Today at work, one of my co-workers told the office to use the search engine Google and perform a search using the word “failure.” Surprisingly, the first hit is “Why these results?” and the second is George W. Bush. Apparently there is a practice called “google bombing” where determined folks can produce strange results. It [...]

It’s another week of rain showers in my little “neck of the woods.”  When I left Indianapolis ten years ago, I thought I had bid farewell to cold, snowy winters and summer humidity.  (I guess one out of two isn’t bad.)  The poor folk who have evaporative (swamp) coolers are certainly sweltering.  Lucky for me, [...]

This weekend the sleepy city of Deming, New Mexico had their annual “Great American Deming Duck Race.” There are lots of corporate sponsors, and various activities are held around the city.  I stayed in the LoW park and the balloons ascensions were held at 7:00 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday.  Since the duck races and assorted [...]