Category: Ramblings

  • Timing

    I think I am giving up on the early morning posting schedule – it was an interesting experiment.  Overall, I can’t say my visitor count improved at all, in fact it seemed like it dropped a bit.  Though admittedly at my volume, any change of +1 or -1 is a major shift.  The biggest impact…

  • Miscellaneous plans

    Going to be a busy next couple of weeks, as I prepare for our upcoming Magic: The Gathering tournament.  I still have to finish up the last pieces of the trophy I have been working on, in between what seems to be nearly constant rain.  In addition, my trips to Toledo are more numerous, limiting…

  • Intent vs Reality

    Over the last several months, I have commented at times about how I had intended or planned for one action or another, and then ended up failing to deliver on my own claims.  This seems to be a common situation, and one for which I envy regular content creators who are able to reliably complete…

  • Back to work

    Posting a bit late, since I have resumed work after a brief one week holiday.  Needless to say, my email is rather backlogged, with all the issues that came up while I was not watching. For the vacation, we had a good time – plenty of fun with the family, camping with the kids, and…

  • Happy Halloween

    Enjoying family time tonight, as the kids go out trick-or-treating for Beggar’s Night.  Ben is very happy with his inflatable gorilla costume, and it looks like George will recycle his “dead guy” costume from last year.  As usual, the grandparents will be over to help hand out candy, and we will no doubt have pizza. …

  • Survived Camping

    Managed to survive camping with the kids over the weekend in the forests of Ohio, despite the near freezing temperatures, solid wind, and nearly constant rain.  The scouts ended up having a blast, and plenty of activities that kept us running from morning to night.  Unfortunately, everything had a solid coating of mud, so it…

  • Webelos Ree

    Heading out this weekend for some camping with my kids.  The youngest finishing up his last requirements as a Cub Scouts, before graduating to the Boy Scouts, and my oldest as a Boy Scout Den Chief, assisting the cubs.  Will have a large group of cub and boy scouts with us, as we brave the…

  • Amazon Associates

    Just a side note to help explain some of the links and ads on the page you may see at different times.  Ultimately, this website may potentially pay for itself, though at this point that is not the case.  However, if you spot links to items I either reference, review, or recommend, they will frequently…