One of the loudest noises making its way around lately is a call for everyone working remotely to Return To the Office (RTO, caps mine because I am lazy and want to refer to it later). Working remotely is something I actually have considerable experience with. As a long-time IT staffer, in most every roleContinue reading “Return to office”
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An update I couldn’t resist making
Some time ago I wrote about this country’s sports obsession and the habit cities have of spending public (i.e. our) money on stadium, ballpark, racetrack etc upgrades to convince wealthy team owners to not relocate elsewhere. The tone of my piece was, I see, rather discouraging; in it I envisioned an endless loop of paymentsContinue reading “An update I couldn’t resist making”
Life, compressed
It is said in a credit card commercial that life comes at you fast. I will reply…No kidding. This writer has experienced in a couple weeks that has encompassed almost all the highs and lows that life can offer, in a miniscule amount of time. First weekend saw the wedding of a nephew and hisContinue reading “Life, compressed”
Expired. Expired. Expired.
We’ve all seen the insurance commercial where a couple has a ant(aunt) problem in their home. In one special scene, one aunt (whose name escapes) reviews the items in the refrigerator and serially declares ‘Expired. Expired. Expired.’ Granted, the image of a fridge full of potentially spoiled food is perhaps an unpleasant look for manyContinue reading “Expired. Expired. Expired.”
The Internet is garbage
‘Waiting for ad.doubleclick.net…..’ ‘Transferring to chicago.newspix.com…..’ ‘Performing TLS handshake to secure.webpage.net…..’ ‘Resolving address site.goodurl.com…’ ‘Sending data to analytics.google.com….’ and so on, and so on. This is just a tiny sampling of the ‘stuff’ that today’s internet user is constantly subjected to. Not that the typical internet user is trying to do anything generally accepted to be technicallyContinue reading “The Internet is garbage”
Goodbye, Dr. Who
I have for a long time been a fan of ‘Dr. Who‘, the British-produced sci-fi television series chronicling the adventures of an alien-born lifeform that can travel through both space and time. I began following the series in the early 1980’s (and it had been on for *quite* some time before that); as a starvingContinue reading “Goodbye, Dr. Who”
Hawk
We lost Hawk on a recent morning, when the race car and all the associated ‘stuff’ was already loaded and headed to the speedway. We didn’t contemplate not racing that day; Hawk would surely object to the notion of forgoing a race in observance of such a inevitable and predictable event as passing away. WeContinue reading “Hawk”
Sign, sign, everywhere a sign
It’s that time again, when signs with all the political candidates’ names consume all available public ground, and much private ground as well. They all do it; I myself have admitted to placing my own signs around on the occasion of running for an elected post (link to my confession: https://innoparticularorder.blog/2022/01/17/speech/ ) based upon theContinue reading “Sign, sign, everywhere a sign”
Racin’ Like It Should Be
So this cranky old race fan enjoyed a real treat recently, that being the afternoon-long race program at Thunder Road in Barre, VT. Can’t imagine what there wasn’t to like about it. This is one of those tracks I had heard about for many years, but never made the trek until a few years ago.Continue reading “Racin’ Like It Should Be”
Pull start engines hate me
Chain saws. lawn mowers, blowers and trimmers oh my! These common yard tools have two things in common: They all require that the user yank on a rope to start the engine. They all hate me. #2 above is nothing new. Seemingly forever, my life has been beset by diabolical frustrations emanating from the BriggsContinue reading “Pull start engines hate me”
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