Random thoughts, life lessons, hopes and dreams
Goodbye to the little monkey and welcome the long pier. It's time to turn over a new badge. As I mentioned over at the bar on Saturday I am working on the last segment of the garage facelift I started last year. Since the “garage” is really the merger between a relatively large garage and... Continue Reading →
Unlike people who have completed the switch to credit cards and payment apps, some of us still carry a little cash, and many of us are a little obsessive about the denomination and storage of cash in our wallets. I like a mix of notes, and I like all the presidents to be upright and... Continue Reading →
A few years ago on Mother’s Day, Faith (daughter) and I built a one-person-patio for my wife. The plan was to give The Editor a place to relax for a few minutes while she was working in her garden. I had found a small antique wrought iron bench, we set a small area of pavers... Continue Reading →
Welcome to the bar at No Facilities. We’ve gathered the usual suspects, and Linda G. Hill has challenged us to speak of heavenly things…well: “Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is ‘fall from the sky.’ Write about anything that falls from the sky–real, imagined, or idiomatic. Have fun!” If we were having a... Continue Reading →
Welcome to our little bar. It’s time to surrender to Linda G. Hill’s Stream of Consciousness Saturday prompt. Today, in keeping with the April A-to-Z thing, she gave us: “Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is ‘lip.’ Use it as a word, or find a word with ‘lip’in it. As always, use any... Continue Reading →
Almost every geeky computer guy and gal who’s over the age of 50-something, knows the expression: “Everything is deeply intertwingled.” Depending on which computer guy/gal you talk to, you will get a different answer as to who to attribute that quote to. I learned of this quote in a class on “Structured Design” taught by... Continue Reading →
If you follow this site through week after week of One-liner Wednesdays, Thursday Doors and Stream of Consciousness Saturdays, you might find it confusing when I say that I don’t normally respond to blogging prompts. “Um, Dan, 75% of your posts are in response to a blogging prompt.” You might say. To which I would... Continue Reading →
This post is a public service from No Facilities for our non-geek readers. You might be unaware of the fact that last week, the Consumer Electronic Show (CES) was held in Las Vegas. CES is the annual opportunity for manufacturers to showcase the latest and allegedly greatest output from their backroom boys. Some of this... Continue Reading →
I know, I know, it’s the last day of 2018 and I’m supposed to recap the year that was and ponder the year to come. I’m not going to do that. OK? You see, at work, I’ve been busy annualizing my 2019 budget, writing a list of accomplishments and explaining the things that should have... Continue Reading →
