Andrew Wyeth passed away quietly in his sleep 2 days ago on January 16, 2009 at the age of 91. Wyeth was a legendary American painter who was categorized as a “realist” style of painter, often painting from scenes of … Continue reading
Last night on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno “Band From TV” made what I believe is their first appearance on television and it was spectacular. If you’re a fan of shows like “Heroes”, “Desperate Housewives”, “House” and others, then … Continue reading
I grew tired of the standard default page for my Twitter account, so I decided to personalize it a bit and to add information on where else I could be located online, though I recently found that one of those … Continue reading
I’m sure everyone is aware by now of the water crash into the Hudson River of USAirways flight 1549 en route from LaGuardia airport to Charlotte, NC at approximately 3:30 pm EST today. I’ve flown that same flight and taken … Continue reading
Change.gov, the website for the office of the President-elect, released the new official portrait yesterday morning of the man who will soon be President Barack Obama. Interesting to note, to me anyway, is that his is the very first official … Continue reading
During the presidential campaign of 1928, the Republican Party circulated fliers with the promised that, if Herbert Hoover won the presidency, there would be “A chicken in every pot and a car in every garage.” Many people mistakenly think that … Continue reading
My friend ZenGrrl and I were discussing upcoming movies at lunch today and she asked me if I had seen the trailer for 2012 and when I indicated that I didn’t think I had she gave a description which stopped … Continue reading
Astute observers will notice some new additions to The Word Of Jeff blog, but for those who have better things to do than look over this blog’s design contents or who read it via RSS, here’s a short rundown.Quotes Widget … Continue reading
Tonight Cindy and I had the pleasure of dinner with our friends Kirk and Laura and Laura’s parents who are in town from Michigan. Being on the road as much as I have been it’s been at least 18 months … Continue reading
I picked up our 3-year-old granddaughter Heather on Friday afternoon for a weekend with Grandma and Granddad. Friday night Grandma took her to visit some friends of ours who have a 3-year-old daughter, Rowan. A few weeks ago Heather spent … Continue reading
You know that password you use that you thought was so “you” that no one else would think of using it? Yeah, well you were probably wrong about that. Over at What’s My Pass? a website dedicated to “Password Recovery … Continue reading
You can always count on the Ben & Jerry’s folks to tap into the latest cultural zeitgeist in marketing their flavorful frozen dairy products, and their latest offering is no exception. Say “Hello” to “Yes Pecan!”, described as “An Inspirational … Continue reading
I’m going to give the creator of this sign the benefit of the doubt and assume the person was attempting to be funny with the reference to the double ended male adapter being “possible immoral”, but it would have been … Continue reading
Cindy and I spent all day last Friday cleaning our respective home offices, but there was one tiny little difference in the final outcome; I was cleaning mine out for good. It’s akin to Superman closing down his Fortress of … Continue reading
Over at Grasping for the Wind, John Ottinger has provided us with what is probably the most comprehensive list of science fiction and fantasy book reviewers on the Internet. Thank you for subscribing to The Word Of Jeff. This feed … Continue reading
I know I posted a group shot I took when we were at Arabian Nights back on December 20th, but I wanted to put up this official portrait taken by the staff because it has ME in it, which is … Continue reading
When I’m traveling on the road, Cindy puts together a “care” package for me every month or so and mails it to my hotel. The major content of those packages is my mail and the major portion of my mail … Continue reading
Lake Superior State University has issued their 34th Annual “List of Words to Be Banished from the Queen’s English for Mis-use, Over-use and General Uselessness.” Thanks to my friend Rebecca for passing this link along to me. Here’s the list. … Continue reading
Thank you for subscribing to The Word Of Jeff. This feed is for personal, non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this material in your RSS reader, the site you are looking at is guilty of copyright infringement. http://the-word-of- … Continue reading
I thought it might be fun to review my blog statistics and see what the top posts were for 2008, in terms of page hits. In case you may have missed them or are a new reader, here are the … Continue reading
