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Movie endings

You know a movie ending can make all the difference. You might be watching something that is a little weird, maybe you aren’t really “getting it” then the movie ends with a flourish and BAM! it was a GREAT movie, you tell your friends to see it. Sometimes the opposite happens. You are into […]

Another Milestone

One of our clan has has just past one of those signposts on the road of life. Flying down the highway you can see the big numbers from a long way off. That’s why they call it the big 2 – 1. At some point you turn around to see what you have learned […]

Fishing part deux

So now we have the basic fishing accouterments. It’s time to find the place. Of course, I do 99% of my research on the web. While looking for forums and web pages that talk about fishing around Galveston I was surprised how many web sites were dead. They were still there but have not been […]

Our Latest hobby

Fishing. Yes, you read that right – fishing. As some of you know, I like and don’t like fish. This ambiguity has been passed down to my children and clouded my wife’s perspective as well. Several time over the past few years I have considered taking up fishing. Why you ask? Good question. Clearly […]

SpiralFrog croaks

about 3 hours ago – by David Chartier Posted in: The WebSpiralFrog debuted in 2007 with a new ad-supported music download business model, but alas, it was never meant to be. The company’s website stopped working last night, and a combination of mounting debt and the death of music DRM are most likely to […]

Another Timewaster

I know – just what you were looking for. This one will hit our “younger crowd” the hardest so do not attempt if you need to get some school work done!

The video below is for those of you uninitiated in Daft Punk – an electronica pop group that has been making catchy tunes on […]

Riddle me this

A doctor and a boy were fishing. The boy was the doctor’s son, but the doctor was not the boy’s father. Who was the doctor?

A man had 12 sheep. All but 9 died. How many sheep did he have left?

How many months have 28 days?

On […]

Payoff Moments

Those of you who are also parents share some things with ALL parents. You wonder if your kid(s) are “getting it”. Sometimes it seems like they don’t even hear it. Sometimes . . . Sometimes you have a payoff moment when you hear back some bit of sagely advice you doled out during the formative […]

Aquaman

OK, so I guess no one dreamt of flying (mentioned a few posts back). Some might call that “falling with style”, but this next video is a whole nother deal. I could imagine this actually making it here in Texas (and Florida). Would you try it?

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It seemed like a good idea at the time

You know the feeling, in your head the image and scenario you quickly worked out seemed . . . almost, perfect to you. Go for it!

Sometimes the intoxication of the moment allows you to maintain your self deception for far longer that it should. Sometimes common sense starts to stalk you […]