Have you become so used to your colors, fonts and type sizes that it drives you crazy to use someone else’s computer? We’re becoming pretty spoiled in being able to make so many personal choices. Case in point-this morning we did maintenance on our system and found that Yahoo is continuing to persist... read more

I was wondering if everyone has an order when it comes to checking their daily websites. It seems to be beneficial , but how many really have the luxury of having a big block of time for this before their daily grind begins? Some days, I leisurely browse the ‘net and up wasting entire hours on sites... read more

The current rash of wildfires in California reminds me that when politicians do not have a soothing solution to a problem, they talk blathering nonsense. First, there is the claim that people are building new homes and, therefore, living too close to dangerous fire prone forest areas. Well, once upon... read more

Having paid attention to national elections since the days of I Like Ike when he defeated Adlai, it is obvious to me that media coverage of the next Race for the White House has begun much earlier than ever before with new variations on old political shell games continuing unabated. While the candidates... read more

There is a Radio Shack electronics store in the shopping center about a block away from where I live. In the past couple of years, I have bought from that store three combination DVD-VHS tape players, two, probably three VHS tape rewinders, a table top telephone, a nifty digital clock radio with a large... read more

Over the weekend, my cell phone met with an untimely accident. I call it untimely because my contract has exactly 6 weeks left on it. Oh, this is great news for my provider, since salesmen have told me I can renegotiate for a free or discounted phone in another 11 days, but the verdict isn’t in yet... read more

The stock market, as always, continues to be an intriguing puzzle on how to make money and not lose it. So long as the averages move upward, it is more likely that a stock purchase will appreciate, rather than doing something far less desirable, because a rising average means most stocks are appreciating.... read more

When I surf the net, I sometimes have to leave my email address in order to get access to a site or even to receive information that I want.   Since selling addresses is a well established and fairly common business practice, this often leads to a flood of spam, most of which I do not want and which... read more

One summer a number of years ago, I had time on my hands and the good fortune to know a gentleman who had retired after spending most of his career at a family owned watch band and case supplier, founded by his father, but now owned by outsiders who took it out of bankruptcy caused by unprofitable Vietnam... read more

A watch sparkling with red, white and blue gems (rubies, diamonds and sapphires, to be precise) emits a sparkle that denotes a wealth of luxury that to many consumers is a very glamorous personal accessory, while simultaneously, more prosaically, for people who work in the business it is a reliable... read more