Tuck the Kiddies in Bed First…

This is not really going to be a work friendly post...or at least it will be perceived that way.Seems that the folks over a NASA have been busy thinking of ways to put skin on robots. Don't really know why. Don't really care.What results is a funny (albeit bassackwards) pr campaign. And if you think …

Confessions of a Poser/Halloween Pt. 2

I'm a poser. Or at least I was until tonight.In casual conversation anytime between yesterday and the month after I graduated high school, I had no problem letting slip to anyone in casual conversation that I "used to skate" in my teen days. Which, to be honest, was bulls**t. My "skating" amounted to the following: …

Halloween, Pt. 1.3

There are few holidays I enjoy more than Halloween. It plays in to my inherent sense of theatrics. Like the severed head. It looks a LOT creepier in photos and video than it does in real life (although it looks pretty damn good in person too).Normally Halloween weekend would find us in Indiana for the …

Extra Crispy Thrift

Halloween is upon us and as the town where the 18th Amendment was drafted, we sure know how to party! We close the streets (well, some side streets), put up all of our Council "elect me" signs and throw a little party we call "Fourth Friday--Midnight Madness!!!"After a satisfying run at the local pizza buffet, …

Thrifting With Todd: Episode 1:"High Plains Thrifter"

If there's one thing you should know about me, it's this: I dig going to the thrift store.There's a few decent ones near my house and there there's this one:When it was Builder's Square, I never went there (of course I was 14). But now? I'm there at least once a week.It's basically my mecca.On …

First Post (All Over Again)

I've been here before. A couple years back I had a blog named, originally enough, "Random Meanderings". So, this is not new ground to me.What is new is a level of self censorship. When my daughter was younger, there was little chance that she would see what was in my blog. So, my colored commentaries …