I have been playing with Google+ for the last several days and, thus far, like it very much. Most importantly, I trust Google to avoid making changes to their privacy policy which will reveal information that I decide to keep private. Facebook has done the opposite (made my private info available to third parties) so […]
Opt Out of Paper Phone Books
I don’t know how well it works (yet) but I just used the National Yellow Pages Consumer Choice & Opt-Out Site to decline all five of the big books that have been delivered to our doorstep annually. Several years ago, we cut the cord and terminated our AT&T home phone service, switching to a VOIP […]
Testing CloudFlare
I have been reading about CloudFlare for some time and decided to give it a try. CloudFlare promises to speed up a web site using several technologies, including caching static content on their CDN, minifying content, and blocking access to malicious bots. I installed it on this site for testing and, at least initially, I […]
Welcoming Robin Hood the Red Lored Parrot
We have adopted a new family member, Robin Hood, the red lored Amazon parrot. Click the picture or click here to see more photos and a video. Robin Hood is an absolute delight, loving attention and company but being (usually) patient when he does not get to be in the same room with us. Some […]
Zoo Zoom
I had a wonderful father’s day this year, capped by weather fine enough to inspire a photo safari to the St. Louis Zoo just before closing time on Sunday. (Click the picture if you want to skip the words and just enjoy the photos.) This gave me the chance that I had been waiting for: […]
Nikon 75-300mm f/4.5-5.6 AF Zoom Nikkor First Photos
I just received my “new” Nikon 75-300mm f/4.5-5.6 AF Zoom Nikkor lens and here are a few of the first shots with the lens on my D90. All are hand held at 300mm. (Click on the slideshow to see larger versions.) To say that I am pleased would be an understatement.
I Appreciate Taxes. Think I’m Crazy?
The California Assembly just passed a bill which would require on-line retailers, such as Amazon, to collect sales tax. A key problem underlying governments today (federal, state, county, and municipal) is that they have less revenue than expenses. (Very few governments are running at a surplus these days.) Interestingly, we-the-people are both the “owners” of government […]
500 & Counting!
I am tickled to share with you the news that this is my 500th posting here on CheerfulCurmudgeon.com. I started this blog just over six years ago, in May 2005. Thank you for sharing the journey with me. I have enjoyed your feedback as comments, in email messages, and occasionally in person. I am sure […]
Tulips in Holland, MI
My father and step-mother took me to Holland, MI to see the tulips when I was a kid. I blazed away with my camera, gleefully shooting Kodachrome on a glorious sunny day. Ever since then, I have wanted to go back and I finally made it to the 2011 Tulip Time Festival. Here are a […]
Shedd Aquarium Photos
Candy and I visited the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago recently. It’s a magic place well worth your time when you next get to the Windy City. Here are a few of my photos. You can also click through to see larger versions.
Mom in Six Words
The New York Times contest http://nyti.ms/jrcSki inspired me, so here goes: six words about my mother: My greatest cheerleader never stopped believing. Mom’s love and food cure all.
Stripes!
Our Fiat 500 is at least 30 MPH faster sitting in the driveway now that it has its racing stripes! Thanks to Mike at Wicked Stickers for the great work.
Cool Car – FIAT 500
Candy was thrilled to get her car earlier than expected, since I got home on Saturday night instead of Sunday. (Sure, she claimed that she was happy to see me but I know the truth.) We waited until daylight to take this picture and you can still see that “FIAT Grin.” I had been calling […]
FIAT 500 Joins Our Family
A feisty yellow FIAT 500 Sport joined our family on Friday. 🙂 I picked it up from FIAT of Salt Lake City after an on-line chat with Shane revealed a car on their lot configured just like Candy and I had been prepared to special order. After a tough week at work, I had the “chore” of […]
Upbeat Prostate Cancer Info
We are all aware of breast cancer (who can escape the pink ribbons, pink grocery bags, etc?) but it is pretty easy to ignore prostate cancer. Perhaps this is a sign of better marketing by the breast cancer advocates. Perhaps we are more comfortable thinking about breasts than urinary tracts. Or perhaps we men are […]
Innovative Transportation Ideas
Gas prices jumped again: $3.89 today and I know that Missouri’s prices are lower than many. I should count myself lucky; I work from home so I burn a lot less gas than most of my friends. I struggle to hang onto that warm, fuzzy feeling when I fill up my plane, though. The last […]
Remember Modems?
Sometimes I forget how long I have been using a some nifty technology so the universe whacks me over the head with a clue stick and reminds me. Over the weekend, my younger son was building a file server out of an old PC that he found in the basement. Digging through the case, he […]
Supporting Journalism
Over the last week, I have had several people actually ask me why I have not been posting here much over the last several months. It was not until yesterday, when I bumped into a man who I had not seen in several years and he asked me about this blog, that I finally twigged […]
Stealth Elk
Who knew? Apparently there is another kind of elk, the Stealth Elk, which few people have heard of and fewer have seen. Not only is there still a small population in north America but some have even been imported to my home state of Missouri. And, for all you hunters out there, hunting them is […]
Delightful Dialog
This article is hard to write not because of any uncertainty about what I want to say but simply because I want to gently suggest an idea to you. I do not want to come across as a know-it-all and raise your defenses. Maybe I worry too much. I am quite sure that you are […]
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