Language can be so colorful and creative. I especially love euphemisms. Euphemistic phrases get the meaning across in the most amusing and often brutally direct way. Take the word “mouth” for example.
There is nothing more satisfying than telling a loud mouth to shut their pie hole (or cake hole for those of you across the [...]

BP has created a wonderful little model environment for their surveyorbots to roam around in. And you can control them over the web! The surveyorbot has a webcam, so you can see where your little bot is going. There is a little lag between when you send a command and when the surveyorbot responds, but [...]

So, in my internet travels, I happened upon the following video. My first reaction is “Why? Why take something fairly useful and turn it into something hardly useful at all? Why take an aesthetically pleasing Segway and put so many bike tires on it in the quest for a monster truck appearance?” And, of course, [...]

I’m a burger and fries kinda gal, but on occasion I get on a health kick and will start watching my calories, exercising, and generally try to take better care of myself. Here are some of the tools I use to keep tabs on my health and my fitness progress. Check back often, as I’ll [...]

As some of you (”you” referring to the one person out there reading this blog) may know, one of our female budgies recently laid some eggs. At first, we were excited about the prospect of baby budgies. The first egg cracked, probably from being used for budgie soccer. A second egg was laid, then a [...]

When I was little, my parents took me and my siblings to Disneyland. We lived an hour’s drive away, so it was convenient. Back then, I was enthralled and mystified by the Blue Bayou restaurant. I really thought we were eating outside at night! I especially loved the fake fireflies. It is truly a magical [...]

There are zillions of social networking sites now: MySpace, Facebook, Friendster, Flickr, MeetUp, MyYearbook, and on and on. I barely have time for myself, let alone the hundreds of people who want to poke me, sell me, or whatever the hell they do at these places. They intrigue me, at least the concept does, but [...]

Our oldest female budgie laid her first egg this week. We were definitely NOT expecting that and we had done all we could to discourage our flock from getting any bigger. But, the deed was done, so we were excited about the prospect of a baby budgie. Unfortunately, it appears that she or one of [...]