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You've gotto love the Northeast weather. One minute it's warm and the next minute it gets cold with a heavy downpour.   Such was my jogging for tonight. While I knew the rain was on the way, I thought I might get lucky and beat it. No such luck. I jogged my entire 5-mile route — Continue reading »

As far I remember I have never owned a camera. Taking pictures is something I always relegated to others. That all changed when I bought my first camera a few weeks ago. A 7.1 megapixel Canon PowerShot A620. Welcome to the age of digital photography. Being a gadget luddite, I had resisted all things electronic. — Continue reading »

Fall foliage in New England is to die for. And for those of us who have to clean out the mountain of leaves, we get pretty close to death. Raking, blowing, tarping, mulching, and dragging are all parts of the hapless soul's numerous weekend activities. I know, this sounds like a complaint and to be — Continue reading »

A couple of blog entries ago I had lamented about how I was invited to sign-up for Checkfree's electronic deposit, and I never heard back from them. Well, I finally did hear back. Last week I received an email asking me to fax them a voided check for verification. Of course as things go these — Continue reading »

I have to admit that unlike many of my male counterparts, I am not fussy about the kind of car I drive. If the vehicle can get me from point A to B in relative safety, that's my kind of car. New cars? forget it; fast cars? who needs it; flashy cars? don't have the — Continue reading »

Well, the half marathon I ran a couple of weeks ago was not as simple as it seemed at first. A couple of days after the event, I started to notice sharp pain in my left heel and pretty much the bottom of my feet. as a jogger, there is always some sort of discomfort — Continue reading »

So it has come to this. The president nominates a high court judge based on religious beliefs. Religious studies could soon supplant real science in schools under the guise of "intelligent design". Suddenly it feels like we're back in the middle ages. Soon scientists would have to retract centuries of science and pronounce the Sun — Continue reading »

Online payment. It's one of those conveniences afforded to us courtesy of the Internet. I still write checks now and then, but most of the time I opt for the electronic equivalent to make bill payments or send money to individuals. I'm certainly not alone in that respect. Sending funds electronically has its advantages. So — Continue reading »