Posts by Jeff

Let me begin by saying that I am not an automotive mechanic, nor have I ever played one on TV.  I know where to put the gas in, check tire pressure, change a tire, and if absolutely need be – change my oil – pretty much the sum of my automotive expertise.  I came to the delightful recognition that the passenger side front door lock of my truck was not working when I locked my truck.  How long I have been walking off from my vehicle,...

Everyday around the world amazing technological breakthroughs occur; some simple, some great.  Some of these advancements move the scope of human knowledge ahead by fractions of an inch, while others are major leaps forward.  Although many of the advancements come in the form of sophisticated electronics or computer technology, others come in the form of new discoveries in physics, chemistry, and various fields of science. Most of...

For those of you who do not know, I am a computer guy.  I write software for a living.  You may not realize this, but most advanced programming languages have modules built into them which allow the computer to generate random numbers.  You may well ask, what is the value of having a computer randomly generate a number?  After all, you would not want it to generate a random balance for your checkbook or a random number of miles shown...

So a couple of years ago my nephew Steve died.  Among his possessions was a 1979 Vespa P200E scooter with a sidecar.  My wife had been talking about getting a scooter for some time.  She just thought they were cute and that she could ride it to work to save on gas.  Now bear in mind that my wife already drives a fuel efficient little car and works about 1/3 of a mile from our home.  She could walk to work if she wanted to and probably...

If you have read any of my character Morgan Snow’s posts on his Facebook page, then you know a pet peeve of his is people abusing handicap parking.  I share that pet peeve with him, but I have another.  It drives me nuts when you go to any parking lot for a store that uses shopping carts, to find those carts spewed across the parking lot because people are too lazy to take them to the racks.  I also hate when people take the cart to...