Posts by Jim

So I am partners in a company that has a scissor lift.  If you do not know what that is, I’ll explain.  It is one of those deals you see people use that lift them up in the air to work on lights, signs, bridges, and stuff.  A scissor lift has alternating braces underneath that look like scissors opening and closing as it lifts you up into the air – hence the name.  I was using it last week when the switch to turn the...

Remember biorhythms? I haven’t heard of them in years.  For you embryos that are too young to remember, there was this theory that your intellect, physical well being, and emotions each had a certain rhythm of highs and lows.  Each one had a different length and seldom were they ever in sync.  The idea was that you could plot a chart of your personal biorhythm, so that you would know when you were going to be at your best or...

You know the Internet is an amazing the thing.  It is startling what you can find out there on it, and equally astonishing what you cannot.  Search engines are pretty good, but could be better.  When you are writing a book like Snowfall or Snow Angels you wind up looking for a lot of weird stuff, some of which is ghoulish and creepy, and some of which is deadly and scary.  My only saving thought, as I sit there looking up the affects...

So at what point did that seem like a bad idea?  You may have seen a story in the news lately where this guy decided to go out in a kayak for a little fishing on the ocean.  Let’s stop there for a moment and ponder the intelligence of this move.  Ocean – kayak – hooking God knows what – hmm, yeah, makes good sense to me.  Now I know there are lots of guys out there that like to fish from kayaks, of course there...

I just had dinner at Louie’s with a couple of people.  Our server (I remember when you could call them waitress) was Chris.  She was a pretty blonde and generally just the right amount of friendly.  She was efficient and did a good job.  Had my daughter been there I cannot say how much would have been the associated tip (if any).  My daughter has a complex formula based upon the amount of chit chat, level of liquid her drink...