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A Fur Peace in Time

By Dennis E. Powell | Nov 20, 2024 at 11:23 PM

Was it fate or just the path of least resistance? It’s been 20 years and I still don’t know.

In the autumn of 2004 circumstances too long and boring to explain gave me the opportunity to live pretty much anywhere I wanted. There was no particular reason, no special interest, leading me to one place over another.

Homebridge Brings Things Together

By Timothy R. Butler | Nov 20, 2024 at 10:05 PM

I’ve been tinkering with the smart home for the better part of a decade now. The love-her-and-hate-her Amazon Alexa has ruled the roost with a rusty iron fist the whole time, the only device capable of bringing the different pieces I bought together. Homebridge is a free tool that is changing that for me.

Third-World Internet from Frontier Communications

By Dennis E. Powell | Nov 14, 2024 at 2:19 AM

The internet and phone went out Halloween night. There was a light rain, and with Frontier Communications that’s all it takes. The rain doesn’t need to be local. As long as it is raining, or someone sneezes, anywhere in the world, Frontier Communications internet and phone service is likely to fail.

Those Were the Days (of Repairs)

By Timothy R. Butler | Nov 14, 2024 at 1:13 AM

I never intended to become Archie Bunker. But, he had a point: the old LeSalle ran great. Things of the past did, because they were easily repairable. In an age of disposable everything, working with something old is a reminder of that.

Royko Gets His Wish

By Dennis E. Powell | Nov 06, 2024 at 9:46 PM

If you look around or listen, you’ll hear the newly minted cliché that the Democratic Party is now engaged in soul searching after it got hammered yesterday, top to bottom, by voters who did not like what it was selling.

Episode 48: I Went on an Extended Bush v. Gore Recap Rant

Tim and Jason's Predictions for Election 2024

By Zippy the Wonder Snail | Nov 04, 2024 at 8:51 PM

Ahead of the 2024 Presidential Election, Tim and Jason resume an old tradition of theirs and make their predictions of how the race will turn out.

But It Won't Be Over

By Dennis E. Powell | Oct 30, 2024 at 10:10 PM

If all goes well, we’ll awaken a week from today to the ghastly thought that we’ll be listening to that voice for the next four years. I say if all goes well, because if the election is as close as the predictors say it will be — sooner or later, just by chance, they will be right — this thing could drag on for months, or it could result in instant rioting. I say that voice because no one who should be allowed to run free can stand the sound of either of the presidential candidates.

We're Motivated, But Do We Know What Matters?

By Timothy R. Butler | Oct 30, 2024 at 10:03 PM

I wanted to vote early to avoid the crowds. I wanted to, but less than a week away from the election I haven’t. The crowds going to vote early dwarf what we normally deal with on Election Day.

And That's the Way It Is?

By Dennis E. Powell | Oct 23, 2024 at 11:11 PM

There was a time, longer ago than most of us who remember it would like to admit, when most people in the country could identify the three national television news anchors. Well, except for ABC; at the time it seemed as if ABC could not identify its own anchor.

Episode 47: Decided By Communists and Ballerinas

(Or, I Hung Up the "Mission Accomplished" Banner Too Soon)

By Zippy the Wonder Snail | Oct 23, 2024 at 10:03 PM

Tim and Jason talk sports and hope — but not at the same time — as they think about the WNBA, and St. Louis soccer and baseball, before turning to God’s faithfulness shown even in death.

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