It’s not the URL bar ‘predictions’ that bother me. It’s when I do a 2:00AM curiosity lookup for ‘bigfoot’ or ‘banana cream pie’, and the next day there seems to be 10-news-headlines showing up on my PROTOPAGE custom webpage that has various news reports on everything from ‘scientists now think bigfoot went extinct’ to…

Actual functioning process of world-class pancake generation:

Lot of misinformation in this article unfortunately. The Smithsonian did admit to exploration in the Grand Canyon in 1908-09, but as ‘Kincaid’ was a pseudonym, they had no record of it. There are no military posts with armed soldiers there, nor are FBI agents assigned to a mystical cave in the middle of nowhere. The…

I’ve been using Netflix since 2001, and remember the ‘only DVD’ days until now with harsh contempt. I remember the ‘we’re stopping DVD’ campaign, that drove many away and the rest of us onto a ‘similar based plan’ that was streaming with promises of ‘full catalog streaming by 2002', which never came (note to Netflix:…

Every time I get to the point I catch myself staring at the Netflix category listings for 45 minutes, and realize I haven’t seen something I want to watch, again, I remind myself how it’s time to drop Netflix for something like B-movie hero, REDBOX, or something else as time-destructive. Cold air and snow have a big…

Logitech has made the ultimate wireless mouse (albeit with dongle chip) for a decade almost. The M315 and M325 have been around for what seems like forever, at just as good of a price, with a battery life of MONTHS, and a price at $20. Microsoft and its $70 mouse pricetag pushed me away a long time ago.

Logitech has made the ultimate wireless mouse (albeit with dongle chip) for a decade almost. The M315 and M325 have…

I’m calling total BS on this, and with legal backing on this, I’ll explain. First off, I married someone years ago that had a delinquent debt that was over 90-days in arrears and in collection. I was in the military. The military base-legal clearly stated, in clear wording, that I was, indeed, responsible for her…

Wow, $100 or more for most of these ‘chewing gum pack’ speakers with names few over 30 have heard of. Interesting. Why didn’t you mention JBL or JVC speakers, some as low as $30 on Amazon in closeout pricing? Why didn’t you mention some really nice AmazonBasics as low as $15 and several iHome speakers around $20. Why…

Wow, $100 or more for most of these ‘chewing gum pack’ speakers with names few over 30 have heard of. Interesting.…

I’m seeing lots of strange ingredients for meatloaf, pop up in the comments section. Seriously, if it is ‘poured in’, then I’m pretty sure you are doing it wrong. With a bread loaf pan, I put in 2-lbs of 85/15 beef, two eggs (scrambled), 1/4-cup italian bread crumbs, tablespoon of olive oil, 1/4-tsp of salt (or a…

Good advice - for one side of the coin. On the other hand, Ford was proud of his ‘Edsel’, and the ever-popular business subject “VHS vs Betamax” is still taught in graduate schools (Beta had better video, better sound, but shorter tape and higher cost, combined with protected licensing led to extinction). In reality,…

You sound like my wife, no kidding! I am the big ‘wine drinker’ (a knack picked up in college many years ago), she was more the mixed-drink drinker, and never developed a taste for it. After we turned 50, she asked me one day ‘how can I find a wine I like? I mean, how do I even know where to start?’ Her question was…

I’ve been a bonded locksmith for 27 years, tried this several times (after various customers claimed it ‘really worked’) and I’m here to tell you, it is hit-or-miss on working. It really depends on the lock and the placement of the various disk notches relative to each other. (i.e.: the actual combination). Don’t rely…

Due to various tree-destroying beetles and their penchant to bore into cheaper woods (often used in pallet construction), along with various molds and fungi, wood pallets are forbidden to be used for international shipping. Pallets are used to ship bags and packages of sugar, salt and flour. They are also used to ship…

You know, if I think ahead and pack for my trip, I can still keep the whisky in mind as I ALSO throw a Bic lighter in with my purchases. What a concept - here’s your lighter.

Actually, the photo is more accurate than the talk-thru. The phrase comes from the art of blacksmithing, but what it means is ‘strike while the work is still maleable’. In other words, when you are going to ‘work at something’, do so while you can still control and manipulate it properly while doing it. If you are mad…

While I agree with people that most retail water is over-rated tap water, the first thought I had when I read this list is that the ‘tasters’ in the test seem to have an afinity for mineral waters, as both the Castle Rock Water and Halstead Spring Water (which I am familiar with) have high mineral content that you can…

The ‘cloud’ keeps repetitively shooting itself in the foot. A few years ago, it was ‘the cloud storage will be awesome’, then privacy drove it into ‘the cloud isn’t a good idea’, then another shot came with ‘the cloud can spread viruses depending on’; all the while, the saga of ‘harddrives are going away, no they…

Maybe it’s just me, maybe its being in a ‘rural’ area more than an urban ‘fresh vegetables’ environment, but the last 4 times I have purchased fresh tomatoes (unless at a farmer’s market), I have gotten sick from using them uncooked. Sadly, I now resort to either ‘canned-diced’ or ‘canned-sauce’. Once again, the…

Well, from personal experience, most of it was truthfully put up in the ‘70’s, not ‘80’s (though tenants and re-buyers had to suffer through it in the ‘80’s mostly), I must admit - it was MUCH more en-vogue, longer, than it’s lowly ‘subjugate’, SHAG CARPETING! I know, sadly, those WERE some of the low-points of my…

As others have pointed out, sherry is a wine, and will oxidize (read: get nasty with age when mixed). Here’s an alternative for you who are too cheap to chunk $35 for a decent aged whisky fifth: Add a brandy, such as Hiram Walker’s Cherry Brandy or BOLS Honey Brandy (in small quantities, to taste) to your…