Nothing is Certain but (Computer) Death and (Overdue) Taxes

I’m blogging to you from the arse end of a crappy computer, and the exhausted end of “nervous prostration.” It was magnificent in its day: 285GB on the hard drive; a recovery drive with another 12. It was fully loaded with Acrobat Writer and the full version of Photoshop as well as all the latest … More Nothing is Certain but (Computer) Death and (Overdue) Taxes

Doing the “Right Thing”… Which “Right” is Right? (Today’s REAL post)

Dangit WordPress! I did not want to re-publish my Hoardzilla posts! I changed the status from private to public and hit “update” so I could link them here and this stupid, idiotic site re-published them and blasted them at my subscribers. I’m very sorry folks. I hate when people post more than once a day, … More Doing the “Right Thing”… Which “Right” is Right? (Today’s REAL post)

Hoardzilla vs. Baby Beans PART 2

It’s been awhile since I’ve done a Hoardzilla post, but life (and OCD) get in the way of going through these boxes. I know that aside from papers and books related to history, the biggest difficulty in parting might be with my collection of Baby Beans dolls. What you think the difference is between hoarding … More Hoardzilla vs. Baby Beans PART 2

Hoardzilla vs. the ‘rents, vs. the grand’rents, vs. the great grand’rents, vs…Hoardzilla

Dear Friends, My dad was part of the Cuban Blockade. My dad was an avid letter-writer. For over a week during the crisis, the daily letters of his shipboard life stopped coming. Stateside, there was a blackout and nobody knew the status of his or her military loved ones. When my dad left us some … More Hoardzilla vs. the ‘rents, vs. the grand’rents, vs. the great grand’rents, vs…Hoardzilla