Isn’t Life Strange?

Two days ago we lost the great Harvey Korman. He will always be remembered for the many years he appeared on the Carol Burnett show as well as his work in a few of Mel Brooks’ movies.
I will always remember the Harvey Korman you can see in this video of a Carol […]

An isolated tribe in Brazil has made news due to some recent aerial photography.  It is believed that this particular tribe is one of the few remaining groups on Earth that has not been contacted by the outside world.
Try wrapping your mind around that thought for a moment.  These people are primitives who have […]

Although I have only sent two tweets (messages), I can see the potential in Twitter.  
Essentially, Twitter is what you make of it.  The basic concept is that users have a limit of 140 characters in which to leave a message that they want others to read.  Think of it as a miniature blog.  Members […]

I decided that I would go ahead and join Twitter. For those of you who don’t know anything about it, Twitter is sort of the text message equivalent of blogging. When you twitter, you are limited to very short messages - I’ll explain more later.
I will probably end up adding […]

Take a look at this extraordinary video of a tornado captured today in Oklahoma.  (link)
Courtesy of KWTV and FoxSnooze. 
***** UPDATE *****
Here’s another incredible video, this time courtesy of CNN, of a tornado destroying a pig farm.

I added four more lake photos to my flickr photostream.  Feel free to take a look. 

Frustrated by squirrels stealing bird seed out of your feeders?  Take a look at the Yankee Flipper, an ingenious feeder designed to eliminate that problem. 
I see two benefits of this product.  Not only does it save the bird seed for birds only, but it may very well be one of the most entertaining things […]

I like the idea of taking a vacation in the Spring.  Temperatures aren’t too unbearably hot, and most kids are in school, making popular places less crowded.  I managed to see some interesting places while I was away. 
Mount Rushmore is an amazing place.  When the project was conceived, organizers wanted to create a monument […]

After a few thousand miles and a couple of weeks, I’m finally back home in Houston.  As I mentioned in previous posts, I had a fantastic time seeing some new sites and also spending time at a place that I dearly love.  On the drive home I thought about how much I would love to […]

I didn’t want to leave the lakeside cottage this morning but as they say, all good things must come to an end. 
I snapped a few photos before I left and made my way to Wichita Kansas. 
As I’ve said, I had a fantastic time on this vacation. The time spent in Minnesota, at a […]

Tomorrow morning I’ll be leaving the cottage and beginning my journey back to the Lone Star State.  Ugh…
It’s not that I don’t want to go home.  I just don’t want to leave.  The weather is cool but getting warmer, trees are beginning to show signs of blooming, and fishing season just started. 
And then there’s […]

If Alexandria Minnesota has a landmark or a symbol, it would be Big Ole, most likely the largest fiberglass statue of a Viking ever built.  Big Ole has been here for many years, at least as long as I have been coming here since I was a child.  He has been moved several times and […]

I apologize in advance about the long and rambling post.  I’ve spent several hours working on it and trying to make it better.  It still isn’t quite right or perhaps as well-written as I had hoped, but here it is…
I don’t know if it is because of the political silly season or if my tolerance […]

With only a few more days left here at the family cottage in Minnesota, I am trying to enjoy my time here as much as I can. 
There’s not much excitement going on here.  This is a vacation to get away from the city and enjoy the peace and quiet.  Fishing is usually a big […]

It has been a bit overcast and a mixed bag for weather over the past few days.  I’m not complaining, but the sun today sure is nice, especially since it rained steadily all day yesterday. 
Here are a couple of photos I took earlier today.  Click on a photo if you would like to see […]