Archive for August, 2006

My Case Against eHostDepot, “A COWENA Company”

Tuesday, August 22nd, 2006

My first web hosting provider when I started this blog was eHostDepot (www.eHostDepot.com). I (we, actually — my friend was a customer also) had a lot of problems with the service initially, but one of their employees managed to get us taken care of, and the subsequent year of service was decent, if rather […]

You Never Call Your Old Graphing Calculator Anymore

Monday, August 21st, 2006

The TI-85 graphing calculator was something of an icon back in high school. Almost a status symbol, and not just for nerds. Or maybe that’s just the way I remember it. Our class had a stock of TI-82’s, but the -85 was much more desirable (black case instead of blue… that’s the […]

Back to the Lake

Monday, August 21st, 2006

On Sunday afternoon we drove up to Lake Lanier for what, earlier this month, we imagined would be one of our last sailing trips. However, we have since reconsidered and decided to keep our membership for another year. And after Sunday’s adventure I was wondering if we’d made the right decision. Mike, having been […]

The Depths of The Obsession

Saturday, August 19th, 2006

Jessica and I watched Chasing Amy last night. Would you believe that I (we?) got what must have seemed like hysterical when they go to the arcade and play skee-ball, and there in the background are 3 pinball machines? The Gottlieb on the right is a Rescue 911, and there’s our boy Whirlwind in the […]

A Conversation At Moe’s

Thursday, August 17th, 2006

“WelcomeToMoe’s!” Happy was extra happy today, dispensing cheese-and-salsa-amigo on burrito after burrito, wearing what appeared to be a menu folded as a Chef’s hat. Chap and I took our foil-wrapped lunches and assorted salsas out to the patio to enjoy the day’s righteous weather. Jimi Hendrix’ “Foxy Lady” was playing as we chatted about […]