I really should do that.........

We moved about six months ago. I'll be posting more on the lessons learned in the future. In the past the first priority I always had (after finding the coffee pot) was setting up the stereo (or surround sound now). It's been six months and I haven't touch it. I have the speakers all stacked up waiting to go, but just haven't taken the time to do it.

I have my computers and network set-up, and perhaps that is the cause of my lax attitude. I have 90 percent of my CD's ripped to various hard drives, so the tunes are available as needed. Hence no rush, just one more project that needs to be done.

Ode to the IBM Selectric

I recently moved to mid-size town in Wisconsin, and I'm enjoying it. In the course of exploring the area, I kept driving by this real nice Good Will store. I used to stop at various thrift stores to look for books, always a great deal. But, I got out of that habit years ago. I keep driving by this place and the parking lot is always packed, like a Toys 'R' Us on Christmas Eve. So of course I have to stop in, the place is as nice and clean as any Target or Walmart I've ever been in, this is cool.
Looking around and I come across this shelve with four IBM Selectric Typewriters on it. Various models and colors. These were so cool, there was the little golf ball that you could switch out to change fonts, you could do on the fly corrections and I'm sure there were a bunch of other features to make your life easier (but I don't think it had a spell-checker). I had friends that had these typewriters and they loved them, it was one slick typewriter for the time.
Would have loved to have had one of these some thirty years ago, but they cost hundreds of dollars. Here's the choice stereo equipment or typewriter, stereo won.
What is the going rate for this one time technological wonder you might ask, $4.99.
I passed.

Nice Marketing Captain America

What do you do when the numbers are low and you want to boost circulation, two fold from what I've read, maybe more. Why kill off the main character, of course. Worked for Superman. They did bring Superman back didn't they? I haven't followed comics for a good 30 years, but when it makes the main stream media you have to take notice.
Anyway, Capt. America will never be dead, he's a cultural icon in this country. As Dennis Hopper said in Easy Rider "That's Capt. America and I'm Billy, we play all the fairs around, we make big money" (the may not be exact, but you get the idea). Capt. America like Superman is part of our culture, people who have never pick-up a comic book know who he is and what he stands for. So, relax Capt. your immortal, you'll always be part of the hearts and minds of the USA.

The sidebar: People who want to blame the Bush administration for the Captains demise, get a life.

The sidebar 2: I checked out the price of comic books these days, talk about sticker shock.

The first keystrokes are always the hardest.

I've been in the process of starting this blog for months. Always looking at the blank page and trying to hit that first key, once that's done the words can flow, well sometimes.

I stumbled on an old high school friends blog awhile back (Cliff Biggers) and it's interesting how much I've learned about him from his blog (this sounds kind of creepy, but we have trade some light e-mails). Anyway he's a good writer, a skill I wish I was better at, and perhaps through this blog I'll improve it.

From this little soap box I'll be spewing out packets of ones and zeros that will represent my observations of the world and my life.