Random thoughts, musings and things I think are interesting…

I seem to have fallen out of my blogging rhythm again.  This happens to me now and again and I really don’t know why.  Sure, I have been busy, but in some ways that give me more to talk about.  Since my last post there have been countless volley ball games, practices and tryouts.  There…

This is one of those half baked ideas that I hope gets more fully baked by writing about it. In the past few weeks I have been involved in a few discussions about strategies for rolling out social media inside large companies. I am starting to think that its not possible to do well. Its…

On Friday I pulled the trigger on my newest ride: a classic yellow convertible from the 50’s: Yep, you’re looking at a 1956 (sort of) CJ3a (sort of) Willy’s Overland Jeep (completely!).  Its sort of a 56 since that’s what the tub plate says.  Its also only sort of a CJ3A since the tub plate…

Need I say more: (That’s a penny in the foreground for scale…for those of you that still can’t get it, that tater weighs about 6 lbs! I feel like a flash back to Gilligans Island).

OK, that has got to be the best post title I’ve had since starting this blog – it’s a well known saying, its on the topic of the post AND it works in the name of the company that provided the impetus for this post: The news coming out last Friday that the European commission…

So I guess my unannounced summer break from blogging is over.  In the past few months I have just been two busy living life to write about it.  With school for the kids officially back in session as of today, things should start to calm down.  One of the things that’s been keeping me away…

Future results.  Yes, it’s something we’ve all read on our (dwindling) finacial statements.  The firms we trust our savings to put that out there as a big disclaimer to get them out of any trouble for showing, 1, 3 and 5 year averages of return.  They show you past performance to make you feel good…

Overheard while waiting in line this weekend at the local auto parts store: Customer looking for a part: “you have anything that looks like this?” (shows him a small clip) Clerk: “let me look” (goes in back for a few minutes) Clerk: “this doesn’t look the same, but it says on the label it’s the…

It’s about a week later than I had planned, but as of today, my garden is in.  Overall that’s pretty good since I started planning back in January.  We’ve been trying our hand at vegetable gardening since before we moved to the farm, but it really went to a new level when we moved out…