hungary, last name Szönyi (Serrrn-yee). When Read more…
Silliness
Funny, I Don’t Feel Like A Victdom
About a year and a half ago I had to stop wedging my phone into my dashboard and actually get a MagSafe car mount so I could better use my phone’s mapping software to guide me around my newly adopted Read more…
Personal
Leaving Austin
I moved from New Jersey to Texas at the end of 2005. Basically I was sick of the cold winters and my townhouse had appreciated in value substantially. So I could afford to move, rent an apartment and then look Read more…
Personal
So it’s Been A While
The last time I wrote a post here was on September 16th 2020. It’s now June 8 2024, too goddamn long. Yeah, I do enjoy writing here but a lot of shit has happened in the intervening years (nothing personally Read more…
Family
Les Voyageurs at the University of Michigan… in the late 1910s
So a few years ago my wife and I decided to try out the DNA tests available through Ancestry.com to see how much our families had be lying to us or just mistaken about our ethnic heritage. We didn’t find Read more…
Mac OS X
MasOS Catalina, An Upgrade Story
Those of you who use Macs are well aware of the current version of macOS called Catalina, or if you prefer macOS 10.15. Those of us who support macOS likely know what a clusterfuck this version has been. And that has Read more…
Opinion
Apple Retail In The Time of Pandemic
I needed to visit a local Apple store recently. So why the hell would I go to a crowded mall in the middle of a pandemic to visit an Apple store? My Primary Mac, a late 2015 MacBook Pro, had Read more…
Mac OS X
Virtualizing macOS Mojave on the Cheap
So when Apple, in its infinite wisdom, decided to drop support for 32-bit apps in macOS Catalina (its latest macOS version) I came to realize that I rely on a couple of apps that are not now nor will they Read more…
Mac OS X
I Just Really Hate Adobe
I work in IT at a law office. There’s about sixty people here and I am pretty much in charge of keeping everything running smoothly. Basically your JOAT IT guy. If it breaks I get blamed and have to fix Read more…
Family
The Baby Album of Barbara Jane Blashill, 1929 – 1932
Many Homes Have One… …possibly on the shelves at your parent’s or other relative’s house. An album about a new baby, including pictures and notes about the happy family’s new addition. Many if not most are almost completely empty, save Read more…
Family
Not So Angry…
Not long after mom passed I wrote a blog post entitled “I’m Angry, and I’m Not Sure What I’m Angry At.” Which was basically me venting about the death of my mother, on October 15th 2012. Since then Dad passed Read more…
Tech
Head Crash
This will probably mean nothing to anyone but computer techies or people really into computers. So during my 20-plus years fixing computers for a living you run across a lot of really strange ways for computers and their components to Read more…
Family
The Life of Barbara Chambers
My (then, soon to be) sister in law, Felicia, went back to school in the early 2000’s to get her masters in Adult Education. One of the assignments was to interview a close friend or family member for Read more…
Personal
My Best Friend, Butch
I’ve been a bit raw about this for going on two weeks and I know there are a lot of things going on in this country and the world that are vastly more important. I’ve done my part and voted Read more…