Monthly Archives: April 2006

How to Lose Weight Like Prehistoric Man

I, like you, am having a difficult time losing weight. Unfortunately losing weight is not like losing your car keys. You canâ€™t just wake up one morning and suddenly find that 30 pounds is missing. â€œNow where did I put that weight? Did I leave it on the table in the hall?â€ youâ€™d say....
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Does Blogging Preventing Writers from Writing Novels?

A few weeks ago Sarah Hepola shut down her blog, due largely to her argument on Slate.com that it was preventing her from actually getting any “real” writing done. This struck home because I have always considered myself a “writer” of some sort, though I truly don’t have very much to show for it...
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Coffeehouse Confessions

I knew I had a problem. I just couldn’t admit it. Sure, Iâ€™ve done your marijuana, your crack cocaine, your LSD, your Nyquil shots, your heroine laced with Mr. Plumber, your airplane glue (both gel and liquid form) and your standard list of multi-colored pills chased down with a fifth of Jack Daniels, but...
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Father To Bee

I went to a neighbor’s yard sale this weekend and she handed me a coffee mug which reads “Father to Bee.” She said I could have it, you know, as a gift. It was a nice gesture. I smiled and thanked her and didn’t really think much of it until I got home and...
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Save The Planet – Jump, Jump!

Right now our fragile little piece of galactic real estate is plagued with the prospect of global warming, rapid climate changes and a guy with an MBA in the Whitehouse. We need a solution and we need it soon. I’m also a big believer in amateur science and individuals working towards a better future....
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J.S. Bach’s Coffee Cantata – The Original Coffee House Music

You think coffee is the “new” hot drink made popular and trendy in the 1990s? Think again. Back in 1729 coffee houses were becoming the Starbucks of the 18th century Europe and everybody who was anybody was discovering the fad. Johann Sebastian Bach was no different. He took the trend and built it into...
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Hardly Working…

Today my wife asks me what I do all day at work. When I was a kid I asked my father the same question once. He was an electrical engineer and he worked in an office all his life. He still does. At the time my father was not able to give me any...
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A Taxing Time

It’s income tax time again so that mean’s it’s time to have the passport handy and be ready to flee the country at a moment’s notice. The Best Income Tax Software You Can Buy As a public service announcement (and a great way to work off 10 more hours of community service from my...
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