With summer rapidly approaching, I wanted to share one of my all-time favorite recipes. BBQ Ribs may not be in keeping with my new healthy lifestyle, but they are the kind of occasional indulgence that make life worth living. If you treat yourself to something truly decadent every once in a while, you will enjoy [...]
During my years as a cooking instructor, I spent a lot more time than the average person in the grocery store, and I became very observant about the things that other shoppers purchased. It always saddened me to see a young mother pushing a cart filled with Twinkies, Spagetti-O’s, and Hot Pockets. I always got [...]
Every time I embark on a new web design project, I am reminded of the negative impact of Microsoft Internet Explorer. As I’ve said in the past, I’m not a typical Microsoft basher, and I credit the universality of their operating systems and Office software with a large portion of the steady rise in productivity [...]
On September 13th of last year, my wife and I were celebrating our anniversary with a fabulous meal in our favorite local restaurant. She was enjoying it, and I was trying my best to put on a good show. The fact of the matter is that I was miserable during what should have been a [...]
In spite of the overwhelming economic challenges we face as a nation, President Obama seems determined to push forward with a massive overhaul of our healthcare system. The countless trillions in unfunded future obligations for Social Security and Medicare that already threaten to bankrupt future generations of Americans are apparently not sufficient to deter the [...]
I’ve had plenty of distractions to keep me from posting here regularly for the past couple of weeks. Between dying dogs, a 4 year old in the midst of a particularly unpleasant phase, and a variety of conflicting family and volunteer responsibilities, life has been pretty hectic of late. Somehow my volunteer work for Gallop [...]
Some of you will recall a couple of posts I wrote last year about the ongoing health problems of our dogs Maggie and Grover. The original posts can be found here and here if you would like to start from the beginning. Maggie suffered from a variety of ailments, including a tumor on her spine [...]
While grandstanding politicians and the mainstream media continue to fan the flames of populist rage over the AIG bonus scandal, little attention is being paid to other critical issues taking place in Washington. Even though GM and Chrysler have yet to submit their viability plans due on March 30th, the Obama administration has already announced [...]
You may recall from this post that my brief career with the Census Bureau didn’t work out exactly as planned. I thought I had witnessed the pinnacle of institutional incompetence during my one day tenure, but I was wrong. It gets worse.
I received a phone call yesterday from the same local Census office where I [...]
As a follow-up to My Great 30 Day Twitter Experiment, I wanted to give you an update now that I’m three weeks into the project. Am I a Twitter addict yet, or is the whole thing just as pointless as I had imagined? The answer is definitely, maybe, probably.
I’ve made it a point to post [...]