Thinking Out Loud

I finally got around to bringing in the goldfish and koi from the pond.

When I splashed about with the little fish net I had bought (the biggest I could find at the pet store) the fish just took on a Crocodile Dundee attitude.

“Net?  That’s not a net!?”

Anyway, I couldn’t fold them enough to get them into the pitiful excuse for a net I had bought at the pet store (their biggest model) and I guess that fish aren’t really built for origami  practice. Read the rest of this entry »

I held back for a week, before I put this here.  But since I’m on the subject of new technology (see here) I can’t help replaying a telephone conversation with my brother.

It all started innocently  enough.

me:  “What’s new?”

brother: “We’re finally going to replace the flooring in our house.  Should start next week.”

me: “Great!  How long is that gonna take?”

brother: “Not too long.  They are coming in and doing it one room at a time (a good plan I thought, but didn’t say anything) and they move the furniture and everything. (moving the furniture first is even a better plan!)”

me: “Cool – and you’re getting the whole main floor done, right?”

brother: “Yeah – and we got new appliances too” Read the rest of this entry »

Over the last couple of weeks I’ve got a few emails with “Sent from my Blackberry Wireless device.”

I’m not putting anyone down, but my first impression was “ooh wow – did you even know that little message was attached to your email?”  I’m guessing not, because most things nowadays just work out of the box.  There’s no need to do anything, which leads to my rambling for today. Read the rest of this entry »