Hey, future grandkids of mine, and anybody else interested enough to read my words (thanks!). It’s been a fun day. Dane and I went over to see the Spielberg-produced “Ready Player One”, based on the Ernest Cline book. I had read the book, Dane had not. Although I recognized multiple departures from the book, I …
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Apr 06
Day 19,924
Hey gang, old fat grampa Bob here again. I have always had an interest in the topic of fantasy worlds, from when I was very young and captivated by the silliness of the worlds created by Dr. Seuss, or later, in my teenage years when I discovered the Lord of the Rings, the Hyperborean Age …
Apr 05
Day 19,923
Schadenfreude. I’ve always kind of liked that word. It’s a German word as if you couldn’t tell. I recall (and I paraphrase) a quote from John Fugelsang, ” I derive pleasure from the discomfort of people that don’t know the definition of the word ‘Schadenfreude’”. In reality, the word means “pleasure derived by someone from …
Apr 04
Day 19,922
In recent weeks, there have been a number of very tragic events, from the brutal attack and murder of seventeen high school students and teachers in Florida, to an attack at the Youtube headquarters yesterday that thankfully, led to the death of the shooter who apparently took her own life after shooting and wounding four …
Apr 03
Day 19,921
I now enter the second year of blogging. I wonder where this will take me? I do wonder sometimes who else reads my blog. I don’t receive a lot of comments, but that is probably due to the fact that I don’t solicit a lot of commentaries. I could probably offer up a few more …
Apr 02
Day 19,920
OK, so here it is folks… I’ve successfully written 365 blog updates over the course of the last year. For me, this is a pretty significant achievement in the world of sticking to something and trying to create a good habit. There have been times that I didn’t have much to say. Some might posit …
Apr 01
Day 19,919
Hey gang, it’s Easter, and I hope you guys had a great day, with the appropriate balance of gratitude, religious fervor, and chocolate bunnies. Yeah, that may have sounded a lot funnier in my head. I’m a practicing Christian, and if I practiced harder, I might be able to get it right. My wife is a …
Mar 31
Day 19,918
OK. Gotta set the stage here a little bit. It is currently halftime between the Villanova Wildcats and the Kansas Jayhawks. KU is getting their asses handed to them at this point, down 15, 47-32. Now, to be clear, if anybody had told me at the beginning of the season that KU would win their …
Mar 30
Day 19,917
It’s Good Friday, and we’re sitting in the family room, watching an episode of the BBC’s “Sherlock Holmes”. Cumberbatch nailed another one. I got my new grill today, a quite nice Weber Genesis II E-410, with the copper finish. Tomorrow, we’ll get it broken in correctly, with a variety of meats. I think some burgers, …
Mar 29
Day 19,916
Hey kids, fat old grampa Bob here. I think I have my internet access situation resolved, for the most part. Mercury Wireless was able to get everything mounted and connected, and I installed a new wireless mesh wifi network here at the house. Download and upload speeds are manageable, and I don’t have to worry …