Annual cutting of the tree – This is at Mountain Fresh Farms in Highland, NY. Basically you take the NYS Thruway north and get off at New Paltz, turn right and look for signs. You have to travel through apple country, but there will be a dozen tree...

I have to take a number of days off each quarter because, as a contractor, I am only budgeted for a certain amount and if I exceed that, they get upset with me and they have to juggle the books. I am currently in the middle of a long weekend. I went on...

It seems that a dozen people a year are killed by sudden arrhythmic death syndrome (SADS) that is can be triggered by the rhythmic bass beat in loud music. I’ve decided that when my time comes, this is how I want to go – a good heavy rock/blues band...

Jim and Polly are getting a puppy. It is one of the ones in this video. Jim and Polly’s pups from Keith Graham on Vimeo.

The good folks over at NaNoWriMo have taken umbrage with my SF Cliches page. They assume that I wrote them and that I know nothing. There were similar complaints from them about my SF Rules page. I perceive the problem to be that these people do not...