For the first in a series of video updates, I thought I’d warm up with Bony Maroney in my ‘fake-ass Johnny Winter that I haven’t played in years’ style. The slow bit at the end is a transition to the John Lennon cover from his underrated album, Rock n Roll.
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Independence Day?
July 4th, 2011 
Tim My fellow Americans… Happy Independence Day! Hope the holiday weekend has been fun. While we’re busy waving flags, grilling burgers, shooting off fireworks, and shouting “Hooray for US!” let’s remember what this day means. Today, we celebrate our hard won freedom from an oppressive, tyrannical government which held little regard for the rights of the [...]
Change Can Be Scary
July 2nd, 2011 Tim It’s that time again. Time for a change. I’ve felt this coming for a long time, but it is scary. Partly because I’m not so young anymore. I’m exhausted all the time, in pain every day. I just want relief, not more discomfort. But I know, if there is any hope of getting my life [...]
Writer’s Block: Where Names Come From
August 3rd, 2008 Tim In a rare turnabout, I posted to my LiveJournal yesterday and will cross-post it here. I had a WP plug-in that automated the reverse, but I don’t use it anymore. I had only logged into LJ to wish a friend happy birthday. I found a nice suggestion for a blog post topic awaiting me, which [...]
Tags: The Devil’s (Linux) Advocate
May 19th, 2008 Tim I’m one of those Linux fanatics who enjoy trying new distros almost constantly. Because of the freedom inherent in the GPL and other “open” licenses, there are always new flavors of my favorite OS springing up. Early spring of last year, I found an Ubuntu-based distro called UbuntuSE. I was attracted to the screenshots of [...]
Cops Acquitted, Murder Justified
April 25th, 2008 Tim NYT Headline: 3 Detectives in Bell Shooting Acquitted Why does this come as no surprise? The defendants waived their right to a jury trial, which many people thought was a risky move. What was risky about it? Instead of having twelve honest citizens decide their fate, they entrusted the decision to an agent of the [...]
Happy Birthday, Stacey!
March 10th, 2008 Tim Today is my girl’s birthday. Because we are the silly geeks that we are, I thought she might like some silly “mag cover” pics. I got up at 5am and opened the GIMP on my new gPC (upcoming post on that), started playing with it and here are the results. Let me know when it’s [...]
Blackle – Green Google!
February 25th, 2008 Tim Every now and then I read a post and smack myself in the head, saying “Why didn’t I think to blog that!” I’m sure we’ve all had that experience. Today, it was this post from Green Colibri. I’ve been using Blackle as an eco-friendly alternative to the Google home page since last year. There were [...]
Cre8Buzz! Themes Site
January 29th, 2008 Tim I’m enjoying this new site so much! Cre8Buzz! is a friendly network of talented people trying to spread the word of their projects while making friends and contacts. Because of the ranking system, and the communities, it is easy to quickly find talented people in many fields. Two things I noticed immediately: the warm welcome [...]
Ashley Spencer Memorial Fund
January 10th, 2008 Tim I’ve only been on Twitter about one month. In that time, it has impressed me greatly with it’s potential for building relationships in such a simple way. I didn’t know Ashley but, as John Donne observed: No man is an island… Any man’s death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind; and therefore never [...]
