Wrap Rage

Usually I can go quite a while before getting upset enough to rant and rave. Today’s target, and one that truly deserves a double barrel full of rant, is packaging. What is up with companies and packaging? Don’t they want me, the consumer, to purchase their products? If so why do they package items in [...]

Works

So I’ve been doing some reading about digital photography and have been playing around with my little camera. There are some cool effects you can do in software designed for photographs. I’m finding myself partial to black & white photography. For some reason, “old” pictures speak to me moreso than full-blown colour. Here are a [...]

Keep Talking

When I originally set up this blog, I intended it to be a place to rant, rave, and otherwise voice non-politically correct opinions on matters that simply piss me off. However I’m feeling a bit trapped in the meme that I, myself, created. Some, if not most, of my thoughts aren’t really rants at all [...]

Time

It’s time to manipulate the clocks again and go back to normal. I really hate this daylight savings thing. It’s an idea whose time has passed (pardon the pun). Completely outlived its usefulness and needs to seriously go away. Oh I understand the original concept, allowing more hours of daylight in a “working day,” but [...]

Mother

I’ve read scientific articles that confirm one of humankind’s worst fears: global warming (or the newer term climate change) is happening and happening right now! “Here’s our scientific study to prove it!” the articles warn. I’ve also read studies contradicting that conclusion to posit one of their own. Articles that say the global warming panic [...]

Drain Bamage

What is it with people these days? Don’t they need work? I called a plumber for a very simple job – replace a kitchen faucet. Now you may be wondering if it is so simple, why couldn’t I do it? I did try, but the thing was stuck fast on the sink. I quickly realized [...]